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Ohio college student found dead in field to be buried Friday

This undated booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Department shows James Worley. Worley, who spent three years in prison after the 1990 abduction of a female cyclist, was arrested Friday, July 22, 2016, three days after a college student disappeared. He was charged Tuesday, July 26 with aggravated murder and was due in court Wednesday.  (Fulton County Sheriff's Department via The Blade via AP)
This undated booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Department shows James Worley. Worley, who spent three years in prison after the 1990 abduction of a female cyclist, was arrested Friday, July 22, 2016, three days after a college student disappeared. He was charged Tuesday, July 26 with aggravated murder and was due in court Wednesday. (Fulton County Sheriff's Department via The Blade via AP) This undated booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Department shows James Worley. Worley, who spent three years in prison after the 1990 abduction of a female cyclist, was arrested Friday, July 22, 2016, three days after a college student disappeared. He was charged Tuesday, July 26 with aggravated murder and was due in court Wednesday. (Fulton County Sheriff's Department via The Blade via AP)

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio college student found dead in a cornfield three days after she disappeared while riding her bicycle will be buried at a private service.

The funeral for 20-year-old University of Toledo student Sierah Joughin (JAW’-gihn) is scheduled for Friday morning followed by the burial.

Authorities have charged 57-year-old James Worley with aggravated murder and abduction in Joughin’s death last week.

Worley has declined interview requests and his attorney has not commented.

Search warrants show investigators found a hidden room outfitted with restraints inside a barn on Worley’s property where he lives west of Toledo.

Worley served three years in prison for abducting a cyclist near Toledo in 1990.

Since his arrest a week ago, investigators have been looking into the possibility of additional victims.