Man charged with killing California boy in 1990 cold case

Authorities say a 50-year-old Pomona man is in custody in connection with the kidnapping and killing of an 11-year-old boy in Southern California nearly three decades ago.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says Edward Thomas was charged today with murder.

Investigators didn't say what linked Thomas to the death of William Tillett. The boy disappeared while walking home from school in Inglewood on May 24, 1990. His body was found in a dark carport later that day. The coroner determined he had been suffocated.

Thomas is being held without bail. Arraignment is scheduled for April 4.