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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
- 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
- Joshua Yager,Martin Zied
Nov 24, 2017 · McCowen, who worked as a garbage man on the Cape and had Worthington’s home on his trash route, didn’t testify at his 2006 trial, but was convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated rape and aggravated burglary in connection with Worthington’s death.
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- ABC News
A fisherman has an affair with a fashion writer, who later has his child. When she turns up dead, he becomes the prime suspect.
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- Arthur Egeli
- Crime, Drama
- Jade Harlow
Jan 9, 2018 · By some strange twist of fate, Murder on the Cape is actually loosely based on the murder of fashion writer Christa Worthington, a single mom who was found stabbed to death in her Cape Cod home...
- Jade Budowski
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.
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It was a crime that rocked an idyllic seaside town on Cape Cod. The 2002 murder of Christa Worthington, found stabbed to death with her 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter, unharmed at her side.
