October 5, 2005

• Papa Pilgrim arrested

  Alaska Railroad Special Agent John C. Waychoff arrested Robert Sunstar
  “Papa Pilgrim” Hale this afternoon on railroad property near Eagle
  River.  He is being held in the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility in Palmer
  on $50,000 bail for 30 counts of incest and sexual assault committed on
  his daughter over a seven year period.  Hale had been a fugitive
  for two weeks.

  Waychoff said Hale still had his long beard and long hair and was unarmed. “He looked exactly like his photograph,” he said.

  Hale told Waychoff he was wanted by police.

  “He seemed to me like he was conceding. He was ready to be done with it,” he said.

  Waychoff said the blue van looked like Hale had been living in it.
  There were cardboard food containers and it was in disarray, he said.

  Also in the van was a dog. Troopers took the van for evidence, Waychoff said. Animal control took the dog, Waychoff said.

  Waychoff said Hale didn’t say much to him, he just told him he was cold
  and asked him to close his jacket after he was handcuffed.

  Anchorage Daily News

  • 9:23 pm
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