A breakthrough in a decades-old murder case has linked a Delaware inmate to a 1981 homicide in Baltimore County.

Alan Bass, 75, is currently serving five life sentences on rape charges, but he is now the suspect in the fatal shooting of 59-year-old Samuel Allen.

Baltimore County police officers said they responded to the 6400 block of Liberty Road on Aug. 2, 1981, where they found Allen fatally shot inside his home.

It was revealed that Allen’s wife and daughter were in their kitchen when an armed suspect with a cloth-type bag entered the home and demanded money. Allen entered the kitchen and was shot twice in the upper body.

The suspect then demanded Allen’s wallet and removed money from it. The suspect realized he misplaced his bag and after searching for it, could not find it and le

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