Christa Pike Released From Hospital, Returned To Prison

Pike appears to be the first person known to have survived after execution drugs entered her body. Her attorneys remain concerned.

Christa Pike has been released from the hospital and returned to prison.

The 50-year-old survived after being administered two lethal injections on Sept. 30. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.

After the attempted execution, Pike was snoring and still alive. She was taken to a hospital where she received life saving measures before ultimately regaining consciousness, was awake, eating, talking, and walking.

Pike appears to be the first person known to have survived after execution drugs entered her body. Her attorneys remain concerned about psychological damage and lasting impacts to her cognitive functioning. However, Pike has been discharged from the hospital and returned to prison custody.