The husband of a Kansas City woman found dead on Thursday was charged Friday with sexually assaulting a female relative several years ago.
Jackson County prosecutors charged Hussein A. Ahmed, 27, with one count of attempted statutory rape and one count of statutory rape of a person younger than 14. One charge stems from 2004 and the other from 2007, according to court records.
Police were called Thursday morning to Ahmed’s house in the 1200 block of Askew Avenue and discovered his 49-year-old wife dead in the bedroom. Police said there were signs of foul play. On Friday, police identified the dead woman as Halimo Ahmed.
After the death was discovered, the alleged victim of the sexual assaults told police that Hussein Ahmed had assaulted her once when she was about 11 and again later, which resulted in her becoming pregnant. She told detectives that Hussein Ahmed made her lie and tell police that someone else had raped her.
According to court documents, the pregnancy was terminated at a clinic in Kansas.
Hussein Ahmed denied having sex with the alleged victim, according to the documents. He is being held on a $250,000 bond in the rape case.
Anyone with information about the woman’s death is asked to call the TIPS Hotline, 816-474-TIPS (474-8477).
