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tips: meyer_news@hotmail.comKathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2032125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-41852522859784609982023-06-27T22:39:00.010-05:002023-06-29T10:42:33.232-05:00Norton pleads guilty to first-degree murder for his part in Cassidy Rainwater-Paul's murder<p><b><i>June 27, 2023</i></b></p><p><b><i>By: Kathee Baird</i></b></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=s316" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="159" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=w173-h344" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="173" /></span></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="tr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 8.8px; text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cassidy Rainwater</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Timothy Norton ple</span></b><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">d guilty to first-degree murder charges for his part in the <a href="https://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2021/09/remains-found-on-phelps-property-during.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">July 2021</span></a></span></b><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2021/09/remains-found-on-phelps-property-during.html" target="_blank"> murder of Cassidy Rainwater-Paul.</a></span></b></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Norton was also facing kidnapping and abandonment of a corpse charges, but those were dismissed pursua</b><b style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">nt to the plea agreement. Dallas County Judge Lisa Henderson sentenced Norton to life without the possibility of parole at today's hearing.</b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton's co-defendant, James Phelps, entered an Alford Plea earlier this year. He was also sentenced to life without parole. </span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Dallas County Prosecutor Jonathan Barker told the court that there was a "vast amount" of digital evidence collected in this case that was sifted through by experts who concluded that there were no other victims pictured on computer hard drives, cell phones, and other digital media collected as evidence. </b></p><article class="post hentry" id="1517571218698825629" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.5em; padding-bottom: 1.5em; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1517571218698825629" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Barker also stated that claims made by Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice in a television interview that a deputy recognized trees in the background of some of the pictures from the FBI tip of Cassidy's murder, disembowelment, and dismemberment as the property where Phelps was living and that he had been to in the search for Cassidy were "misleading." </span></b></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1517571218698825629" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The reason Phelps and Norton killed Cassidy; they believed she had stolen some things from them and they wanted them back.</span></b></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1517571218698825629" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">After today's hearing, Norton sat down for an <a href="https://www.ky3.com/2023/06/27/timothy-norton-enters-guilty-plea-death-cassidy-rainwater-dallas-county/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">exclusive interview</span></a> with KY3's Marina Silva where he admitted that he deserves to die.</span></b></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1517571218698825629" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><b style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1517571218698825629" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">“I deserve to die, and I am ready for that,” said Norton just after the court appearance.</span></i></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">”It’s not right to take life. Everybody harps me. You know, I’m a monster of a Monster Monster.”</span></i></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">He says things went “sideways.”</span></i></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">“Just kind of happened. It seems like I told somebody else once. It kind of went sideways,” said Norton.