Christa Pike Criminal
Christa Gail Pike (born March 10, 1976), is the youngest woman to be sentenced to death in the United States during the post-Furman period. She was 20 when convicted for a torture and murder she committed at age 18.According to a piece published in Singapore's English language newspaper The Straits Times on April 22, 2001, Pike lived a troubled life and dropped out of high school. She joined the Job Corps, a government program aimed at helping low-income youth by offering vocational training and career skills, and attended the now closed Job Corps center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Pike fell for a young man named Tadaryl Shipp, one year her junior. Together they "dabbled" in the occult and devil worship.
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- http://www.amazon.com/A-Love-To-Die-For/dp/078601086X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386706664&sr=8-1&keywords=a+love+to+die+for
- http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/mostpopular/news-article.aspx?storyid=74735&provider=top
- http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-67281.html
- http://www.state.tn.us/correction/media/womendeathrow.html
- http://www.willkern.com/pike.html