PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The man jailed after a chase that ended inside a Plainfield Township retirement home had been sentenced to life in prison for murder nearly 30 years ago before being resentenced just two years ago.

A source close to the investigation confirmed the suspect as Cody Skaggs, 46.

Skaggs was described as the mastermind in the June 1996 murder at a restaurant in Wyoming. He was 16, just three days shy of turning 17, when he and two others robbed Lennie's Place, ending in the shooting death of the night manager, Richard Morris. Skaggs had recently been fired from the restaurant. While police say he orchestrated the robbery and provided the gun, he wasn't accused of pulling the trigger.

Skaggs originally got life in prison with the possibility of parole for se

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