Christa Pike is the youngest woman ever put on death row in the United States.
She was a wannabe devil worshipper, who, with her boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp, carved a pentagram into fellow Job Corps student Colleen Slemmer’s chest before caving her head in with a rock in a sacrifice to the devil.
She has been called evil and a monster, but in many ways she was just what she looked like: a traumatized and lost little girl.
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REFERENCES:
A Love to Die For by Patricia Springer. Pinacle March 1, 2000. ISBN-13 : 978-0786010868 (Out of print, link to copy on the Internet Archive: A love to die for : Patricia Springer : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive )
Christa's Story | Mercy for Christa
Knox New, September 2015: Mother of Christa Gail Pike's slaying victim outraged over for-profit website
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