1. The Murder

A Killing On the Cape

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True Crime

4.5 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On January 6, 2002, fashion writer and single mother Christa Worthington was found stabbed to death in her home in a small town on Cape Cod -- her 2-year-old daughter, Ava, was unharmed at her side. We start with a look at the crime that would tip off the most high-profile investigation in Cape Cod's history. Support this podcast with a review --------> http://bit.ly/2xj9fk8 *** Can you help catch a killer? Check out our other series, "A Murder On Orchard Street." Listen and subscribe: http://apple.co/2xuXURv *** ** Subscribe to "Start Here," the new daily podcast from ABC News, available on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/2pvq8Ws), Google Podcasts (http://bit.ly/2JZSK70), or your favorite podcast app! "A Killing On the Cape" is a production of ABC Radio and ABC News "20/20." Subscribe to the weekly "20/20" podcast on Apple Podcasts (http://apple.co/2zKPW5c) or wherever you're listening right now. Find more ABC podcasts at http://www.abcnewspodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yeah, the Commonwealth District Attorney's Office is right over there.
0:05.3	This is Attorney Gary Palatee.
0:07.2	He and I are in barnstable Massachusetts on the southern end of Cape Cod.
0:11.2	I'm going to go check.
0:12.6	It's August 2nd, 2017, and Gary is waiting on what he hopes is new evidence that could
0:17.2	potentially get his client a new trial.
0:19.8	Well, the subpoenas have not come in yet.
0:22.1	They would do last Thursday on the 27th.
0:24.1	They still have not arrived.
0:25.8	His client is 45-year-old Christopher McCowen, and he's been in prison for more than
0:29.8	10 years after being convicted of raping and murdering 46-year-old fashion writer and
0:34.6	single mother, Christa Worthington in 2002.
0:38.0	Something Gary says, Chris didn't do.
0:40.0	I believe he deserves a new trial.
0:43.9	I believe he deserves a new trial, but mostly I believe he's in.
0:48.1	I believe that they convicted the wrong person here.
0:51.2	The real killer is out there, but I believe that Chris McCowen did not commit this murder.
0:55.3	I don't believe anybody who says there is overwhelming evidence against Chris McCowen.
0:58.9	That's simply incorrect.
0:59.9	It just wasn't there.
1:08.3	But that's exactly what the state of Massachusetts says.
1:11.0	That the evidence against Christopher McCowen in the rape and murder of Christa Worthington
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