Episode Summary
A beautiful young woman’s brutal murder at the height of Midwestern summer shatters her community’s sense of safety forever and exposes a monster hiding right there in plain sight.
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Sierah Joughin
Sierah and boyfriend Josh Kolasinski
The selfie of Sierah that Josh took on their ride
James Worley
Episode Source Material
- People Magazine – 20-Year-Old Ohio Woman Missing Since Tuesday Was Last Seen on Purple Bike
- Sierah Joughin Obituary
- Dateline NBC News, Rachel Trost, Desperate Search for Ohio Woman Sierah Joughin Who Vanished While on Bike Ride
- The Blade, Michelle Liu, Reward offered in search for missing Fulton County woman
- WHIO, Body Found may be of missing Ohio Woman
- Springfield News-Sun, Michelle Liu, Reward offered in search for woman
- Newser, Rob Quinn, Worrying Finds After Woman Vanishes While Biking
- CBS News – Body of missing Ohio college student believed to be found
- The Akron Beacon Journal, Body found in rural area
- The Journal News, John Seewer/Associated Press, Suspect in woman’s killing was convicted in 1990 abduction
- Telegraph-Forum, Associated Press, Suspect in college student’s killing will remain in jail
- Fulton County Common Pleas Court, Search and Seizure Warrant
- WTOL11, Evidence shows man charged with Sierah Joughin’s murder may be serial Offender
- The Blade, Lauren Lindstrom, Investigators find hidden room on Joughin suspect’s property
- CNN, Faith Karimi and Steve Visser, Suspect in Killing of Ohio student had hidden room with freezer, police say
- The Blade, Ryan Dunn, Worley to remain in jail without bond
- Chillicothe Gazette, No human remains found on property of slaying suspect
- Dayton Daily News, Ryan Dunn, Coroner: Bicyclist died of asphyxiation
- Fulton County Expositor, David J. Coehrs, Worley pleads not guilty to all charges
- Battle Creek Enquirer, John Sewer, More states adopt registries that track former convicts
- The Times Recorder, Associated Press, Field search yields no new evidence in student slaying
- The Blade, Lauren Lindstrom, Jury selection begins for Sierah Joughin murder trial in Fulton County
- Springfield News-Sun, The (Toledo) Blade, Woman’s family files wrongful death lawsuit
- The News-Messenger, Lawmakers OK bill creating database of violent offenders
- The Blade, Lauren Lindstrom, Initial interviews with Worley played on first day of murder trial
- The Blade, Lauren Lindstrom, BCI agent testifies during 2nd day of Worley murder trial
- The Blade, Lauren Lindstrom, Testimony focuses on James Worley’s pornography searches
- 13 ABC, Shaun Hegarty, Friend Testifies to smoking pot and watching porn with James Worley
- NBC 24, Tori Creel, 1990 Victim recalls James Worley abduction: “Get in the truck or I’m going to kill you
- Fulton County Expositor, David J Coehrs, Coroner describes Joughin death, autopsy
- Swanton Enterprise, David J Coehrs, Worley defense case brief
- The Blade, Lauren Lindstrom, Closing Arguments in James Worley murder trial end
- The Blade, Jennifer Feehan and Lauren Lindstrom, James Worley found guilty for Sierah Joughin murder
- Fulton County Expositor, David J Coehrs, Worley painted as ‘one damaged man’
- 13 ABC, Testimony reveals James Worley was suspected of another murder
- Fulton County Expositor, David J Coehrs, Judge upholds Worley death sentence
- The Blade, Lauren Lindstrom, Worley files notice to appeal death penalty sentence
- WTOL11, Sierah Joughin’s family receive Worley’s property, will demolish buildings
- 13 ABC, Shaun Hegarty, Execution for Sierah Joughin’s killer put on hold temporarily
- Swanton Enterprise, David J Coehrs, Demolition on Worley property begins
- WTOL11, James Worley’s attorneys seek to have death sentence overturned and request new trial
- WTOL11, FBI, Fulton County sheriff search former property of James Worley, man convicted of killing Sierah Joughin
- The Blade, Worley attorneys seek to throw out convictions in Joughin death
- ABC 13, Testimony reveals James Worley was suspected of another murder
- WTOL11, Could man accused of murdering Sierah Joughin be responsible for other cold case murders?
- Fulton County Courts, Court Records obtained via search for cases related to “Worley, James”
- The Blade, Lauren Lindstrom, Financials, injuries focus of proceedings in Worley murder trial
- The Blade, Lauren Lindstrom, Day 5 of James Worley trial centers on DNA, phone data
- Ohio Supreme Court, Case Info, “2018-0757: State of Ohio v. James D. Worley”
- Living A Nightmare – “The Long Way Home”
- Buried In The Backyard – “Deep in the Cornfields”
- James Worley Trial Day 2 Part 1 CSI Agent Megan Roberts Testifies
- James Worley Trial Day 2 Part 2 David Hammond Testifies
- ABC 13 Action News – Day 7 of testimony in the James Worley Capital Murder Case
- Washington Post, Travis M. Andrews, Hidden room, bloody freezer, handcuffs found in student slaying probe)
- The Toledo Blade, Vanessa McCray, Abduction renews horror of ’90 case
- ABC 13 Action News, Shaun Hegarty, Motorcycle helmet led investigators closer to Sierah Joughin’s alleged killer)
- WTOL News, Dick Barry, Police continue to search home of Fulton Co. man charged in disappearance of Sierah Joughin
- WTOL News, Evidence shows man charged with Sierah Joughin’s murder may be serial offender