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[criminol]

Christa Pike: The Youngest American Woman Sentenced To Death

Christa Gail Pike is an American convicted murderer and was sentenced to death at only 20 years of age for a torture/ murder she committed when she was 18. Pike is said to have had a troubled childhood, she dropped out of school and was offered various government training programmes granted to those with low income. Pike began dating Taradyl Shipp. The couple developed an interest in the occult and devil worship.

Pike grew increasingly jealous of Colleen Slemmer, a classmate she thought was trying to steal her boyfriend. Friends of Colleen's state she had no such attentions. Regardless, Shipp and Pike became obsessed with the idea that Colleen should be 'sacrificied in the name of Satan.' Along with a friend, Shadolla Peterson, Pike lured Colleen to an isolated place near the University of Tennessee campus.

On 12th January 1995, Pike, Peterson, Ship and Colleen signed out of the dormitory. Colleen was under the impression they were going to make peace with her by offering her marijuana. When Colleen arrived at the location Peterson acted as a lookout while Pike and Shipp attacked her. Colleen was taunted, beaten, slashed and a pentagram had been carved into her chest. Finally, Pike slammed Colleen's skull with a rock, killing her. Pike kept a piece of her victim's skull as a trophy.

Pike began to show off, even showing the piece of Colleen's skull, to others around the school. Within 36 hours, the three were arrested. Pike was found to have part of the skull in her jacket pocket. The logbook showed four of them left but only three returned. Pike confessed to torturing and killing Colleen but claimed she had just been trying to scare her and not kill her.

Pike was charged and found guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder, she was sentenced to death and remains on death row. Shipp received a life sentence. Peterson, who became an informant for a more lenient sentence, received probation for being an accessory to the crime.

While in prison in August 2001, Pike attacked and attempted to strangle a fellow inmate, almost succeeded in choking her to death.

[ryan-almighty]

What an AWESOME surprise was awaiting me in my mailbox today. A letter from the youngest woman to ever be put on death row for the brutal murder of a girl that was trying to steal her then boyfriend.... I heard through the grapevine ( Andrew Dodge and Bradley Kane ) that she was a fan of my blood Paintings.. stoked that she wrote me . Now to open it and see what she has to say, by the looks of the envelope I'm betting it's gonna be good :) #ryan #almighty #human #blood #artist #art #murderbilia #truecrime #ChristaPike #deathrow (at Almighty Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsfMZ4sFo7X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13h3hfpdhc7d5

[arsenousapplepie]

The style inspiration for this one comes from "The Love Witch." It worked out because Christa Pike has some similarities to the main character. They both become obsessive when it comes to love interests, have a very cavalier attitude towards murder, and are ultimately always motivated by selfish desires. Christa is the exact opposite of my last character, although she apparently keeps a picture of Karla Faye Tucker in her cell. If you watch interviews with Christa, you'll notice she's sort of all over the place in the way she talks, which I attempt to mimic here without becoming incoherent. She also acknowledges that she did something illegal, but seems much more distressed by how prison is affecting her. I also really played up the satanic and sacrificial aspects of this series, because despite not being an actual sacrifice, Christa used this murder as a strange bonding experience between her and her boyfriend. She was also very proud of it, and wanted to be seen as both frightening and gory, so I wanted to portray the somewhat fantastical image of herself that she seemed to have in her head. In this shoot: All from goodwill or secondhand: 👗 is a vintage Fredrick’s of Hollywood that I pinned in the back to give it more form 👠 are vintage Bruno Valenti 👛 is an Estée Lauder Make Up case 🕸 no tags on these tights 🔪I’m not entirely sure when my family came to possess a jade & obsidian dagger, but I had it, so it got to make an appearance ⚔️🔮👸🏻 🌚The gorgeous black lace peeking out of my dress is the only new item in this series — L’agent’s utterly fabulous Amalea bra

[arsenousapplepie]

So, yeah, I killed this bitch Colleen. But here's the thing -- she'd been running her mouth about me for a LONG time. She wanted my boyfriend and she knew if I got into one more fight I'd be kicked out of the Job Corps center. So she tried to mess with me. I mean, the one time I woke up in the middle of the night and she was standing over me with a box cutter. She was deliberately trying to provoke me.

[arsenousapplepie]

They said I'm like a vampire, that I just drain therapists and move on. I don't know. We dabbled in Satanism, but this wasn't supposed to be some type of sacrifice or anything. I just wanted to teach her not to mess with me. I hadn't even intended to kill her that night. That's just what ended up happening.

[arsenousapplepie]

We did carve a pentagram on her chest though. I don't know, I thought that was a nice touch. A lot of people said I didn't show her any mercy, but let's not lie to ourselves, here. I did. I could have just left her there, the blood slowly draining from the little holes we'd put in her body, suffering for hours and hours until there was nothing left. But I didn't. I showed mercy. I was gracious enough to find some asphalt and beat her skull in. They still want to fry me though. It's not dying that frightens me, but the chair ... it just seems like an awful way to go. You know when you get those little shocks from static? I think those hurt. Can you imagine the feeling of thousands of those little shocks, all coming for you at once? Oh! And they're going to shave my head.

[arsenousapplepie]

I cracked a big hole in her head, then I took a little part of skull to keep with me. I'd pull it out when I was recounting the story to someone, you know, for dramatic effect. It was exciting to tell people about it, to see the looks on their faces. It was great. I literally jumped for joy at one point.

[arsenousapplepie]

I told the police everything too. They brought me in within a couple days. I didn't spare any details, but I figured if I just came clean about everything they wouldn't go after anyone else. They had me, why did they need the other two people? I'm the only one who got the death penalty though. That's what bothers me. I mean, at first, I was trying to leave them out of it. I didn't want them to get caught, but if the cops are going to punish all of us, why am I the only one getting fried? That just isn't fair.

[arsenousapplepie]

I'm not dumb. I'm not going to get into a fight with her on the campus. So I tell her let's make peace, we'll all go out in the woods, smoke a little bit, you know, bury the hatchet, so to speak. Come darlings, follow me, it's just up ahead.

[arsenousapplepie]

I don't know what happened. Maybe I was just feeling mean that day, maybe I was worried she'd go back and tell, but before I know it, I've kneed her in the face, thrown her on the ground, and I'm stabbing her like crazy. She kept trying to get up. I just had this box cutter and a small meat cleaver, so it was taking awhile. I had these two people with me though, and they'd throw her back to the ground whenever she tried to run.

[arsenousapplepie]

You know, it's a lot harder to kill someone when they're trying to talk to you. In prison I had this girl who just kept harassing me, and you have to stand up to bullies or they'll never leave you alone. So I started to strangle her with a shoelace. She sure as hell couldn't talk. I almost succeeded too, but they stopped me & she recovered in the hospital. Colleen wouldn't shut up though, she was a talker. Begging, trying to reason with me, I don't know. I guess none of that matters anymore. These days I just sit around waiting for the chair. ☠️����☠️💋