{"id":1091,"date":"2025-12-22T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T11:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2025-12-22T11:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T11:15:55","slug":"on-january-12-1995-christa-pike-brutally-murdered-colleen-slemmer-with-tadaryl-shipp-in-the-woods-of-knoxville-tennessee-and-instead-of-hiding-her-crime-she-decided-to-show-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/?p=1091","title":{"rendered":"On January 12, 1995, Christa Pike brutally murdered Colleen Slemmer with Tadaryl Shipp in the woods of Knoxville, Tennessee. And instead of hiding her crime, she decided to show it off."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-heading-container\">\n<div class=\"full-width-section post-heading\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-width-section post-heading post-byline\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"dates\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-width-section post-content-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><main class=\"row content-row\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"post-content\">\n<p class=\"dropcaps\">Like many people, Christa Pike lived a troubled life and dropped out of high school at a young age.<\/p>\n<p>But unlike many people, Christa Pike committed a brutal murder when she was barely a legal adult \u2014 and became the youngest woman to be sentenced to death in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The killing of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer, stemmed from a combination of irrational jealousy, a perverted interest in devil worship and the occult, and what she claimed was a life filled with poverty, family instability, and out-of-control drug addiction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309038 post-img-landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-in-court.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-in-court.jpg 900w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-in-court-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-in-court-768x505.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Christa Pike\" width=\"900\" height=\"592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309038\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-309038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">YouTube<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">Christa Pike murdered Colleen Slemmer in 1995 when she was just 18 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But, as always, there was so much more to the story.<\/p>\n<h2>Christa Pike\u2019s Inauspicious Beginnings<\/h2>\n<p>Born on March 10, 1976, in West Virginia, Christa Gail Pike\u2019s life got off to a rocky start. Her mother was a \u201cparty girl\u201d who was more interested in drinking and drugging than she was in raising her daughter. Her father wanted no part in caring for her. As a result, Christa was raised by her grandmother for most of her early life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pbh-lazy-inline pbh_inline\" data-loader=\"revLoader\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1766402063250-10\" data-google-query-id=\"CKjV0r-I0ZEDFXYCHAAdyywOKg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1017773\/ATIInline_10__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1017773\/ATIInline_10\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1017773\/ATIInline_10\" width=\"2\" height=\"2\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"e\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"pubxinline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adclick.g.doubleclick.net\/pcs\/click%253Fxai%253DAKAOjsvtHHTZD5crma_X9MGeICeeU4qHLm9ZCUW55c8i1nS07R9w6frwunmej-5c-ENJvit1Ysb3WRBQD47Rm6hXwD49ubNxsvV8V5TFAthbOCuQCaGBQQU826HrF4XO4NzKAXvnpCbiqTen3RRZuKrJFAL4SH_ORjkDlSNplsuX249OuV0pP-POcTO0KjI-r_o85X0RGPpGgdR9Oapmdq5DnDT9eXVNpZkDrEZ9V4IHFEoW6Qa1fVNhjJR0nCOfJ_pDpYGXixwLK1izne9AdUrYR2OMihVhZJ_CEgUsFKSc_6Gq4J3rfofmrc8ZiOybLSiClPnZyapOXalUKloHxHl6zy3PXR4mBTDxkqI9vitWiydzuEAmb8FErrF7pw-26N3YEPj2ULQFjYeSpggjeX6Le-1Ae7dHGszsWVu3hI8%2526sai%253DAMfl-YT0FHXNSD4Vd_JvZADzQpwv4zsbw2V35Bb_BXsVdGUkZZ1gPdFJVbqbzoJHhqWw6T735EgECsyj6V78f26nZmRpJO034CdEnAQQ6qhnNwTihgjkN42xcMaaAcC6mespeMSs_0A5FCV30v-V24mk0C2O6dymCMzPqjktMOJGJOCU7nupzs0GpDv4qBgbB1shD4yvIY4tkePvNufgBQjbKI1EZUlYqW0MMxKderG6t2gVD09uZOLVSf8tv4bNEtKIiBxLTg%2526sig%253DCg0ArKJSzAQOfJayQX0pEAE%2526fbs_aeid%253D%25255Bgw_fbsaeid%25255D%2526urlfix%253D1%2526adurl%253Dhttps:\/\/traffic.pubexchange.com\/l\/15b878e1-1b2f-4cf3-8135-6d1c87f44f7a\/5037ecae-99b6-4185-9709-c7c25070766e\/f68f61ac-7cb8-4c37-a791-d884f8f38f6f\/f?u=explorethearchive.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orion-uploads.openroadmedia.com\/md_0bdcb0064ced-romanov-family.jpg\" \/><\/a>The Romanov Family Beyond the Royal Tragedy: 10 Facts You May Not Know<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Pike\u2019s grandmother died when she was only 12 years old, turning Pike\u2019s world upside down. Shortly after her grandmother passed away, Christa Pike moved back in with her mother, who introduced her to marijuana when she was just a young teenager.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309037\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309037 post-img-landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-selfie.