The neighbor of an Ohio young woman abducted on a bike ride and killed has been convicted of her murder, according to reports.
James Worley, 58, was found guilty Tuesday of aggravated murder and kidnapping in the death of University of Toledo student Sierah Joughin, news station WTVG reported.
The 20-year-old was last seen bicycling near her home in July 2016. She was found dead three days later in a cornfield.
Prosecutors said DNA evidence on Worley’s helmet and barn linked him to the murder. His attorneys, however, pointed to how there was no trace of his DNA on the bike or gag that killed her.
Worley — who served time for abducting another woman in 1990 — was convicted by the jury on all 19 charges, including abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence.
Following the verdict, Joughin’s family said they were “pleased that justice has been served.”
“Having to sit through the detailed testimony, the piles of evidence and learning what this killer and past violent offender — this is really important to us — past violent offender did to our beautiful Sierah was gut-wrenching,” her uncle Howard Ice told WTVG.




