Christa Pike’s Aunt Reveals Her Unexpected Reaction After the Failed Execution — “She Was Ready to Go”

Christa Pike’s family was “excited” when her execution was bungled even though the convicted murderer was “ready to go,” according to her aunt.

Pike, 50, was set to become the first woman put to death in Tennessee for over 200 years on Sept. 30 but was instead rushed to hospital after surviving two lethal injections.

“When they said she’s still breathing, we got excited thinking that she was going to make it,’ Pike’s aunt, Carrie Ross, told the Daily Mail.

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Pike’s execution had originally been due to take place at 10 a.m., but with just an hour to go, the Court of Appeals granted a stay which was lifted in the evening by the US Supreme Court.

“She didn’t want the stay,” Ross told the outlet. “She was ready to go. She was at peace. She had accepted that whatever happened was not in her control. It was in God’s control.”