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Re: Authorities Address Cannibalism Rumors In Case Of Missouri Woman Kept In Cage, Killed & Dismembered
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Jun 28, 2023, 8:30:02 PM6/28/23
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Steve Cummings <jth...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:sspvor$ltma$4...@news.freedyn.de:
> They raped her until they got hungry, then they butchered her like a
> pig and stuck her on a spit.
https://www.yourtango.com/sites/default/files/image_blog/cassidy-
rainwater.png
A missing persons case in southwest Missouri has shaken three counties to
their core after the two men involved in Cassidy Rainwater’s kidnapping
were arrested in Lebanon.
James Phelps, 58, and Timothy Norton, 56, were arrested and charged with
Rainwater's kidnapping in September but the 33-year-old's exact location
remained unclear to the public until now.
Authorities have no confirmed that remains found in Phelps's home were
those of Rainwater.
Phelps and Norton have now been charged with first-degree murder.
What happened to Cassidy Rainwater?
Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice said Rainwater was disemboweled and
dismembered after she was strangled. Some of her remains were found in a
freezer.
Rainwater was reported missing on August 25th, 2021 by a family member who
said that they had not heard from or seen her in a while.
Before the remains were discovered the FBI received an anonymous tip from
someone who provided an image of a woman in a cage in a “partially nude
state,” according to court documents.
James Phelps was the last person to see Cassidy Rainwater alive.
Following the report of the missing 33-year-old woman, Dallas County
investigators discovered that 58-year-old Phelps was the last person to
have had any contact with Rainwater, court documents say.
They questioned Phelps, who said that she had been staying at his home on
Moon Valley Road “until she could get back on her feet,” and last saw her
on July 25th when she left in the middle of the night in a vehicle that
stopped at the end of the driveway.
He showed a deputy around the property, which included the loft area where
she had stayed with him.
The deputy reported that the loft looked “somewhat stripped” and had none
of Rainwater’s personal belongings.
Photos of Rainwater in a cage were sent to the FBI.
When the police received an anonymous tip that included a photo of a woman
— who they identified to be of Rainwater — caged up on what we now know
was Phelps’ property, law enforcement got a search warrant for his phone.
They discovered seven photos of Rainwater locked in a cage at his home
while partially nude, according to court documents.
A few days later, police investigated 56-year-old Timothy Norton, who was
believed to be Phelps’ accomplice and had the same registered address
Phelps’ home on Moon Valley Road.
“Norton then admitted that after arriving at Phelps’ home he did
physically confine [Rainwater] by holding her down for a substantial
period of time for the purpose of facilitating the commission of a felony
or inflicting physical injury on or terrorizing [her],” a sheriff’s
lieutenant wrote in a probable cause affidavit.
The crime scene was later destroyed.
In the midst of the ongoing investigation into Rainwater's death, Phelps's
home was burned down.
Authorities say they detonated an explosive device near the area of the
fire.
At least two sex offenders are reported to have ties to the property
though the names of these people have not been released.
Rumors about cannibalism have surrounded Cassidy Rainwater's
disappearance.
An amateur blogger focused on crimes in the Southwest Missouri area hinted
at several conspiracy theories surrounding the case.
Conspiracies are floating around that both Norton and Phelps were involved
in cannibalistic activities as well, and that information has been kept
private in case of a potential mistrial or widespread media coverage.
“My source says that law enforcers with the Dallas and Greene County
Sheriff's offices have been pulled off the investigation,” they write,
“and that at least two officers have been fired for leaking information
about the investigation.”
However, Sheriff Rice has sharply criticized these "fake news" theories.
"99.999999% of what has been posted to social media is CRAP," he wrote in
a lengthy Facebook post.
"It is not a good idea to listen to 'a crime reporter/blogger' or Tic Tok
[sic] videos that is sitting in their apartment or their mommy and daddy’s
basement eating Great Value cheese puffs and drinking box wine with grand
intentions of being a social media superstar," the post continued.
