Overview

• Baltimore County police on Friday publicly identified Alan Bass, who is serving five life sentences in Delaware, as the suspect in the 1981 killing of Samuel Allen.
• Allen, 59, was shot during a home invasion at his Liberty Road residence as his wife and daughter witnessed an armed intruder demanding money.
• Detectives preserved a cloth-type bag and a shirt from the scene, and a 2023 case review led to new testing at DNA Laboratories International.
• A DNA profile pointed to Bass in November 2024, and testing completed in January 2025 confirmed his DNA on the recovered bag.
• An arrest warrant has been issued, but authorities say Bass will not be extradited to Maryland at this time due to health concerns, with prosecutors prepared to act if his status changes.