On a cold January night in 1995, nineteen -year-old Colleen Slemmer left the Job Corps Centre in Knoxville, Tennessee with three of her peers.

Like many other young people attending Job Corp, Colleen was there hoping to build a better future for herself.

She was young, she was away from home, and had her whole life ahead of her.

But that night, the 12th of January 1995, Colleen was lured out of the dorms by three of her peers…

Students she knew but whom harboured malicious intent against her and while four students signed out of the campus including Colleen ,only three would sign back in.

By the following morning, a quiet corner of Knoxville had become the scene of a horrific murder, a murder that still haunts the area to this day.

As investigators began piecing together the events of that night, they uncovered a story involving jealousy, manipulation and a group of young people whose lives would be changed forever.

And at the centre of it all was nineteen-year-old victim Colleen Slemmer.

So, what happened to Colleen on that January night — and how did a young woman who was simply trying to make a new start, become the victim of such a shocking crime?

Today we are going to take a deep dive into a case that shook Konxville, Tenneesse to its core.

This is Ep186: The Youngest Woman on Death Row - Christa Pike The Murder of Colleen Slemmer

Crime Talk Time Stamp: 8 mins 43 seconds

Sources: Knox News / First Coast News / WBIR Channel 10 News / Supremecourt.gov / US Court of Appeals / Investigation Discovery / Chattanoogan.com / wikipedia / Medium / Cornell Law School / Volopedia /

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