Christa Pike killed a classmate in Job Corps, carved a pentagram in her chest with a box cutter, kept a piece of crushed skull as a trophy, and showed it to friends.

Sentenced to death for the January 1995 murder, she finally gets her date with death, but it is still another year away!

On January 12, 1995, Colleen Slemmer, 19, was lured to her death by Christa Pike, Tadaryl Shipp, and Shadolla Pederson. Pike believed Colleen was trying to steal her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp.

Colleen’s friends say she was not involved with Shipp. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look at the beating that brought about Colleen’s death. And how Christa Pike saved a piece of Colleen’s skull as a trophy she shows to other members of Job Corps. Shadolla Pederson turned informant and got probation.

Tadaryl Shipp was sentenced to life but comes up for parole this month. Christa Pike was sentenced to death, and the date of her execution has been set for September 2026.

[Feature Photo: Colleen Slemmer (l), Find a Grave/Christa Pike (r), undated photo released by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows Christa Pike. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP)]