Murder of Sierah Joughin
2016 murder in Ohio
Sierah Catherine Joughin (February 11, 1996 – July 22, 2016) was an American woman who was abducted and murdered in Delta, Ohio. She disappeared on July 19, 2016, and was found dead three days later. Her assailant, James Dean Worley, was convicted and sentenced to death for her murder and over 20 years in prison for kidnapping, assault, and other related charges.
Worley had been previously convicted and imprisoned for the assault and attempted kidnapping of another woman in 1990 under similar circumstances but was released after three years and was not listed in any state or federal offender database at the time of Joughin's murder. Consequently, the killing prompted the creation of Ohio Senate Bill 231 ("Sierah's Law"), a statute that provides for a searchable database of felons living in the state, who are convicted of specific violent offenses. The statute was signed into law in December 2018.
Sierah Joughin
Sierah Catherine Joughin was born in Sylvania, Ohio, on February 11, 1996, to Sheila Vaculik and Tom Joughin and lived in Metamora, Ohio. Nicknamed "Ce" by friends and family, she graduated from Evergreen High School in 2014. At the time of her death, she was enrolled at University of Toledo's Junior College of Business, studying human resource management and interning at her uncle's metal stamping business.
James Worley
James Dean Worley (born April 8, 1959) was born in Tacoma, Washington, to Florence and James Julius Worley.
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