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-selfie.jpg 900w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-selfie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-selfie-768x576.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Young Christa Pike\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309037\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-309037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Public Domain<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">Christa Pike seemed to have a violent streak from a young age \u2014 a streak which culminated with a brutal murder at Job Corps.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She dropped out of high school and was subsequently arrested for shoplifting. Christa Pike\u2019s shoplifting charge led to a one-month stint in juvenile detention. Upon her release, she joined Job Corps, where she would train to become a nurse technician.<\/p>\n<p>But instead of focusing on her studies, Pike focused on boys \u2014 namely Tadaryl Shipp. And this obsession with Shipp kicked off a chain of events that culminated in the murder of an innocent girl.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pbh-lazy-inline\" data-loader=\"revLoader\"><\/div>\n<h2>The Knoxville Job Corps Killing: The Murder Of Colleen Slemmer<\/h2>\n<p>Like Christa Pike, Tadaryl Shipp also came from a less-than-desirable background. Raised by a single mother, Shipp dropped out of high school in the 9th grade and went on to get involved with known gang members. At his mother\u2019s urging, Shipp also joined the Knoxville Job Corps, where he enrolled in the culinary arts program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"youtu_be\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Knoxville Job Corps killing: Passage of time can't erase Christa Gail Pike's savage crime\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gQLjD37ir20?feature=oembed\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>WBIR Channel 10<\/em>\u00a0on the 25th anniversary of Colleen Slemmer\u2019s murder.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to fellow Job Corps attendees who knew both Shipp and Pike, their \u201clove affair\u201d\u00a0developed very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>They both were drawn to Satanism and the occult \u2014 or, perhaps more accurately, a warped version of it \u2014 and this obsession attracted other Job Corps attendees, including Shadolla Peterson.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309044\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309044 post-img-landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/colleen-slemmer-skull.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/colleen-slemmer-skull.jpg 900w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/colleen-slemmer-skull-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/colleen-slemmer-skull-768x472.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Colleen Slemmer Skull\" width=\"900\" height=\"553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309044\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-309044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Public Domain<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">The skull of Colleen Slemmer was given to her mother \u2014\u00a0but the fragment Christa Pike stole remains missing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Enter Colleen Slemmer \u2014 a pretty, enthusiastic native of Jacksonville, Florida, who came to the Knoxville Job Corps to study computer technology. Within three months of Slemmer\u2019s arrival, Pike and Slammer were at loggerheads.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pike, Slemmer was \u201chitting on\u201d Shipp and trying to \u201csteal\u201d him away from her. Though Slemmer and her friends denied that Slemmer had any romantic interest in Shipp, Christa Pike convinced both Shipp and Peterson that Slemmer needed to be \u201csacrificed in the name of Satan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On January 11, 1995, Christa Pike\u00a0told\u00a0her friend Kim Iolio that she\u2019d planned to kill Slemmer because \u201cshe just felt mean that day.\u201d Iolio dismissed it as \u201cjust talk,\u201d but her dismissal would soon turn to regret.<\/p>\n<p>The next night, Pike, Shipp, and Peterson lured Slemmer out to the woods with the promise of some marijuana. Once she got to the woods, Christa Pike and Tadaryl Shipp viciously attacked her while Peterson served as the \u201clookout\u201d for the pair.<\/p>\n<p>For the next half-hour, Slemmer was taunted, beaten, and slashed, and Christa Pike even went so far as to carve a pentagram into her chest.<\/p>\n<p>Christa Pike ultimately ended Colleen Slemmer\u2019s life by bludgeoning her with a large piece of asphalt. She kept a piece of Slemmer\u2019s skull as a souvenir.<\/p>\n<h2>Murder Investigation, Trial, And Conviction<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"youtube_com\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udc1eChrista Pike - Real Audio Clips of Police Interview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0R0GopbRbKk?feature=oembed\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christa Pike in her own words at trial.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even though none of Christa Pike\u2019s friends or co-conspirators reported her crime to the police, it didn\u2019t take long for Colleen Slemmer\u2019s body to be recovered.