Suspect in 1985 Chambers County murder sentenced to 240 months in Alabama prison
A suspect who fled from law enforcement for over 3 decades in a capital murder case and was recaptured back in 2019 has officially been sentenced to prison
Sheriff Lockhart said in 2019, “57-year-old, David Anthony Pike was taken into custody in 2019 in San Juan, Puerto Rico after Pike made bond nearly 34 years ago on a capital murder case and has been eluding law enforcement since.”
Pike was the lead suspect in the killing of Calvin Lee Irvin on June 22nd, 1985.
Sheriff Sid Lockhart reported to the media three years later after the capture of Pike that Pike appeared before Circuit Judge, Honorable Steve Perryman and plead guilty to Murder. He was sentenced to 240 months in the Alabama Department of Corrections and is awaiting transfer to their custody.
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