Christopher McCowen

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Christopher McCowen is a man who was convicted in the 2002 rape and murder of Christa Worthington, a former fashion writer.

McCowen had been imprisoned in Florida from 1993-1998 for auto theft and burglary.

Later, McCowen lived in Provincetown, Massachusetts and was a waste collector whose regular route included Worthington's home in Truro, Massachusetts, where the crime occurred in January 2002. Worthington had been raped and killed with a knife. McCowen was charged on April 17, 2005 on the basis of genetic fingerprinting from a sample he provided in March of 2004. At the age of 34, on November 16, 2006, he was convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated rape, and aggravated armed burglary; and he was sentenced to life without parole. This court case was controversial and could be appealed in the future.