When May Martinez takes her seat in Nashville, she will carry three decades of grief into that execution chamber. The journey was made possible by strangers who donated so money would not be the barrier between a mother and the final chapter of her daughter’s case. Their support left May and her husband Raul stunned, overwhelmed by the realization that so many people still remember Colleen.
Yet for May, this isn’t about closure so much as conviction. She has never believed that Christa Pike changed, never accepted the pleas built on mental illness or faith. In her eyes, Pike showed no mercy to Colleen and deserves none in return. On September 30, as the sentence is carried out, May will be there “for Colleen,” determined to witness what she sees as justice finally, irrevocably, done.
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