New Book Renews Intrigue Into 2001 Murder Of Cape Cod Writer

TRURO, Mass. -- There were more intrigue and twists Monday in the Christa Worthington murder case.

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New Book Stirs Up Old Suspicions

An ex-boyfriend of the late fashion writer is now back in the headlines. NewsCenter 5's Jack Harper reported that the renewed talk is happening on the eve of the release of a book about the murder.

The attorney who is representing the man who found the body said there is no evidence making his client the No. 1 suspect.

"I think that there's been a number of interviews with police when he said he had no knowledge of how she ended up dead on the floor.

He went to the window to return a flashlight and saw her there," said defense attorney Russell Redgate.

His client, Tim Arnold, 46, found Worthington and her 2.5-year-old daughter clinging to the body.

The Boston Herald reported that Arnold's father calls his son 'the No. 1 suspect' in the January 2001 murder.

"The book very clearly is saying that Tim Arnold did it. You have to slightly read between the lines in the last several pages of the book, but that is what's is going on there. It's a scenario that (the author's) putting forth -- that Tim did it," said Steve Radlauer, a friend of Worthington's.

Radlauer's heard all the rumors about what might have happened in her bungalow, including some that are swirling around Tony Jackett.

"I don't think it was someone from off the street or was someone that planned on doing it. I just think it was something that happened and she ended up dead, " said Jackett in a 2001 interview.

It was Jackett's affair that produced Worthington's daughter, Eva. He insisted he has been assured he is no longer a suspect.

Redgate conceded that Tim Arnold was questioned several times -- but so were several others.

"I don't know since those initial circumstances finding Ms. Worthington dead that anything has developed in the way of actual evidence that would implicate Tim Arnold," said Redgate.

District Attorney Michael O'Keefe wouldn't talk about the case on Monday. People who have seen the book say he's already said much more than he should have to the book's author, Maria Flook.

The book, "Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod," comes out Tuesday.