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Christa Pike and Tadaryl Shipp.
On January 13, 1995, the body of Colleen Slemmer was found in Tyson Park. Ultimately Christa Pike and Tadaryl Shipp, both Job Corp students, were arrested for the murder on January 14, 1995.
Both accused were found guilty, and Christa Pike was sentenced to death on March 29, 1996.
Christa Gail Pike (born March 10, 1976) is the youngest woman to be sentenced to death in the United States
Pike became jealous of fellow student Colleen Slemmer, 19. She thought Slemmer was trying to "steal" her boyfriend from her. Though friends of Slemmer deny the accusations, Pike was set on a vendetta. Along with friend Shadolla Peterson, 18, Pike planned to lure Slemmer to an isolated, abandoned steam plant close by on the University of Tennessee Campus.
18-year-old Christa Gail Pike reacts to her sentence of death by electrocution on March 30th, 1996
On January 13, 1995, the body of Colleen Slemmer was found in Tyson Park. Ultimately Christa Pike and Tadaryl Shipp, both Job Corp students, were arrested for the murder on January 14, 1995.
Both accused were found guilty, and Christa Pike was sentenced to death on March 29, 1996.
Christa Gail Pike (born March 10, 1976) is the youngest woman to be sentenced to death in the United States
Pike became jealous of fellow student Colleen Slemmer, 19. She thought Slemmer was trying to "steal" her boyfriend from her. Though friends of Slemmer deny the accusations, Pike was set on a vendetta. Along with friend Shadolla Peterson, 18, Pike planned to lure Slemmer to an isolated, abandoned steam plant close by on the University of Tennessee Campus.
18-year-old Christa Gail Pike reacts to her sentence of death by electrocution on March 30th, 1996