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Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now. I'm Sydney Silvani. Tennessee death row inmate Krista Pike is fighting state prison officials over deteriorating living conditions following a botched execution attempt that left her severely weakened. Pike, discharged from a Nashville hospital on October 9th, claims she is struggling to adjust to life behind bars and remains isolated inside the prison infirmary. In a sworn personal declaration filed alongside an emergency court motion, Pike warns that her health and safety are in serious jeopardy. She reveals she returned to the emergency room once, though doctors did not readmit her for inpatient care. Pike describes hazardous conditions inside the institution, alleging corrections staff force her to carry out strenuous chores that put her at an extreme risk of infection and further bodily trauma. Among those tasks, Pike states she has been forced to scrub her own roach-infested shower despite her severe physical weakness. While her emergency motion seeks reintegration into the general inmate population, Pike makes it clear she cannot return to her previous housing pod. In her declaration, Pike explains that her former unit houses dangerous inmates with extensive records of violent assaults and disciplinary trouble. During her two years in that pod, following a previous settlement, Pike witnessed violent attacks on corrections officers and fellow prisoners, alongside individuals undergoing acute psychological breakdowns. Pike insists her compromised physical state leaves her defenseless, stating, I could not defend myself or get away if another inmate attacked me. I am afraid that I will be seriously hurt if I am moved to that pod while I am this weak. Rather than total isolation or violent housing, Pike requests basic access to shared prison life, including group meals, classes, lobby privileges, religious services, work assignments, and shared recreation. Currently, her only human interaction is with her legal team. Pike's attorneys emphasize that each day of continued isolation causes further harm urging the court to restore safety protections and accommodate her medical needs. The presiding judge has ordered state defendants to file their response by November 4, with Pike's defense team granted until November 6 to reply. Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, whom Pike and her boyfriend tortured and stabbed with a box cutter. Following Pike's botched lethal injection, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee enacted a statewide moratorium on executions, leaving her ultimate fate unresolved. More crime and justice news after this. Horrifying details have surfaced out of Georgia, where Atlanta police have arrested two women in connection with the beating death of four-year-old Kobe Cooks and the grievous injuries inflicted on his younger brother. According to the Atlanta Police Department, officers conducted an October 26th welfare check after Jasmine Smoke's father called 911, reporting his daughter claimed a child was unresponsive from medication. Responding officers found Kobe hidden beneath a pile of clothing inside the home, deceased for 12 to 24 hours. Autopsy findings show Kobe died from blunt force trauma, with warrants alleging lacerations to his liver and spleen. alongside burns, cuts, and broken bones. Police report smoke fled the residence with three children before patrol units arrived, but officers intercepted her and rescued the kids, noting Kobe's brother suffered visible trauma. On October 29, police arrested Jasmine Jenkins on murder charges. A GoFundMe organized by Kobe's great-aunt describes him as an affectionate burst of sunshine whose family repeatedly tried to alert authorities. The fundraiser assists with funeral costs, medical bills for his brother, and support for their father, whose Amazon job was jeopardized. Smoke identified as a friend of the mother, and Jenkins faced murder, assault, and child cruelty charges. In New York, a civil lawsuit has been filed in Manhattan State Supreme Court against former West Point cadet Caleb Suh, who admitted in federal court to drugging his pregnant classmate to force an abortion. According to the complaint, victim Jane Doe began dating Suh in October 2020 when he served as her West Point team leader. When she became pregnant in January 2022, Suh demanded she abort, threatening suicide if she refused. When she chose to keep her baby, Suh secretly used her identity to order abortion pills online and obtain Xanax from a friend, even impersonating her on pharmacy forums. On February 4, 2022, Suh brought a protein shake spiked with Xanax to her barracks. After Jane Doe passed out, Suh shoved abortion pills into her vagina and mouth. When she briefly awoke spitting them out, Suh forced them back in, telling her, eat this, it's good for you. Jane Doe awoke hours later vomiting in agony and bleeding profusely before suffering a miscarriage at the hospital. While she suffered, Suh posted anonymously online, asking whether hospital staff would detect the pills in her uterus. After hospital discharge, Suh threw her miscarriage paperwork into the trash. Suh went on to graduate from Cornell University and enrolled on scholarship at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. even asking a judge to postpone his criminal sentencing until 2027 to finish his master's degree. Jane Doe's attorney, Russell Kornblith, condemned Suh, announcing aggressive civil action. For more crime and justice news, be sure to join us for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on Fox 1, YouTube, Sirius XM, and now streaming on Tubi. With this crime alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.