</span></i></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">He claims Phelps strangled Cassidy.</span></i></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">”The next thing I know, he was choking her, and things were going sideways. If you looked into his eyes, that would have been the last thing you know I wanted to do was cross him at that point in time. I know he’s got a temper,” said Norton.</span></i></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Norton was not emotional through his court appearances and says he is still numb.</span></i></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">“Maybe later tonight I’ll, when I go to sleep, I’ll cry. You know you can talk to my kids, you can talk to my, you know, my exes. Most of my emotions come out when I’m asleep,” said Norton.</span></i></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cassidy's aunt, Cora Terry who reported her missing, gave the victim impact statement for Cassie's kids and family members. "When you and James made the decision to kill Cassidy you ruined six kids' lives and you took her from her family who loved her."</span></span></b></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Terry spoke on behalf of Cassidy's six children who have either been adopted or are being raised by family members. All of them said they hoped to have a relationship with her one day.</span></span></b></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"You're the reason that children think there are monsters under the bed," one of the children said.</span></span></b></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"God wants me to forgive you," said another. "NOT TODAY!"</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> ------------------------------ </span></span></b></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="text | article-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;">In August of 2021, a relative reported Cassidy missing and said she was last seen at a DFS meeting in Lebanon in early July</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></span></b></p></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1517571218698825629" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="640" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=w387-h232" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="387" /></span></a></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On September 16th, 2021, the FBI passed a cyber-tip with photographs labeled "Cassidy" to Dallas County investigators. The IP address from which the tip originated bounced off a tower in Germany, according to Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice.</span></span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"></span></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S5j1uCF7eaiJsqpHfXLP93RLs5qaNLzVEvbH0hj0Yt54Vku4BeH7AhD0qKKeHWMjQv39EzSS-1PfYACHGOpIFkdiiz2Os8HUafz-k-aK510GSVM4ZsPYxvdCfZvcIJ8fK1icLjAXMTkHG0bhkP3HGm3fzsBFQTpq-RRuVEFKLLmp6I9SJpGrdBU2/s2048/Timothy%20Norton%20mug%20shot.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S5j1uCF7eaiJsqpHfXLP93RLs5qaNLzVEvbH0hj0Yt54Vku4BeH7AhD0qKKeHWMjQv39EzSS-1PfYACHGOpIFkdiiz2Os8HUafz-k-aK510GSVM4ZsPYxvdCfZvcIJ8fK1icLjAXMTkHG0bhkP3HGm3fzsBFQTpq-RRuVEFKLLmp6I9SJpGrdBU2/s320/Timothy%20Norton%20mug%20shot.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="tr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 8.8px; text-align: center;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Timothy Norton</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></b><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"></p><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It would take authorities two more months to add murder charges to the already filed kidnapping charges against Timothy Norton and James Phelps for Cassidy's death. </span></span></b></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pictures on Phelps' phone allegedly show a partially nude Cassidy being held in a cage and tortured within the cabin. </span> </span></b></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton told investigators that Phelps called him on July 24, 2021, and asked him to come to the cabin. Once there, Norton held down Cassidy's legs while Phelps placed a bag over her head and strangled her, according to court documents. Court documents also state that Norton helped Phelps carry Cassidy outside to a gantry crane, where she was disemboweled, and then to a bathtub in the cabin where she was dismembered.