Christa Pike's murder of Colleen Slemmer back in the 1990s shocked citizens of Tennessee, where Pike has remained on death row ever since she was convicted of the Slemmer's killing. Pike won't be on ...

Tennessee is preparing to execute a woman for the first time in more than two centuries, after the state’s Supreme Court set the execution date for Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The State of Tennessee has scheduled the execution of Christa Gail Pike, an East Tennessee woman convicted in the torture and murder of Colleen Slemmer and the only woman on ...

If Christa Gail Pike's execution proceeds as planned next year, she will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee since the state began to formally document capital punishment more than a ...

Christa Pike, convicted of a 1995 murder in Tennessee, has become the state’s only woman on death row. Nearly thirty years ...

Christa Pike is set to be executed next year for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also appears in The New York Times, The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row. Christa Pike received the death sentence at age 18 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, faces a September 2026 execution date. The Tennessee Supreme Court set Pike's Sept. 30, 2026, date on Tuesday. It also ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row. Christa Pike received the death sentence at age ...