Christa Pike: Her Life After Prison

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As the only woman sentenced to death in Tennessee, Christa Pike has spent years living in something akin to solitary confinement at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center northwest of downtown Nashville. Christa Pike , with a history of severe mental illness and repeated sexual and physical abuse and violence, was sentenced to death in 1996, just a few weeks after she turned 20. Christa Pike , the only woman in Tennessee sentenced to death, has been adapting to increased levels of socialization after being removed from de facto solitary confinement last year, according to. In August 2001, Christa Pike attacked fellow inmate Patricia Jones, attempting to strangle her with a shoelace. For this, she was convicted of attempted first-degree murder in August 2004, for which she was given another 25 years in prison . On January 12 , 1995 , Christa Pike brutally murdered Colleen Slemmer with Tadaryl Shipp in the woods of Knoxville, Tennessee. And instead of hiding her crime, she decided to show it off. Like many people, Christa Pike lived a troubled life and dropped out of high school at a young age. On a fateful day in January 1995 , Christa Pike’s life took a devastating and irrevocable turn when she became embroiled in a brutal murder that would change her life — and the life of her. In 1995, 18-year-old Christa Pike murdered her Job Corps classmate, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer . After being at large for two days, the conviction of her especially heinous crime led to her becoming the only woman on Tennessee’s death row. Christa Pike, now 47, is waiting for the day of her death after being convicted for the first-degree murder of her classmate , Colleen Slemmer , on January 12, 1995, in Tennessee. Christa Pike was only 18 years old when she was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of her peer, Colleen Slemmer , in 1995. To this day, nearly three decades later, she remains on American “death row,” awaiting execution.