Who is Christa Pike? Woman set for Tennessee's first female execution in 200 years
- 18-year-old killer now faces death at 50Christa Pike was 18 when she killed her classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women sentenced to death in the US.
- Now 50, Pike is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, in what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years.
- Pike and her boyfriend were convicted in the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, who was their classmate at Knoxville Job Corps.
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- 18-year-old killer now faces death at 50Christa Pike was 18 when she killed her classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women sentenced to death in the US.
- Now 50, Pike is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, in what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years.
- Pike and her boyfriend were convicted in the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, who was their classmate at Knoxville Job Corps.
Sources: Times of India