In the late hours of September 12, 2011, 29-year-old Carl Reed and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Jamila Tweety Hesseltine, were found shot to death in their apartment near 20th and Ames in Omaha. The couple’s relationship had lasted about six months. Their bodies were discovered by Hesseltine’s two young sons. Police described the killings as a double homicide carried out execution style and said investigators believed the act was not random and that the killer or killers likely knew the victims.

Family members have suggested Reed’s criminal record might have made him a target and that Hesseltine was collateral damage; Reed’s mother said his knuckles were torn up, suggesting he may have fought back. No arrests or public suspect identifications have been announced. A Crime Stoppers reward of $25,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and the case remains assigned to the Omaha Police Department cold case unit.

If anyone has information about the couple, their movements that night, or contacts who might help solve these killings, please come forward.