Timothy Horton pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the death of Cassie Rainwater in 2021. In return, charges of kidnapping and abandonment of a corpse were dropped.
Two men charged with kidnapping in a Missouri missing person case that included photos of the victim kept in a cage have now been charged with her murder, according to court documents that also revealed investigators had found the remains of Cassidy Rainwater. The upgraded charges against James Phelps and Timothy Norton came after the …
Missouri authorities said they located two incendiary devices at the burned-at home of one of two suspects charged with kidnapping a missing woman. James Phelps, 58, was in custody when his Lebanon home burned to the ground last week. A Springfield Fire Department report stated that the bomb squad discovered two suspicious devices on Phelps’ property …
Investigators in Missouri have arrested two men in connection with the disappearance of a woman last seen in late July, but 33-year-old Cassidy Rainwater remains missing. A photo given to the FBI by an anonymous tipster last month showed Rainwater — in a cage in a “partially nude state” — and led to the arrests, …
