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Christa Pike Raised Serious Concern About Doctor Weeks Before Failed Execution

Published: 10/02/2026

Christa Pike raised serious concerns about the doctor who was assigned to give her a lethal injection, asking tough questions weeks before he botched her execution ... TMZ has learned. TMZ obtained court docs filed by Christa in August … a short time before her scheduled execution on September…

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Christa Pike Detailed Alleged Childhood Abuse In Fight To Get Off Death Row

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike claimed she was the victim of horrific childhood abuse at the hands of relatives as she fought to get taken off death row ... and her allegations are horrifying. TMZ obtained court docs from previous appeals in her murder case in which the convicted murderer laid out the abuse she…

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Christa Pike Made Eerie Noises After Injections In Botched Execution

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike made some horrific noises for nearly an hour during her botched execution ... and one local TV news anchor who was there is describing it for us ... and it sounds unpleasant. Tori Gessner -- an anchor for WKRN news in Tennessee -- joined us on "TMZ Live" Thursday to discuss what she…

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Christa Pike's Lawyer Says She's Critically Ill in Hospital, Not Comatose

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike's botched execution attempt took a serious toll on her ... with her lawyer saying she's in bad shape in the hospital -- but making it clear she's not in a coma. An attorney for the convicted killer tells TMZ ... "Christa is critically ill but not in a coma as I understand it." He…

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Christa Pike's Lawyers Call for Death Sentence to Be Commuted After Failed Execution

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike's attorneys are calling on Tennessee to commute her death sentence after her failed execution ... saying Pike was actually helping the execution team try to place her IV lines. Randy Spivey and Stephen Ferrell both urged the state to take another execution attempt off the table…

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Christa Pike's Ex Tadaryl Shipp, Who Helped Murder Colleen Slemmer, Remains In Prison

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike's ex-boyfriend -- who helped her torture and kill a 19-year-old woman -- is still locked up ... but he's taking steps to change his scenery. Tadaryl Shipp is currently housed in Tennessee's Northwest Correctional Complex ... according to Department of Corrections records obtained by…

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Christa Pike Murder Victim's Mother Says Botched Execution Was 'A Mess'

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike's botched execution was a total disaster ... according to the mother of the girl Christa murdered in 1995. May Martinez -- Colleen Slemmer's mom -- told NBC News in a phone interview Thursday ... "It was a mess." As you know, Christa survived 2 lethal injections Wednesday night in…

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Christa Pike: Doctor Who Oversaw Failed Execution Botched Prior Lethal Injection

Published: 10/01/2026

The doctor who oversaw Christa Pike's failed execution in Tennessee also presided over another botched attempt back in May ... making him 0-for-2. Dr. Mark Fowler -- who oversaw the administration of 2 lethal injections to Pike -- supervised the called-off execution of Tony Carruthers on May 21.…

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Marsha Blackburn Calls For The Electric Chair After Christa Pike's Failed Execution

Published: 10/01/2026

Tennessee Senator and gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn offered a blunt solution following the botched execution of Christa Pike by lethal injection ... bring back the electric chair. In a statement, Blackburn says ... "This situation is tragic. Christa Pike should have been executed long…

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Christa Pike Complained of Decades in Solitary Before Failed Execution

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike survived Tennessee's attempt to execute her Wednesday night ... and years before the botched lethal injections, she was fighting the state over another part of death row -- decades spent virtually alone in solitary confinement. In a 2022 federal lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Pike asked to…

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Christa Pike Said Arm Felt Like It Was About to Burst During Botched Execution

Published: 10/01/2026

Christa Pike repeatedly pointed out a shooting pain in her arm during her horrifically failed execution attempt ... according to one eyewitness. Tori Gessner, a reporter for Nashville's WKRN, gave a detailed account of what happened after Pike received the lethal injection, or at least, it was…

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Christa Pike Still Alive After 2 Lethal Injections

Published: 09/30/2026

Christa Pike is still alive after 2 attempted lethal injections in Tennessee. Around 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said “executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring” ... her lawyers said in a federal court filing, according to NBC…

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