US state set to execute first woman in over 200 years – her horrific crime revealed

Retired detective Randy York, who worked the case, said: “During the interview, she was very giddy, laughed, very cooperative. She wanted to tell us all about it.”

He added: “She had a piece of the skull wrapped up in a napkin in her coat pocket. That’s a trophy. It showed that that piece she had fit exactly as a piece of puzzle in the skull.”

Pike was convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 and sentenced to death. Shipp received a life sentence without the possibility of parole (earlier this year a parole board denied his bid for freedom), while Peterson, who testified against Pike and Shipp, was handed probation.

In 2004 Pike had an additional 25 years added to her sentence after beingContinue reading…