Cape Cod Hit With Genuine Murder Mystery
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: As we told you earlier, Cape Cod's winter lull has been violently shattered. The beautiful summer destination spot for many in the Northeast has been hit with a genuine murder mystery. CNN's Bill Delaney has the story.</s>BILL DELANEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Even painted with the bright brush of a midwinter sun, on Cape Cod this time of year something's just unsettling somehow. That deserted feeling clinging to the raw wind, desolate, where a mystery novelist might set, well, a murder, now too real. Christa Worthington, globe trotting fashion writer, single mother, stabbed to death. Her body found Sunday, January 7 in her home, in the town of Truro. Police believe her two and half year-old daughter kept a horrifying vigil with her body for more than 24 hours. The first murder in Truro since 1968, with a plot that quickly thickened. (on camera): As if a killer on the loose wasn't enough, the subplots in all this are almost too much. The neighbor who found Christa Worthington's body had a love affair with her. He could collect $250,000 in her will, and the father of Christa Worthington's two and half-year-old daughter Ava is a 51-year-old married man with children of his own. (voice-over): Both men, with other friends and family of Worthington, attended a memorial service for her, and have alibis. The father, Tony Jackett, with the support of his wife and children, already in court seeking custody of his illegitimate daughter.</s>TONY JACKETT, FATHER OF WORTHINGTON'S DAUGHTER: My concern here now is what is going to happen to Ava.</s>DELANEY: At the Lighthouse Restaurant in nearby Wellfleet, other concerns. Waitress Justine Kirwan lives around the corner from the murder.</s>JUSTINE KIRWAN, NEIGHBOR: I don't know, but I wouldn't be likely to go for a nice walk in the woods this afternoon. Just -- I was going -- I was last Friday, and it was a beautiful day, and it's like I couldn't go for that right now (ph), I'm not going to.</s>DELANEY: Truro police now recommend locking doors, where many not only don't lock up, they haven't even had front door key for years. As for who did it --</s>JOHN THOMAS, POLICE CHIEF, TRURO POLICE: In most cases considered a homicide, the victim is either -- either knows the perpetrator, or has some type of connection to the perpetrator.</s>DELANEY: On uneasy outer Cape Cod this winter, local people hope police start making some connections soon. Bill Delaney, CNN, Truro, Massachusetts.