Christa Pike
Christa Pike | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christa Gail Pike March 10, 1976 |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Motive | Jealousy |
| Convictions | First degree murder Conspiracy to commit first degree murder Attempted first degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death (March 30, 1996) |
Time at large | 2 days |
| Details | |
| Victims | Colleen Slemmer |
| Date | January 12, 1995 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| Location | Knoxville |
| Weapons | Box cutter, meat cleaver and chunk of asphalt |
Date apprehended | January 14, 1995 |
| Imprisoned at | Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, Nashville, Tennessee |
Christa Gail Pike (born March 10, 1976) is an American convicted murderer, and the youngest adult woman to be sentenced to death in the United States during the post-Furman period. She was 20 when convicted of the torture murder of her classmate Colleen Slemmer, which she committed at age 18.