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Christa Pike: The Crime and the Failed Execution

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Show Notes

In 1995, nineteen-year-old Colleen Slemmer was brutally murdered in Knoxville, Tennessee. Eighteen-year-old Christa Pike was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, becoming one of America's most notorious female death row inmates.

More than thirty years later, a botched lethal injection execution brought the case back into the headlines. But what really happened to Colleen Slemmer, and what does the future hold for Christa Pike?

Join investigative journalist Erica Voss on True Crime Now as we examine the shocking murder, the police investigation, the trial, and the latest developments in this extraordinary true crime case.

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