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 and formerly dated Stan Stokowski, the oldest son of Gloria Vanderbilt and Leopold Stokowski.

Worthington was stabbed to death at her home in Truro, M*achusetts (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 M*achusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied an appeal for a new trial.

External links

• 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)
• Murder on the Cape movie (2017)

Links to some articles written by Worthington:

• NYC Times Article on African fertility dolls
• NYT News Service article on Navigational Aids

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