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Coverage dated September 29, 2026

Before TN executes Christa Pike, Colleen Slemmer’s mother remembers her daughter

Headline from WATE Knoxville

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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  1. WKRN Nashville

    'Maybe now finally we have the justice': Before TN executes Christa Pike, Colleen Slemmer’s mother remembers her daughter (opens WKRN Nashville)

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    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.

  2. WATE Knoxville

    Before TN executes Christa Pike, Colleen Slemmer’s mother remembers her daughter (opens WATE Knoxville)

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    WATE Knoxville's feed description

    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.