Tadaryl Shipp Denied Parole in 1995 Murder Case, Next Hearing Set for 2031

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 6

October 2031 is the next parole hearing date for Tadaryl Shipp, now 49, after Tennessee denied his first bid for release in the 1995 torture and murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
Shipp was 17 at the time of the killing, which made him ineligible for the death penalty; he is serving life for first-degree murder plus 25 years for conspiracy.
Prosecutors said Shipp helped restrain Slemmer as she tried to escape and carved pentagrams into her chest and face in a crime investigators described as one of Knoxville's most grotesque scenes.
The parole decision comes as attention remains on co-defendant Christa Pike, who is hospitalized in critical condition after two lethal-injection doses failed to kill her during a botched execution attempt last week.
A third defendant, Shadolla Peterson, pleaded guilty as an accessory after the fact and testified against Pike and Shipp.