Christa Pike is the youngest woman sentenced to death since the reinstatement of the death penalty. Convicted along with her then boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, of murdering a fellow job corps student.
Tennessee botched her execution on September 30, 2026.
2 3/4" x 3 1/2" photo of Pike taken on death row. She has inscribed this to a former fiancee with a hand drawn smiley face and hand signed, Like my nails? Love ya babes! Christa.