Portland man pleads guilty to 2011 cold case slaying
A man is now pleading guilty to a 2011 murder in Portland, after the case went cold for a decade.
Abdi Awad, 37, entered the plea last week, according to the Portland Press Herald.
In 2011, Awad shot and killed 41-year-old Allen Patric MacLean.
A decade later, in 2021, police charged Awad, who was already serving time for aggravated assault.
He pleaded guilty to felony murder, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years.
Awad is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 12.