He was the one who taunted Christa that Colleen was flirting with him after he beat her while she had been up for 3 days in a manic state. He told Kip O'Hara he had to make a human sacrifice because the celestial bodies were in alignment on the devil’s birthday, Friday 13th. He also asked Daniel Wayland if he’d seen Colleen and told him “When we find her, she’s dead.” He carved the pentagram in Colleen’s chest and bragged about her being a sacrifice to satan while in prison. He cut Colleen’s back and was the one to hit her with asphalt. He also threw rocks at her. He tripped her as she tried to run away which caused her to hit her head on a rock. He laughed at that. He tied a rag around Colleen’s mouth to keep her quiet. When she fell in the mud, he dragged her back. He was the one who moved her almost dead body to a hill of mud and covered her with leaves and hid her clothes. In prison, he spent the first 20 years in a lot of trouble. He beat up everyone he came into contact with. He cleaned up his act the last 10 years to get parole. He blames his arrest on the racism in Tennessee. If he wasn’t black, they’d never have arrested him. After all, the other two were adults and he was just a kid. If two adults gave someone alcohol, they’d only charge the adults. And you know, it was just a couple stupid kids who were impulsive. That’s what the murder was. But because that person lost her life, it’s affected his life, his child’s life, his partner’s life, his family’s life. But he doesn’t say her name until he gets permission to say it. He’s really mad they put off his parole eligibility for 5 years because of all his trouble in prison. He’s even more mad that after all he did to get that parole, they set him up for failure because he’s black and they can’t get over that little thing he did 30 years ago. Now they’re making him wait another 5 years and he has to finish his degree. Is that your guy? As for Christa’s attempted murder conviction, let me get you the interview with Patricia about that. Christa wasn’t trying to kill her. She was protecting Natasha who Patricia was going to kill. Patricia also testified to that.

This is Christa Pike at 18 years old when she was sentenced to death. She begged for a hug from her mother before she died. She is now 50 and will be executed tonight for the heinous murder she committed with a boyfriend 32 years ago. Christa’s mother drank heavily and used drugs while she was pregnant with Christa resulting in brain damage which caused Christa’s bipolar disorder. Christa was born premature while her mother was drunk and spent weeks in an incubator. Her mother went back to work as a nurse. When Christa was 14 months old, she suffered a seizure. Her mother refused to leave the bar to take her to the hospital. After Christa was born, her mother left Christa and her brother without food, crawling in dog feces, while she drank with her boyfriends. She sent her children away to their grandmother when one of her many husbands didn’t want them around. Her grandmother allowed her boyfriend to orally sexually assault Christa before the child could talk until she began school. He locked her in a dark chicken coop with spiders crawling on her. When Christa’s school became concerned, her mother failed to follow up or prevent further abuse. Christa’s father stole her dog to give to one of his girlfriends when Christa was 6. Her mother allowed her boyfriends to beat Christa and twist her nipples. One beat Christa with a belt and sexually assaulted her. He forced her to watch pornography and look at graphic images. When Christa brought some of the images to school, they called her mother. She did nothing. When the boyfriend was arrested, her mother tried to deny it. When Christa was raped at 11 by a man in the neighborhood, her mother denied it until she developed an infection and the man was arrested. When Christa tried to commit suicide after that, a psychiatrist told her mother Christa was severely depressed and needed help. Her mother denied Christa further help and her bipolar disorder was not treated. Her mother told Christa to have her 20-something year old carnival boyfriend live with them when Christa was 14. She smoked pot with Christa and her boyfriend to bond. When Christa became pregnant by one of her mother’s lovers at 16, her mother convinced her to get an abortion telling her a healthy baby could not be born from rape. When Christa was raped at 17, one year to the day before she committed murder with her boyfriend, Christa’s mother didn’t care. But Christa was happy to see her mother in court during her trial and all she wanted was a hug. When Christa tried to introduce mitigating factors post-conviction, her mother said her daughter told lies and was a problem child since she was 8. Even then, her mother didn’t care about her child who only wanted a hug. Yes, Christa committed an extremely heinous murder at 18 and she will be put to death. But I just wanted to share a little bit of her story with you — especially for all of you rejoicing at her execution. #christapike