According to court documents, Phelps and Norton have been charged with
murder, kidnapping, facilitating a felony, inflicting injury, and
terrorizing.
https://www.yourtango.com/crime/what-happened-cassidy-rainwater-
cannibalism-rumors
news:sspvor$ltma$4...@news.freedyn.de:
> They raped her until they got hungry, then they butchered her like a
> pig and stuck her on a spit.
https://www.yourtango.com/sites/default/files/image_blog/cassidy-
rainwater.png
A missing persons case in southwest Missouri has shaken three counties to
their core after the two men involved in Cassidy Rainwater’s kidnapping
were arrested in Lebanon.
James Phelps, 58, and Timothy Norton, 56, were arrested and charged with
Rainwater's kidnapping in September but the 33-year-old's exact location
remained unclear to the public until now.
Authorities have no confirmed that remains found in Phelps's home were
those of Rainwater.
Phelps and Norton have now been charged with first-degree murder.
What happened to Cassidy Rainwater?
Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice said Rainwater was disemboweled and
dismembered after she was strangled. Some of her remains were found in a
freezer.
Rainwater was reported missing on August 25th, 2021 by a family member who
said that they had not heard from or seen her in a while.
Before the remains were discovered the FBI received an anonymous tip from
someone who provided an image of a woman in a cage in a “partially nude
state,” according to court documents.
James Phelps was the last person to see Cassidy Rainwater alive.
Following the report of the missing 33-year-old woman, Dallas County
investigators discovered that 58-year-old Phelps was the last person to
have had any contact with Rainwater, court documents say.
They questioned Phelps, who said that she had been staying at his home on
Moon Valley Road “until she could get back on her feet,” and last saw her
on July 25th when she left in the middle of the night in a vehicle that
stopped at the end of the driveway.
He showed a deputy around the property, which included the loft area where
she had stayed with him.
The deputy reported that the loft looked “somewhat stripped” and had none
of Rainwater’s personal belongings.
Photos of Rainwater in a cage were sent to the FBI.
When the police received an anonymous tip that included a photo of a woman
— who they identified to be of Rainwater — caged up on what we now know
was Phelps’ property, law enforcement got a search warrant for his phone.
They discovered seven photos of Rainwater locked in a cage at his home
while partially nude, according to court documents.
A few days later, police investigated 56-year-old Timothy Norton, who was
believed to be Phelps’ accomplice and had the same registered address
Phelps’ home on Moon Valley Road.
“Norton then admitted that after arriving at Phelps’ home he did
physically confine [Rainwater] by holding her down for a substantial
period of time for the purpose of facilitating the commission of a felony
or inflicting physical injury on or terrorizing [her],” a sheriff’s
lieutenant wrote in a probable cause affidavit.
The crime scene was later destroyed.
In the midst of the ongoing investigation into Rainwater's death, Phelps's
home was burned down.
Authorities say they detonated an explosive device near the area of the
fire.
At least two sex offenders are reported to have ties to the property
though the names of these people have not been released.
Rumors about cannibalism have surrounded Cassidy Rainwater's
disappearance.
An amateur blogger focused on crimes in the Southwest Missouri area hinted
at several conspiracy theories surrounding the case.
Conspiracies are floating around that both Norton and Phelps were involved
in cannibalistic activities as well, and that information has been kept
private in case of a potential mistrial or widespread media coverage.
“My source says that law enforcers with the Dallas and Greene County
Sheriff's offices have been pulled off the investigation,” they write,
“and that at least two officers have been fired for leaking information
about the investigation.”
However, Sheriff Rice has sharply criticized these "fake news" theories.
"99.999999% of what has been posted to social media is CRAP," he wrote in
a lengthy Facebook post.
"It is not a good idea to listen to 'a crime reporter/blogger' or Tic Tok
[sic] videos that is sitting in their apartment or their mommy and daddy’s
basement eating Great Value cheese puffs and drinking box wine with grand
intentions of being a social media superstar," the post continued.
According to court documents, Phelps and Norton have been charged with
murder, kidnapping, facilitating a felony, inflicting injury, and
terrorizing.
https://www.yourtango.com/crime/what-happened-cassidy-rainwater-
cannibalism-rumors
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