(CNN) After nearly four decades on the run, Walter James Mason, 86, has been arrested in connection with a decades-old murder case. Mason was discovered in central Texas by East County Sheriff's deputies living under the alias Walter James Allison, according to sheriff's deputies in Idaho, where the killing happened nearly 40 years ago. Mason, who lived and worked in the area, was the primary suspect in the murder, according to the police. The Custer County Sheriff's Office, FBI and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game attempted to track Mason down but he eluded them. Decades later, on October 10, Mason was located and his identify confirmed by matching his fingerprints, the sheriff's office said.

Source: CNN October 22, 2019 21:44 UTC