Christa Pike: Her Own Words - A Shocking Confession?

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Christa Gail Pike broke down in tears today as she listened to herself confess to killing Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Prosecutors played the tape of her confession to Knoxville Police. 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. When questioned, Pike waived her Miranda rights and confessed to the crime in her own words. Initially, she claimed that she just wanted Slemmer to “leave her the hell alone,” but the brutality of the crime suggested something entirely different. Due to her confession and the substantial evidence gathered by the police, the prosecution concluded swiftly. She was found guilty of first - degree murder and sentenced to death by electrocution, making her one of the youngest women on death row in US history. 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. On January 12, 1995, in Knoxville, Tennessee, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer went for a walk with her friend, 18-year-old Christa Pike . Suddenly, Christa turned on Colleen, accusing her of flirting with her boyfriend. Then, the words turned to shocking blows. During the highly publicized trial of Christa Pike , the prosecution meticulously laid out a compelling case against her, bolstered by compelling evidence and Pike’s own confession, which proved. Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old Job Corps student lured to a secluded spot near the University of Tennessee agriculture campus on Jan. 12, 1995, and murdered by Christa Gail Pike , with help from.