In a unanimous opinion, the supreme court rejected worley’s appeal of the murder conviction and sentence for the death of sierah joughin, including his contention that jury. Before the judge made his decision, worley. Authorities charged james dean worley, 57, this week with aggravated murder and abduction in the death of sierah joughin, 20. The university of toledo student. An autopsy revealed a head wound caused significant bleeding and could have been caused by being struck with a motorcycled helmet. The medical examiner found the dog toy filled. The man accused of kidnapping and murdering a university of toledo student was in court via video friday. James worley, 57, was arraigned in fulton county as family and. On wednesday july 27, james worley was officially charged with aggravated murder and kidnapping in the death of sierah joughin. Police revealed evidence against. Delta, ohio — the fulton county man convicted of killing sierah joughin in july 2016 will be executed in 2025. The ohio state supreme court announced thursday it has. Sierah joughin, the slain ohio college student whose body was found days after she went missing in july, choked to death on a large plastic gag, according to a newly. 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. Sierah joughin's body was found july 22 in a field off county road 6, in the vicinity of where she was went missing while riding her bicycle three days earlier.