Media Features
We are grateful that people around the world have been touched by Sierah’s story and that many media partners have highlighted her life. You can learn more about Sierah, how her life was cut short, and the inspiration for the Justice for Sierah organization by exploring some of these features.
- Crime Junkies – “MURDERED: Sierah Joughin”
- Episode Description: 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 hiding right there in plain sight.
- Aired: 4/19/2021
- Investigation Discovery: Living a Nightmare – “The Long Way Home”
- Episode Description: A student bikes home from her boyfriend’s house and is never seen again.
- Aired: 9/8/2020
- Oxygen: Buried in the Backyard – “Deep In The Cornfields”
- Episode Description: Federal agents descend on a tiny Ohio town after a beloved girl goes missing. Fearing their cornfields harbor a terrible truth, theories abound and panic spikes in this serene community. It’s a race against time as investigators close in on a killer.
- Aired: 7/15/2019
- True Crime on the Dr. Oz Show
- Episode Description: Sierah Joughin was only 20 years old when she disappeared on a bike ride just after kissing her boyfriend goodbye. Crime correspondent Melissa Moore describes the “barn of horrors” discovered at Joughin’s killer, James Worley’s property. (The title and primary focus of the episode are on early news about COVID-19 given the time when it originally aired.)
- Aired: 4/30/2020
If you are interested in telling Sierah’s story or spreading the word about the work of our organization, please contact Tara Ice at [email protected].