</span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Investigators found bags of Cassidy's flesh inside a freezer in the cabin. The bags were dated 7/24 and had her initials on them. Cassidy's ex-boyfriend says he, and the children they shared, were swabbed for DNA and that's how her remains were identified. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIS9sbtqMtbrTHsir89gLbEI9srbmiy-wVpp_gM8yIHmbar2iQFG8xdzx-raXrlkiKmZdtK7jbd1nqwTAd7CwwVLmFkxSjUjLYKqenmlG745Yo6PxqaEHINAekYKVaJR9Eg2KFnn55NgqdZwfYSGQufKLNPbcOUfJhG4i1FVrULl6mnUBFtIz0-4w/s2048/James%20Phelps%20mug%20shot.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIS9sbtqMtbrTHsir89gLbEI9srbmiy-wVpp_gM8yIHmbar2iQFG8xdzx-raXrlkiKmZdtK7jbd1nqwTAd7CwwVLmFkxSjUjLYKqenmlG745Yo6PxqaEHINAekYKVaJR9Eg2KFnn55NgqdZwfYSGQufKLNPbcOUfJhG4i1FVrULl6mnUBFtIz0-4w/s320/James%20Phelps%20mug%20shot.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="tr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 8.8px; text-align: center;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">James Phelps</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice says Norton and Phelps had been planning Cassidy's murder for a couple of months. </span></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Norton was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Cassidy in late September of 2021 as he was leaving a Walmart in Lebanon, according to sources. Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker said in a court hearing last year that Norton and Phelps would troll for victims online and at Walmart.</span></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In early October of 2021, the cabin on Moon Valley Road burned to the ground. The fire has been ruled arson and there have been no arrests made in connection to that incident. </span></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dalton Chaffin, who lived at the cabin for a time in 2019, says there was only one bathtub in the cabin. A bathtub was in the fire rubble after the blaze. Whether or not it is the bathtub that Cassidy was dismembered in is not known at this time.</span></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="640" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=w385-h287" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="385" /></span></a></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Property<a href="http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2021/10/who-owns-386-moon-valley-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red;"> that had been in Cassidy's family</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red;"> </span>for several generations surrounding the cabin where she was allegedly murdered (and where some of her remains were found,) was sold recently. A Dallas County resident bought a little over 200 acres of the Margaret Campbell-Rainwater property and another 40 acres adjacent to the property. </span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> </span><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFTuTawM4F8nzXhqk00_pCsu-GTdCGUv3OllSI9YGHpEQhHYyYTlIIO4wPbf0bM1KeTC-aG_IMERDDbUVn3Pv2HgxKmSggv3ZCUv1XAUuiGCuI0kjnfsThV0o3CNVsasvGIQNuvvNxq6oCMmjcWxRzSadyMBH4SXBKlm4e4Grb3tUJiy5D-0O2scXg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="640" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFTuTawM4F8nzXhqk00_pCsu-GTdCGUv3OllSI9YGHpEQhHYyYTlIIO4wPbf0bM1KeTC-aG_IMERDDbUVn3Pv2HgxKmSggv3ZCUv1XAUuiGCuI0kjnfsThV0o3CNVsasvGIQNuvvNxq6oCMmjcWxRzSadyMBH4SXBKlm4e4Grb3tUJiy5D-0O2scXg=w386-h261" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="386" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It appears that all but about 25 acres that lead to the Niangua River, including the area where the Rainwater home once stood before it burned to the ground in an arson fire after the death of Cassidy's grandfather, Bill Rainwater, is for sale again, according to a listing at Whitetail Properties.</span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVH7R6bnd6QNuEc6O7n43KlMTfn0MhcIrIfQx-jToI2ElSe_N4XhdUbYPgx8ukE7FNENVzL6kEUO16qRVlXX5_m3M1hG9pii-QG0W_4c6DDeTSTmQwJTIKvKA5F1kljQ4mDBBcG_vJXya3aPdlXtEHe0m1K38Wx9VWgk6BWxThZitIzt_pvNrsLFI/s1280/Rainwater-Hale%20property%20sale%20with%20legend.