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Christa Worthington

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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. On November 16, 2006, he was found guilty in Barnstable Superior Court of first-degree murder, rape and burglary, and sentenced to life without parole. In January 2008, a hearing was held due to three jurors' separate allegations that racism was involved in the deliberations.[2] In December 2010, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied an appeal for a new trial.[3]

Links to some articles written by Worthington:

References

  1. ^ Murder She Wrote Archived 2016-05-21 at the Wayback Machine People.com, June 30, 2003
  2. ^ "Judge questions jurors about alleged bias in deliberations." Boston Globe. January 10, 2008.
  3. ^ Court denies appeal for man convicted of Cape writer’s murder Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. Boston Herald. December 10, 2010.
  4. ^ "Murder on the Cape". IMDb.
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