<\/p>\n<p>But thanks to her bragging about the crime to her fellow Job Corps attendees \u2014 even going so far as to show off the piece of Slemmer\u2019s skull to some of her friends \u2014 police were quickly led to Pike\u2019s front door, where they interviewed her on January 15, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cleave her the hell alone,\u201d but the brutality of the crime suggested something entirely different.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Christa Pike said that she increased her brutality against Colleen Slemmer as she begged for her life. The more Slemmer talked, the more Pike kicked her in the face \u2014 and the more Slemmer begged for her life, the more Pike sliced her throat.<\/p>\n<p>Within 36 hours of the crime, Christa Pike, Tadaryl Shipp, and Shadolla Peterson were all arrested for their role in the murder of Colleen Slemmer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309041 post-img-landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-murder-evidence.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-murder-evidence.png 900w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-murder-evidence-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/christa-pike-murder-evidence-768x432.png 768w\" alt=\"Christa Pike Murder Evidence\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309041\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-309041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">YouTube<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">Christa Pike\u2019s letter to Tadaryl Shipp, which was read aloud in court.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At trial, Christa Pike\u2019s attorneys unsuccessfully argued that her \u201cdiminished mental capacity\u201d caused the murder. However, Dr. Eric Engum testified that while Pike had \u201cvery severe\u201d borderline personality disorder, a dependency on cannabis, and depression, she suffered from no symptoms of brain damage or insanity.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, Dr. William Bernet \u2014 an expert in Satanism who also testified at Pike\u2019s trial \u2014 claimed that while there were some \u201csatanic\u201d elements to Pike\u2019s crime, it was more indicative of \u201can adolescent dabbling in Satanism\u201d and an act of collective aggression than it was a \u201csacrifice to Satan\u201d or a true Satanic crime.<\/p>\n<p>Pike\u2019s attorneys also called members of her family to testify to her \u201cdifficult\u201d upbringing in another failed attempt to display a mitigating factor to the murders. Initially, another expert \u2014 Dr. Diana McCoy \u2014 was due to testify to Christa Pike\u2019s diminished capacity, but her testimony was scrubbed at the last minute.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309039 post-img-landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tadaryl-shipp-and-shadolla-peterson.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tadaryl-shipp-and-shadolla-peterson.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tadaryl-shipp-and-shadolla-peterson-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tadaryl-shipp-and-shadolla-peterson-768x527.jpeg 768w\" alt=\"Tadaryl Shipp And Shadolla Peterson\" width=\"900\" height=\"618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309039\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-309039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Knox County Sheriff\u2019s Department<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">Tadaryl Shipp (left) is serving life in prison; Shadolla Peterson (right) was given six years probation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pbh-lazy-inline pbh_inline\" data-loader=\"revLoader\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1766402063250-5\" data-google-query-id=\"CP3P0L6I0ZEDFYYcHAAdPQEGGw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1017773\/ATIInline_7__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ultimately, the jury convicted Tadaryl Shipp of murder, and he was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Shadolla Peterson testified for the state; in exchange for her testimony, she pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact and was sentenced to probation.<\/p>\n<p>Christa Pike, meanwhile, was convicted of capital murder and conspiracy to commit murder after just two-and-a-half hours of jury deliberation. On March 30, 1996, she was sentenced to death by electrocution for the murder charge.<\/p>\n<p>On June 6, 1996, she was sentenced to 25 years for the conspiracy to commit murder charge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pbh-lazy-inline pbh_inline\" data-loader=\"revLoader\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1766402063250-6\" data-google-query-id=\"CN_GjL-I0ZEDFek7HAAdncMjyQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1017773\/ATIInline_8__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Christa Pike Today<\/h2>\n<p>To say that Christa Pike hasn\u2019t been a model prisoner would be an understatement. To this day, she has\u00a0shown\u00a0no remorse for the murder of Colleen Slemmer. In fact, she wrote a troubling letter to Tadaryl Shipp just a few days after she was sentenced to die by electrocution:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please write me! I miss you so much! Ya see what I get for tryin\u2019 to be nice to the hoe? I went ahead and bashed her brains out so she\u2019d die quickly instead of letting her bleed to death and suffer more, and they f\u2014\u2013 fry me! Ain\u2019t dat some s\u2014? Please write me and tell me what you\u2019re feeling! \u2026Also, tell your lawyer if he wants me to testify for you\u2026 I will! Love you for the rest of my life! Lil Devil.