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1280" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVH7R6bnd6QNuEc6O7n43KlMTfn0MhcIrIfQx-jToI2ElSe_N4XhdUbYPgx8ukE7FNENVzL6kEUO16qRVlXX5_m3M1hG9pii-QG0W_4c6DDeTSTmQwJTIKvKA5F1kljQ4mDBBcG_vJXya3aPdlXtEHe0m1K38Wx9VWgk6BWxThZitIzt_pvNrsLFI/w526-h227/Rainwater-Hale%20property%20sale%20with%20legend.png" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="526" /></a></div><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Margaret Campbell-Raiwater's family has retained about 4 acres of the old family homestead where a memorial garden for Mrs. Rainwater has been placed, according to Dallas County GIS records.</span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEike5aO-U2jZfshR1jQCWlazXeBDbMdSBwJbUgNYowZNOzv5mwx3pbzGIJ0nufIm1oRb8IMj4DlykC3lv_rhKw8aliVYg7oPnvbDLoupAozPar6lr_cDWAtKwwAL0BRb0WGEdPvC6K7_SolZXwVyovNNmcVPjP7ErQi9qK0VhrNp9l36Jbv7sOyIKnE/s640/Margaret%20Campbell%20Rainwater%20grave%20marker%20on%20MVR1.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEike5aO-U2jZfshR1jQCWlazXeBDbMdSBwJbUgNYowZNOzv5mwx3pbzGIJ0nufIm1oRb8IMj4DlykC3lv_rhKw8aliVYg7oPnvbDLoupAozPar6lr_cDWAtKwwAL0BRb0WGEdPvC6K7_SolZXwVyovNNmcVPjP7ErQi9qK0VhrNp9l36Jbv7sOyIKnE/s320/Margaret%20Campbell%20Rainwater%20grave%20marker%20on%20MVR1.jpeg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p></div></article><div id="social-side2" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; height: 32px; line-height: 23px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 80px; position: relative;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 3px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative;"></li></div>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-38109112104692919322023-04-22T18:23:00.006-05:002023-04-22T19:12:09.531-05:00One of Cassidy Rainwater's alleged killer's trial won't be heard until at least 2025<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> <b>Kathee Baird</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>April 22, 202</b>3</i></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFJhlkUZpZez7W4PqDTYavADK8svHbaidH4_ygO_hG-51LgLjVhoUFKWffzZnJHSt6Scx4SiQGMLrGlSWK5gThBzT4Nm3N6jhdkBjV3X_cG-cE9y2QF1DjJN-pTTTirPTXp-ZTxB59_X6cxtNVtzYX_j9D8czqz-VpVb5xlqkGeJZr727Tm9TOhblI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFJhlkUZpZez7W4PqDTYavADK8svHbaidH4_ygO_hG-51LgLjVhoUFKWffzZnJHSt6Scx4SiQGMLrGlSWK5gThBzT4Nm3N6jhdkBjV3X_cG-cE9y2QF1DjJN-pTTTirPTXp-ZTxB59_X6cxtNVtzYX_j9D8czqz-VpVb5xlqkGeJZr727Tm9TOhblI" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One of the two men charged with Cassidy Rainwater-Paul's 2021 murder and kidnapping had his trial moved to Jasper County during a Change of Venue hearing yesterday in Dallas County</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">James Phelps' attorney, Tom Jacquinot, said in a motion hearing before Judge Jill Porter in January that the capital defense team wanted the case "moved out of the KY3 coverage area." Neither side is asking for a change of judge, but both sides agreed to a renewed objection to cameras being allowed in the courtroom at yesterday's hearing. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If Judge Porter stays with the case, pre-trial motions leading up to the trial will be heard in Dallas County.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At the hearing in January, Dallas County Prosecutor Jonathan Barker asked that the court set a trial date "so it's not 2026 and we're hearing this case." </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"We're not going to jump this case," Jacquinot responded. "Our office is stretched thin, we have a full caseload, and I'm probably going to retire."</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Judge Porter set the case for trial yesterday for the summer of 2025...four years after Cassidy was murdered.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Phelps' alleged accomplice, Timothy Norton, is scheduled to appear in court early next month.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> ----------------------------------------------------------------------</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In August of 2021, a relative reported Cassidy missing and said she was last seen at a DFS meeting in Lebanon in early July</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="640" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=w387-h232" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="387" /></a></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">On September 16th, 2021, the FBI passed a cyber-tip with photographs labeled "Cassidy" to Dallas County investigators. The IP address from which the tip originated bounced off a tower in Germany, according to Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S5j1uCF7eaiJsqpHfXLP93RLs5qaNLzVEvbH0hj0Yt54Vku4BeH7AhD0qKKeHWMjQv39EzSS-1PfYACHGOpIFkdiiz2Os8HUafz-k-aK510GSVM4ZsPYxvdCfZvcIJ8fK1icLjAXMTkHG0bhkP3HGm3fzsBFQTpq-RRuVEFKLLmp6I9SJpGrdBU2/s2048/Timothy%20Norton%20mug%20shot.