About this episode
Christina revisits the case of Christa Pike, the youngest woman sentenced to death in the U.S., and the brutal murder of Colleen Slemmer.
Today, Christina revisits of one of our most popular cases - Christa Pike aka "Lil' Devil" - the youngest woman to ever be sentenced to death in the United States of America. On the night of January 12, 1995, the beautiful and kind-hearted Colleen Slemmer was lured into the woods by a group of her Tennessee Job Corps class mates - led by Christa Pike - and brutally murdered. But even more shocking than the murder itself, was the motive behind it. This was a crime of passion and true mea...
People in this episode
Hosts: Christina, Alicia
Topics covered
- true crime
- murder case
- death penalty
- youth crime
- psychology of crime
Keywords
- Christa Pike
- Colleen Slemmer
- death penalty
- murder
- Tennessee Job Corps
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Tennessee
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