The Enterprise Police Department, with assistance from the Coffee County Sheriff's Department, has arrested and charged a man with capital murder following a Thursday afternoon death investigation.

On Feb. 18, at 3:08 p.m., the EPD began a death investigation after receiving information about a possible murder in the 100 Block of Walding Street.

The victim was located in building 1A at 110 Walding Street. The victim was found in the living room of the residence bound and blindfolded with several stab wounds to the head, neck and shoulders, according to Enterprise Police Chief T.D. Jones.

Cause of death has not been determined at this time, Jones said. It is also unclear how long the victim had been dead. The body was taken to Montgomery to the Department of Forensic Science for an autopsy.

According to Jones, the victim was James Matthew Hill, 33, of Enterprise.

According to Jones, the victim and the suspect were friends and lived together.

The CCSO received information on Thursday that the suspect would be in the north part of the county and would be attempting to flee.

According to Chief Deputy Ronnie Whitworth, officers found the suspect, David Montel Cunningham, 20, of Enterprise, at the intersection of Country Road 125 and Highway 167.

About 11 p.m. on Feb. 18, Cunningham was arrested and charged with capital murder.

After officers took Cunningham into custody, property was found on his person that belonged to Hill.

According to 12th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Tom Anderson, a capital murder charge is applied for a murder that occurred during the course of a first-degree robbery, which is a robbery by force using a deadly weapon or instrument.

"We believe that instrument to be a knife," Anderson said.

Anderson said the charge can result in two possible forms of punishment if a suspect is convicted: life in prison without the possibility of parole and the death penalty. It is the only charge where a defendant can receive no bond.

"It's not easy for a prosecutor to look at a case, and it should never be easy for a prosecutor to look at a case and say, 'I'm going to ask for the death penalty,'" Anderson said. "I've thought about this long and hard. I have not gotten to the juncture in the case to formally file paperwork stating so, but I feel strong that we're going to ask for that punishment in this case. It was one of the worst things I've ever seen."

Cunningham is currently being held at the Coffee County Jail on no bond. He will have a probable cause hearing on March 11.

Jones said the investigation is still ongoing.