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.
[1] Worthington was stabbed to death at her home in Truro, Massachusetts (on Cape Cod).
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.