I was an official witness at Christa Pike's botched execution. Her tears, laughter, disturbing snores and the rock they placed on her chest will haunt me for ever

Daily Mail - Oct 2, 2026

It took 30 years for Christa Pike's sentence to be set in motion. Thirty years of agony for the family of the teenage student she'd killed in a crime still embedded in public consciousness.

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I was an official witness at Christa Pike's botched execution. Her tears, laughter, disturbing snores and the rock they placed on her chest will haunt me for ever

Oct 2, 2026

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It took 30 years for Christa Pike's sentence to be set in motion. Thirty years of agony for the family of the teenage student she'd killed in a crime still embedded in public consciousness.

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