911 operators questioned whether Christa Pike failed execution call was prank, audio reveals

911 dispatch recordings show a series of miscommunications led to delayed emergency response in the immediate aftermath of the Tennessee Department of Correction’s failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike.

An initial 911 call came through to dispatchers around 8:40 p.m. on Sept. 30, roughly an hour after Pike’s planned execution began, according to documents and audio recordings obtained by Fox News. 

During the call, the unidentified caller informed operators of a failed...