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S5j1uCF7eaiJsqpHfXLP93RLs5qaNLzVEvbH0hj0Yt54Vku4BeH7AhD0qKKeHWMjQv39EzSS-1PfYACHGOpIFkdiiz2Os8HUafz-k-aK510GSVM4ZsPYxvdCfZvcIJ8fK1icLjAXMTkHG0bhkP3HGm3fzsBFQTpq-RRuVEFKLLmp6I9SJpGrdBU2/s320/Timothy%20Norton%20mug%20shot.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="tr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 8.8px; text-align: center;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Timothy Norton</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It would take authorities two more months to add murder charges to the already filed kidnapping charges against Timothy Norton and James Phelps for Cassidy's death. </span></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pictures on Phelps' phone allegedly show a partially nude Cassidy being held in a cage and tortured within the cabin. </span> </span></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=s316" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="159" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=w173-h344" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="173" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="tr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 8.8px; text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-small;">Cassidy Rainwater</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Norton told investigators that Phelps called him on July 24, 2021, and asked him to come to the cabin. Once there, Norton held down Cassidy's legs while Phelps placed a bag over her head and strangled her, according to court documents. Court documents also state that Norton helped Phelps carry Cassidy outside to a gantry crane, where she was disemboweled, and then to a bathtub in the cabin where she was dismembered.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Investigators found bags of Cassidy's flesh inside a freezer in the cabin. The bags were dated 7/24 and had her initials on them. Cassidy's ex-boyfriend says he, and the children they shared, were swabbed for DNA and that's how her remains were identified. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice says Norton and Phelps had been planning Cassidy's murder for a couple of months. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Norton, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Cassidy in late September of 2021 as he was leaving a Walmart in Lebanon, according to sources. Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker said in a court hearing last year that Norton and Phelps would troll for victims online and at Walmart's.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In early October of 2021, the cabin on Moon Valley Road burned to the ground. The fire has been ruled arson and there have been no arrests made in connection to that incident. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dalton Chaffin, who lived at the cabin for a time in 2019, says there was only one bathtub in the cabin. A bathtub was in the fire rubble after the blaze. Whether or not it is the bathtub that Cassidy was dismembered in is not known at this time.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="640" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=w385-h287" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="385" /></a></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Property<a href="http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2021/10/who-owns-386-moon-valley-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red;"> that had been in Cassidy's family</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red;"> </span>for several generations surrounding the cabin where she was allegedly murdered (and where some of her remains were found,) was sold recently. A Dallas County resident bought a little over 200 acres of the Margaret Campbell-Rainwater property and another 40 acres adjacent to the property. </span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFTuTawM4F8nzXhqk00_pCsu-GTdCGUv3OllSI9YGHpEQhHYyYTlIIO4wPbf0bM1KeTC-aG_IMERDDbUVn3Pv2HgxKmSggv3ZCUv1XAUuiGCuI0kjnfsThV0o3CNVsasvGIQNuvvNxq6oCMmjcWxRzSadyMBH4SXBKlm4e4Grb3tUJiy5D-0O2scXg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img