'Maybe now finally we have the justice': Before TN executes Christa Pike, Colleen Slemmer’s mother remembers her daughter
The mother of Colleen Slemmer, who was killed in 1995, is reflecting on her daughter's life as the state of Tennessee prepares to execute Christa Pike for the crime.
Her daughter was 19, easygoing and often smiling, Martinez said. She loved roller-skating and looked for ways to help other students at school. Those memories have endured through the decades since Slemmer was killed in Knoxville in January 1995.
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