Man arrested in 1979 cold case deaths of a mother and her young son
02/13/2025 12:02 pm PST
OMAHA, Neb. (TCN) -- Police recently arrested a 67-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 26-year-old mother and her 7-year-old son over four decades ago.
According to the Omaha Police Department, on April 24, 1979, officers responded to a possible abduction and burglary call at a home on Binney Street. Inside, police found Deroshia Matthews and her young child, Kamal Matthews, deceased.
Authorities arrested Abdulmalik Husain in 2004 in connection with their deaths, but the case was dismissed nearly a year later, KETV-TV reports. Following recent DNA testing, police announced Feb. 12 that they arrested Husain again, and he was booked into the Douglas County Corrections on two counts of murder. Husain is formerly known as Louis Walker.
In a statement, Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said, "Murders are never forgotten, and justice has no expiration date. The depraved nature of this double homicide — one victim being a child — was bound to receive our utmost attention. Our commitment to these victims and their family never wavered."
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