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Christa Worthington (December 23, 1956 – January 6, 2002) was a United States fashion writer who worked for Women's Wear Daily, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, and The New York Times. She was also a co-author of several books on fashion.[1]
Worthington was stabbed to death at her home in Truro, Massachusetts (on Cape Cod). Her body was found on January 6, 2002, with her two-year-old daughter, Ava, clinging to it. The child was unharmed.
On April 15, 2005, a local garbage collector, Christopher McCowen, was arrested and charged with her rape and murder.[2] McCowen had lived on Cape Cod since about 1998 and had been a garbage collector whose regular route included Worthington's home. McCowen was charged on the basis of genetic fingerprinting and incriminating statements he made during a police interview.
On November 16, 2006, he was found guilty in Barnstable Superior Court of first-degree murder, aggravated rape, and aggravated armed burglary. He was sentenced to life without parole.[2]
In January 2008, a hearing was held to determine whether racism was a factor in the jury's decision to convict McCowen. Three jury members testified separately that fellow jurors made racist remarks during deliberations.[3] In December 2010, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied an appeal for a new trial.[4][5][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Murder She Wrote Archived 2016-05-21 at the Wayback Machine People.com, June 30, 2003
- 1 2 Deutsch, Gail; Effron, Lauren (November 28, 2017). "Man convicted in Christa Worthington murder: 'I'm not guilty of anything'". ABC News. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Judge questions jurors about alleged bias in deliberations." Boston Globe. January 10, 2008.
- ↑ Court denies appeal for man convicted of Cape writer's murder Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. Boston Herald. December 10, 2010.
- ↑ Goodnough, Abby (January 11, 2008). "Jurors in a Cape Cod Murder Case Testify About Racial Remarks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ↑ "Murder on the Cape". IMDb.
External links
[edit]- Christa Worthington, murder on Cape Cod
- News coverage of events leading to trial and trial coverage
- 48 Hours, Murder on the Cape (originally aired March 6, 2007)
- Cape Cod Times: Christa Worthington murder case
Links to some articles written by Worthington:
- People from Truro, Massachusetts
- 1956 births
- 2002 deaths
- People murdered in Massachusetts
- Deaths by stabbing in Massachusetts
- Incidents of violence against women
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- History of women in Massachusetts
- Fashion writers
- 2002 murders in the United States
- January 2002 crimes in the United States