NASHVILLE (AP): Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting. Pike, sentenced to die for torturing and killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, said as her scheduled lethal injection began that she was at peace. Strapped to a gurney about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Pike, who was allowed to give a final statement, said she was leaving the world with love. “I’m ready to be free,” she said, “This is a happy day.”