re: Christina Pike’s Execution Halted

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Christa (often misspelled or referred to as Christina) Gail Pike was convicted of the 1995 torture-murder of her 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer.

aetv.com

In January 1995, 18-year-old Pike (a student at the Knoxville Job Corps program in Tennessee), her then-boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp (17), and their friend Shadolla Peterson lured Slemmer to a secluded wooded area on/near the University of Tennessee Agricultural campus. The motive was jealousy: Pike believed Slemmer was trying to “steal” her boyfriend.

independent.co.uk

Pike and Shipp attacked Slemmer over roughly half an hour. Pike used a box cutter (and reportedly a small meat cleaver) to slash her (including the stomach and throat), repeatedly kicked and beat her, and ultimately smashed her head with a large chunk of asphalt/rock. A pentagram was carved into Slemmer’s chest (Shipp later testified under oath that he did this). Pike took a piece of the skull as a “souvenir” and later showed it to others while bragging about the killing. Slemmer’s body was found the next day.

usatoday.com

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