Christa Pike is awake after 2 lethal injections, but her victim’s mother believes Tennessee won’t try again

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Martinez is the mother of Colleen Slemmer, who was murdered in Knoxville at age 19 in 1995. Her daughter’s case has now entered another period of uncertainty. Martinez said she had suspected Pike would survive the failed lethal injection. She also questioned whether the state would make another attempt.