On November 12, 2009, officers in Kansas City were called to a home in the 1200 block of Askew Avenue after two children, ages 12 and 9, found their mother unresponsive. The victim was identified as 49-year-old Halimo A. Ismail, also reported as Halimo Ahmed. She was pronounced dead at the scene and investigators described visible signs of foul play, prompting a homicide investigation.

Police questioned and then arrested Halimo’s husband, 27-year-old Hussein A. Ahmed, on separate charges of attempted statutory rape and statutory rape involving a female relative under 14. Those alleged assaults were said to have occurred in 2004 and 2007, and prosecutors held Hussein on $250,000 bond in the sexual-assault case.

Does anyone have information about Halimo’s case or recall the Askew Avenue neighborhood in 2009?