Police crack 1979 Omaha cold case, arrest man in slaying of woman and her son

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Omaha Police say they’ve solved a 46-year-old double homicide case.

Abdulmalik Husain, 67, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder.

Police said he killed a mother and her son at an Omaha home on April 24, 1979.

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Officers responded to a house near 42nd and Maple streets on a report of an abduction and burglary.

They found 26-year-old Deroshia Matthews and 7-year-old Kamal Matthews dead inside.

The Omaha Police Department said DNA testing led to Husain’s arrest.

“Murders are never forgotten, and justice has no expiration date,” Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said in a press release. “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.”

Husain used to be known as Louis Walker.