In 1990, a young woman was knocked off her bicycle by a man driving a truck along a lonely Ohio country road. The man attempted to abduct the woman but miraculously, she escaped and flagged down a passing motorist. Almost three decades later, an eerily similar attack would occur along another lonely Ohio country road. This time, however, the young woman wouldn’t be as lucky.
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“Jury finds James Worley guilty of Sierah Joughin’s murder | Trial day 11”
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Sources:
Bedford Now, 20 July, 2016 – “Missing Ohio Woman May be in Michigan”
Fulton County Expositor, 20 July, 2016 – “Search so Far Yields no Sign of Joughin”
The Blade, 21 July, 2016 – “Woman Missing; Volunteers Help Search”
The Daily Telegram, 21 July, 2016 – “Have You Seen Her?”
FOX – 2 WJBK, 21 July, 2016 – “Ohio Woman Went Missing Near Michigan Border”
The Blade, 22 July, 2016 – “Search Continues for Missing Woman”
Dayton Daily News, 22 July, 2016 – “Reward Offered in Search for Woman”
CBS – 7 WHIO, 22 July, 2016 – “Public Asked to Help in Missing Ohio Woman Case”
The Blade, 22 July, 2016 – “Authorities Searching Man’s Property for Missing Woman”
Associated press, 23 July, 2016 – “Remains Found Believed to be Missing Ohio College Student”
The Blade, 24 July, 2016 – “Sheriff Says Body Found in Fulton Co.”
The Blade, 25 July, 2016 – “Friends, Neighbours Mourn Woman’s Loss”
Associated Press, 26 July, 2016 – “Suspect in Student’s Killing Was Convicted of Similar Attack”
The Blade, 27 July, 2016 – “Lawyer Wants to Check Worley’s DNA”
The Blade, 27 July, 2016 – “Officials Seek Violent Offender Registry”
Associated Press, 28 July, 2016 – “Suspect in College Student’s Killing Had Hidden Room”
ABC – 33 KSPR, 29 July, 2016 – “Hidden Room, Evidence of Abductions Found”
The Blade, 29 July, 2016 – “Worley Home Evidence Hits at More Victims”
The Blade, 31 July, 2016 – “UT Holds Vigil for Slain Student”
The Blade, 31 July, 2016 – “Murder Suspect Showed Fear of Threats to Home”
Swanton Enterprise, 5 August, 2016 – “Mending Tragedy”
Fulton County Expositor, 10 August, 2016 –“Joughin Died of Asphyxiation”
Fulton County Expositor, 15 August, 2016 – “Grand Jury Indicts Worley”
Fulton County Expositor, 19 August, 2016 – “Worley Hears Indictment Charges”
Fulton County Expositor, 7 September, 2016 – “Worley Pleads Not Guilty”
Fulton County Expositor, 3 October, 2016 – “Community Rallies for Joughin Event”
The Blade, 7 December, 2016 – “Sierah’s Law”
Fulton County Expositor, 13 February 2017 – “Senator’s Seek Sierah’s Law”
The Blade, 15 March, 2017 – “Family Pleads for Law to Track Violent Crimes”
The Blade, 5 April, 2017 – “Family of Slain Sierah Joughin Files Lawsuit”
The Columbus Dispatch, 15 April, 2017 – “Slain Woman’s Mother Backs Proposed Ohio Registry”
The Blade, 18 July, 2017 – “A Year Later”
The Blade, 30 July, 2017 – “Sierah’s Mom Reflects on Life”
Fulton County Expositor, 19 December, 2017 – “Worley Trial Delayed to Ponder New Information”
The Blade, 12 March, 2018 – “Initial Interviews with Worley Played on First Day of Murder Trial”
The Blade, 12 March, 2018 – “Boyfriend of Sierah Joughin Testifies in James Worley Trial”
Fulton County Expositor, 12 March, 2018 – “Murder Trial Opens”
The Blade, 13 March, 2018 – “BCI Agent Testifies During 2nd Day of Worley Murder Trial”
Fulton County Expositor, 13 March, 2018 – “Investigators Recall Worley Property Search”
The Blade, 14 March, 2018 – “Testimony Focuses on James Worley’s Pornographic Searches”
The Blade, 15 March, 2018 – “Financials, Injuries Focus of Proceedings in Worley Murder Trial”
Fulton County Expositor, 15 March, 2018 – “Worley Friend: We Smoked Pot, Watched Porn”
The Blade, 16 March, 2018 – “Day 5 of James Worley Trial Centers on DNA, Phone Data”
Fulton County Expositor, 19 March, 2018 – “Coroner Describes Joughin Death, Autopsy”
Fulton County Expositor, 20 March, 2018 – “Past Worley Victim Recounts Attack”
Fulton County Expositor, 22 March, 2018 – “Worley Defense Case Brief”
Fulton County Expositor, 25 March, 2018 – “DNA Disputes Close Worley Trial”
Fulton County Expositor, 26 March, 2018 – “Worley Guilty on All Counts”
Fulton County Expositor, 2 April, 2018 – “Worley Painted as One Damaged Man”
Fulton County Expositor, 17 April, 2018 – “Judge Upholds Worley Death Sentence”
