Snoring for nearly an hour: minute by minute, how the botched execution of Christa Pike unfolded
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Christa Pike was set to be executed. However, after receiving two injections, she continued to breathe. She emitted sounds resembling snoring, spoke, and complained of pain in her arm. Pike, sentenced to death for torturing and murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, stated that she felt at peace just as the scheduled lethal injection procedure began. Strapped to a gurney around 7:30 PM on Wednesday, Pike — who was allowed to make a final statement — said she was leaving the world with love. 'I am ready to be free,' she said. 'It is a happy day.' She left the prison in an ambulance, not in a hearse.
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