Reporters said Christa Pike was still breathing and audibly snoring after being given lethal injection; she was expected to be the first woman to die by lethal injection in Tennessee in 200 years Pike was 18 when she and her boyfriend beat and killed Colleen Slemmer, 19, at a job training camp for young people. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- Reporters said Christa Pike was still breathing and audibly snoring after being given lethal injection; she was expected to be the first woman to die by lethal injection in Tennessee in 200 yearsS1
- Pike was 18 when she and her boyfriend beat and killed Colleen Slemmer, 19, at a job training camp for young people.S2