5. The Verdict

A Killing On the Cape

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True Crime

4.5 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The prosecution lays out its case against Christopher McCowen for the rape and murder of Christa Worthington, while his defense looks to poke holes in that case and raise doubts in the minds of jurors. The high-profile trial took weeks and left some wondering still to this day whether it was fair. 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	Previously on a killing on the Cape.
0:05.0	Last night at approximately 7.15 pm detectors from the Massachusetts State Police
0:10.0	Detective Unit assigned to my office arrested Christopher A. McGowan, age 33,
0:16.0	for the 2002 murder of Chris Day were then to.
0:20.0	He wasn't fleeing, he wasn't hiding, he's volunteering his DNA,
0:23.0	he didn't act like somebody who was guilty of this.
0:26.0	The first two times that McGowan was questioned by the authorities
0:33.0	basically denied knowing, but then they hand in the DNA report and everything changes.
0:42.0	And after you showed on that report, just let it across the table to him,
0:46.0	what did he do that for?
0:48.0	Just McGowan then stated, it could have been me.
0:52.0	It could have been me.
0:54.0	From ABC Radio in 2020, I'm Mark Remmelard, and this is a killing on the Cape.
1:01.0	When police announced the arrest of Christopher McGowan for the murder of Christopher Wurthington,
1:09.0	they worked to assure the community that their investigation, however long and controversial
1:14.0	at times, was not a crime.
1:17.0	Well, now it's a relief for the community, not only can the rest of the night.
1:22.0	It was probably another relief that it wasn't a stranger that just came in and ran and we picked the house.
1:27.0	That's Truro's former police chief John Thomas, and this is District Attorney Michael O'Keefe.
1:32.0	The investigation continues now as we move into the prosecution,
1:37.0	and we're going to be able to see the investigation.
1:41.0	The investigation continues now as we move into the prosecution phase of the case.
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