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Christa Worthington
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.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. In December 2010, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied an appeal for a new trial. Provided by Wikipedia