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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 ...
- No Shortage of Suspects
- A Stunning Break
- Mccowen on Trial
- The Verdict
- Epilogue
Christa Worthington's savage murder in January of 2002 left 2-year-old Ava without a mother, and it left the townspeople of Truro edgy, nervous and silently wondering if the killer might be one of them. "Who else would come down to the end of the world in January and do this?" Williams wonders. "You think, 'It's gotta be someone who is here, 'cause...
In the three years police were searching for Christa Worthington's killer, an uneasy peace settled over Cape Cod, as the investigation dragged on. Only the random DNA round-up got much public attention. "It's just needle in a haystack kind of stuff. It did seem to smack of some desperation," Williams remarks. Meanwhile, whole books were being writt...
Prosecutors go into Christopher McCowen's trial confident the jury will accept their simple theory of Christa Worthington's murder. "That he went to this location for the purpose of having sex with this person, that was denied to him, and in a rage, he raped and killed her," explains District Attorney Michael O'Keefe. The case against Christa's all...
While the jury in the Christa Worthington murder trial deliberated, the case was still being tried in the court of public opinion. And everyone in town's had an opinion. "I think the preponderance of the evidence indicates that he's guilty," one person said. "He deserves every bit of reasonable doubt if it's there," another said. Days went by and t...
For nearly 16 years, "48 Hours" has covered the aftermath of Christa Worthington's murder and Christopher McCowen's trial. Soon after his convicton, the verdict was called into question when several jurors made allegations of racial bias during their deliberations. That prompted the trial judge to take the unusual step of calling all 12 jurors back...
- 44 min
Aug 31, 2017 · Murder on the Cape: Directed by Arthur Egeli. With Jade Harlow, Josh Walther, Heather Egeli, Tim Misuradze. Based on the Christa Worthington case. An out of work fisherman has an affair with a fashion writer wintering on the Cape.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Arthur Egeli
- 2017-08-31
Nov 24, 2017 · Chris McCowen, the man who was convicted of raping and murdering Christa Worthington, is speaking out about being at the center of what was then the biggest case to hit the Cape in decades.
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Murder on the Cape 2017 1h 35m Crime Drama List Reviews 3% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings A fisherman has an affair with a fashion writer, who later has his child.
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- Arthur Egeli
- Crime, Drama
- Jade Harlow
Jan 6, 2022 · A look at where some of the key players in the murder trial of fashion writer Christa Worthington are today. She was found dead in her Truro home in 2002.
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Aug 29, 2022 · A gruesome murder in the sleepy town of Truro in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, led the authorities on a multi-year investigation with a long list of suspects. The inquiry into Christa Worthington’s sudden death was not made easy by her complicated personal life.
