Christa Pikes Attorneys Provide Health Update
Christa Pike was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, lured 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a fellow Jobs Corps worker from Knoxville, Tennessee, into a remote wooded area on the University of Tennessee Agricultural campus. Pike then tormented Slemmer and took her life because she “just felt mean that day,” and later admitted to the horrific crime in court. Pike was convicted of first-degree homicide and sentenced to capital punishment in 1996, while Shipp received life in prison with the possibility of parole. On September 30, 2026, Pike received two doses of pentobarbital, a powerful sedative. However, Pike lived. Now the same state that resolved to take her life is trying to save her, as attorneys have provided an update on her health condition. Christa Pike remains “unconscious” after botched capital punishment attempt Tennessee Department of Corrections When Pike was hear