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This letter was subsequently read aloud at a later court date for Pike.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pbh-lazy-inline pbh_inline\" data-loader=\"revLoader\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1766402063250-7\" data-google-query-id=\"CPu6sb-I0ZEDFVc9HAAd-10DQQ\">\n<div class=\"pubxinline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adclick.g.doubleclick.net\/pcs\/click%253Fxai%253DAKAOjsu9wouocIYGg71Ix9lfDXt2oct7uWvGe_LlTjeq7fRHTp-CNda0DuXurn0uYzCNfrskGseUb5LAs6xS8HNj0-fRc2f36iSJCIR5HulpMeDYYgZm1AKqbNNy69lZn7OSS159RuB0RospVd8hYsSZC5cBoxWd10C-B0-rAinttzLl6ccaVRMQN-4K_wbu1ossa8xfuYWJOO1CBts_VjG6urpp7_JUKBpm4RgSVTTz2u3yrXp1q15OZyML6t5Sye4urdJKMueAaF4jiWsl7t9cZylyiwgOvWo_JVpHQ_nunVyv4diloYX2ABLRTIkSXz5Pt8JvxPmcSLeRU3HWaXbHxqBboSuXOlUwcDHoqgGfuRG-zmb7-iIfGQ03jSTH-QESy5PrdoGkJ2X7_SHbl4APQxgubQbsPesOuxF3cFs%2526sai%253DAMfl-YSTQQF2CWr86hf9KRCPWnb4oYlUBKYZamBqzSvUb5aphpv3KrWGQtJmgb6eW-8KKN5MaGlcGhch9SUeXsT3AHjiZfvNatPaESSNryLPzuQo3VSn2jbDsZb_tdbedlQyOaWLMvzHI3syZhxyXg53nPb8YTPYTNvHRzjxuwNAbDP1BpmtjYPrFlLrcpF9dnTWkKJAfUoXtEAH1E3MWbklN-meMPuqCWPb8VKwz7madyVt02SxSyRsJMHJDwsJpPIj47u0QA%2526sig%253DCg0ArKJSzITBzG6cU8KEEAE%2526fbs_aeid%253D%25255Bgw_fbsaeid%25255D%2526urlfix%253D1%2526adurl%253Dhttps:\/\/traffic.pubexchange.com\/l\/15b878e1-1b2f-4cf3-8135-6d1c87f44f7a\/5037ecae-99b6-4185-9709-c7c25070766e\/f68f61ac-7cb8-4c37-a791-d884f8f38f6f\/f?u=explorethearchive.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orion-uploads.openroadmedia.com\/md_0bdcb0064ced-romanov-family.jpg\" \/><\/a>The Romanov Family Beyond the Royal Tragedy: 10 Facts You May Not Know<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In August 2004, Christa Pike was convicted of attempted first-degree murder for trying to strangle fellow inmate Patricia Jones with a shoestring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309040 post-img-landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/natasha-cornett-and-patricia-jones.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/natasha-cornett-and-patricia-jones.jpg 900w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/natasha-cornett-and-patricia-jones-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/natasha-cornett-and-patricia-jones-768x550.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Natasha Cornett And Patricia Jones\" width=\"900\" height=\"645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309040\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-309040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Tennessee Department of Correction<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">Natasha Cornett (left) and Patricia Jones (right).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Authorities believed another inmate named Natasha Cornett \u2014 serving three life sentences for the Satanic killing of a couple and their six-year-old \u2014 was also involved in the attack but they were unable to prove it.<\/p>\n<p>Days after the attack, Pike made a phone call to her mother and laughingly\u00a0told\u00a0her, \u201cI wrapped that shoestring around her and tried to choke the \u2026 life out of her. She was passed out on the ground, Mama, twitching, foaming at the mouth, her eyeballs was bugged out so far, her eyelids were flipped up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"pbh-lazy-inline pbh_inline\" data-loader=\"revLoader\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1766402063250-8\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1017773\/ATIInline_11__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In March 2012, Pike was involved in an escape plan involving an inmate from New Jersey; although Pike wasn\u2019t ultimately charged with a crime, Donald Kohut was sentenced to seven years after getting convicted of bribery and conspiracy to commit escape.<\/p>\n<p>A corrections officer, Justin Heflin, lost his job for his role in the conspiracy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"youtu_be\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Good Morning America March 22, 2012 - Christa Pike escape plot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4LxTEiK37_w?feature=oembed\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Good Morning America<\/em>\u00a0on Christa Pike\u2019s attempted prison escape.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After Pike and her attorneys exhausted all her appeals to no avail, the state of Tennessee\u00a0petitioned the court to set an execution date on August 27, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>While an execution date for Christa Pike has not been set as of this writing, it\u2019s hoped that Pike\u2019s eventual execution will bring about a sense of justice for Colleen Slemmer and her surviving family.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many people, Christa Pike lived a troubled life and dropped out of high school at a young age. 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