Christa Pike

Christa Pike
2012 mug shot of Pike
Born
Christa Gail Pike

(1976-03-10) March 10, 1976
Criminal statusAwaiting execution on death row
MotiveJealousy
ConvictionsFirst degree murder
Conspiracy to commit first degree murder
Attempted first degree murder (March 22, 1996)
Criminal penaltyDeath (March 30, 1996)
Time at large
2 days
Details
Victims
  • 1995: Colleen Slemmer
  • 2001: Patricia Jones
Date
  • January 12, 1995
  • August 24, 2001
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
Locations
Weapons
  • 1995: Box cutter, meat cleaver and chunk of asphalt
  • 2001: shoe-string
Date apprehended
January 14, 1995 (1995-01-14)
Imprisoned atDebra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Christa Gail Pike (born March 10, 1976) is an American convicted murderer, and one of the youngest women to be sentenced to death in the United States during the post-Furman period. At 18 years old, Pike tortured her classmate Colleen Slemmer to death. She was convicted at age 20. Pike is set to be executed on September 30, 2026.