William Charles Pete Fikes

Death by Force

William \Pete\ Fikes vanished while traveling the 8 miles from his grandmother home to his home in near Jasper, Alabama in 1976.
Couple's search for son believed slain is a frustrating nightmare

The large headline printed in a May 26, 1977, article by the Birmingham Post Herald pulled readers' attention to a story detailing the emotional distress felt by William F. Fikes and his wife and the progress of the investigation into the disappearance of their son, Pete Fikes. Decades later, Pete's daughter, Martha Fikes, still feels the weight of her father's disappearance. She holds onto the few memories she has of he ...Read More

William Charles

William Charles

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