Victim's Mother Expresses Doubt Over Christa Pike's Execution After Botched Lethal Injection
The mother of Colleen Slemmer, murdered by Christa Pike in 1995, stated she anticipated Pike would survive the botched execution and expressed a loss of hope for her eventual death.
The mother of Christa Pike's victim has voiced her expectation that Pike would survive a lethal injection and shared a dwindling hope for the inmate's execution. Pike, 50, was scheduled to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in over two centuries for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. However, her attorneys revealed on Tuesday that Pike survived the procedure and is now conscious and speaking.
May Martinez, Slemmer's mother, told WBIR that she had anticipated Pike would not die during the execution. She also indicated that if another attempt were made, the outcome might be the same.
Pike is reportedly the first individual in the United States to survive a lethal injection. Martinez told WBIR, "It doesn’t matter what I think, they’re going to do what they’re going to do," when asked about her preference regarding future actions.
