Christa Pike, who was supposed to be put to death Sept. 30 for a 1995 murder, has been released from the hospital after having survived a botched execution.
Pike is now getting medical care in prison, her attorneys said in a statement Saturday.
"Christa Pike was discharged from a local hospital and is now at Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center where she has been housed for more than 30 years," her legal team said. "She is grateful to the first responders and her medical team for their care in these extraordinary circumstances. She is continuing to receive medical care at the prison, and we will continue to track her recovery."
Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital in a botched execution in Tennessee on Sept. 30. She was supposed to be put
to death for the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995.
Her health has improved after her attorneys initially said Pike was considered brain dead. Pike started eating again, began walking with some assistance and her badly damaged arms were regaining movement, they said on Oct. 8.
Contributing: Amanda Lee Myers
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Christa Pike returned to prison after discharge from hospital
