Christa Gail Pike

Major update in case of death row inmate set for historic execution

Christa Gail Pike, who has been on Tennessee’s death row for decades, is now actively fighting to stop her execution as it is scheduled for September 30, 2026. Christa Gail Pike was only 18 when ...

Inmate’s chilling plea as US state prepares first female execution in 200 years

Christa Gail Pike, sentenced to death for brutally murdering her classmate over a boyfriend, is set to be executed on September 30, 2026. But now she’s making a chilling plea to stay alive, as the ...

US state will execute a woman for the first time in 200 years: Inside her chilling crime

It’s been nearly three decades since Christa Gail Pike brutally murdered 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville, Tennessee — and now, the state has set the date when she’ll pay the ultimate price. The Tennessee Supreme ...