Christa Pike was born in 1976 to Carissa Hansen and Emil Glenn Pike in Beckley, West Virginia. Her parents had a tumultuous relationship, being married for two years, divorced for a year after Hansen was found to be cheating, and remarried for another two years after Hansen attempted suicide. Both of them were frequently negligent. An aunt noted that infant Pike would be "crawling around through piles of dog stool all over the house," and that Hansen wanted to keep partying when she received news that her toddler was experiencing severe seizures. Pike's paternal grandmother would frequently help care for her; Pike believed she was the only one who ever loved her. When her grandmother died in 1988, Pike would make her first suicide attempt at age 12, for which she received little support. Christa Pike appearing before Judge in Court Pike's living situation continued to be unstable throughout her teenage years as she was both the recipient, and perpetrator, of violen
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