When is Christa Pike scheduled to be executed, and how close is that date now?
Christa Gail Pike, on death row in Tennessee, is scheduled to be executed on September 30, 2026. As of today, that’s just four days away.
When is the execution scheduled?
Pike’s execution date is September 30, 2026. She is currently held at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville.
How did the case reach this point?
- In 1995, at age 18, Pike and two accomplices killed her 19-year-old Job Corps classmate, Colleen Slemmer, in woods near an abandoned steam plant in Knoxville, using a box cutter, a meat cleaver, and a chunk of asphalt. The reported motive was jealousy over Pike’s boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, who had had an affair with Slemmer.
- She was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and attempted first-degree murder.
- She was sentenced to death on March 30, 1996, at age 20 — making her one of the youngest women sentenced to death in the US during the post-Furman era (the period since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976).
- In 2001, she was also involved in an attack on a fellow inmate, Patricia Jones, at a Nashville facility, using a shoe-string; Jones survived.
What happens if the execution goes forward?
If it proceeds as scheduled, this would be the first execution of a woman in Tennessee in more than 200 years, and Pike would become the 19th woman executed in the US since 1976.
Worth double-checking
With the date this close, it’s worth keeping in mind that execution dates can still shift due to appeals, stays, or clemency decisions — check for the latest official update rather than assuming the date is final.
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