Alabama Inmate Serving Life Sentence For 1982 Murder Extradited To Birmingham, ala. ( wiat) — nearly three years after being indicted in a murder that happened over 1,000 miles away decades ago, an alabama prison inmate has been sent to boston to face prosecutors. steven fike, 62, was picked up by officers with the boston police department wednesday, charging him with murder and rape in the killing of wendy. Fike is serving a sentence of life with the possibility of parole for a 1982 rape and murder in alabama. an alabama man has been arraigned in the rape and murder of a boston woman in the 1980s.
Alabama Inmate Executed For 1982 Murder After Three Decades A state inmate serving a life sentence for the rape and murder of a dancer at a birmingham strip club 20 years ago is in boston police custody and awaiting arraignment on the same charges. Steven fike was arraigned today in suffolk superior court after his extradition from alabama, where he is currently serving a sentence of life with the possibility of parole for a 1982 rape and murder. at the request of assistant district attorney edmond zabin, chief of the da’s homicide unit, fike was ordered held without bail. In 1997, tuscaloosa county sheriff ted sexton returned him to alabama. shank fought extradition in 1982, 1984, 1989, 1992, 1996 and 1997 the year "60 minutes" profiled his case. On his eighth scheduled execution date, alabama death row inmate tommy arthur was put to death by lethal injection for a 1982 murder for hire. arthur made a thumbs up gesture with his left hand to.
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