alt="" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="640" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFTuTawM4F8nzXhqk00_pCsu-GTdCGUv3OllSI9YGHpEQhHYyYTlIIO4wPbf0bM1KeTC-aG_IMERDDbUVn3Pv2HgxKmSggv3ZCUv1XAUuiGCuI0kjnfsThV0o3CNVsasvGIQNuvvNxq6oCMmjcWxRzSadyMBH4SXBKlm4e4Grb3tUJiy5D-0O2scXg=w386-h261" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="386" /></a></div><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It appears that all but about 25 acres that lead to the Niangua River, including the area where the Rainwater home once stood before it burned to the ground in an arson fire after the death of Cassidy's grandfather, Bill Rainwater, is for sale again, according to a listing at Whitetail Properties.</span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVH7R6bnd6QNuEc6O7n43KlMTfn0MhcIrIfQx-jToI2ElSe_N4XhdUbYPgx8ukE7FNENVzL6kEUO16qRVlXX5_m3M1hG9pii-QG0W_4c6DDeTSTmQwJTIKvKA5F1kljQ4mDBBcG_vJXya3aPdlXtEHe0m1K38Wx9VWgk6BWxThZitIzt_pvNrsLFI/s1280/Rainwater-Hale%20property%20sale%20with%20legend.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1280" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVH7R6bnd6QNuEc6O7n43KlMTfn0MhcIrIfQx-jToI2ElSe_N4XhdUbYPgx8ukE7FNENVzL6kEUO16qRVlXX5_m3M1hG9pii-QG0W_4c6DDeTSTmQwJTIKvKA5F1kljQ4mDBBcG_vJXya3aPdlXtEHe0m1K38Wx9VWgk6BWxThZitIzt_pvNrsLFI/w526-h227/Rainwater-Hale%20property%20sale%20with%20legend.png" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="526" /></a></div><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Margaret Campbell-Raiwater's family has retained about 4 acres of the old family homestead where a memorial garden for Mrs. Rainwater has been placed, according to Dallas County GIS records.</span></b></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEike5aO-U2jZfshR1jQCWlazXeBDbMdSBwJbUgNYowZNOzv5mwx3pbzGIJ0nufIm1oRb8IMj4DlykC3lv_rhKw8aliVYg7oPnvbDLoupAozPar6lr_cDWAtKwwAL0BRb0WGEdPvC6K7_SolZXwVyovNNmcVPjP7ErQi9qK0VhrNp9l36Jbv7sOyIKnE/s640/Margaret%20Campbell%20Rainwater%20grave%20marker%20on%20MVR1.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEike5aO-U2jZfshR1jQCWlazXeBDbMdSBwJbUgNYowZNOzv5mwx3pbzGIJ0nufIm1oRb8IMj4DlykC3lv_rhKw8aliVYg7oPnvbDLoupAozPar6lr_cDWAtKwwAL0BRb0WGEdPvC6K7_SolZXwVyovNNmcVPjP7ErQi9qK0VhrNp9l36Jbv7sOyIKnE/s320/Margaret%20Campbell%20Rainwater%20grave%20marker%20on%20MVR1.jpeg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;" /></div>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-15175712186988256292022-09-09T09:06:00.024-05:002022-09-09T22:43:53.689-05:00UPDATED: State will seek death penalty against James Phelps:<p><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>September 9, 2022</i></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIS9sbtqMtbrTHsir89gLbEI9srbmiy-wVpp_gM8yIHmbar2iQFG8xdzx-raXrlkiKmZdtK7jbd1nqwTAd7CwwVLmFkxSjUjLYKqenmlG745Yo6PxqaEHINAekYKVaJR9Eg2KFnn55NgqdZwfYSGQufKLNPbcOUfJhG4i1FVrULl6mnUBFtIz0-4w/s2048/James%20Phelps%20mug%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIS9sbtqMtbrTHsir89gLbEI9srbmiy-wVpp_gM8yIHmbar2iQFG8xdzx-raXrlkiKmZdtK7jbd1nqwTAd7CwwVLmFkxSjUjLYKqenmlG745Yo6PxqaEHINAekYKVaJR9Eg2KFnn55NgqdZwfYSGQufKLNPbcOUfJhG4i1FVrULl6mnUBFtIz0-4w/s320/James%20Phelps%20mug%20shot.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>James Phelps</i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The state of Missouri will seek the death penalty against James D. Phelps for the 2021 murder and kidnapping of Cassidy Rainwater-Paul. Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker announced that intent in court filings this week.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_woymOb94g5wqxG3dnDgZjYGTyzPqq2imGoXBOO64cjz9MVd_5oel_FAbLmmizN9XqH3bULc1t44QoK7If6zW3f-HUgHtzFhKmMnRaBxgyCUTvMp-KbBA9wu7lskmh2WMfAtx7-i9tC_Uv00UeBtkEs9LBftRt59lt-S0y5a5iekR6lE0P7-v7TX/s1280/James%20Phelps%20DP%20filing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1280" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_woymOb94g5wqxG3dnDgZjYGTyzPqq2imGoXBOO64cjz9MVd_5oel_FAbLmmizN9XqH3bULc1t44QoK7If6zW3f-HUgHtzFhKmMnRaBxgyCUTvMp-KbBA9wu7lskmh2WMfAtx7-i9tC_Uv00UeBtkEs9LBftRt59lt-S0y5a5iekR6lE0P7-v7TX/s320/James%20Phelps%20DP%20filing.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Phelps' capital defense attorney, Tom Jacquinot, who is a public defender--has asked that his client's case be moved to another county on a change of venue. That change will be automatically granted as Dallas County has less than 75,000 residents. There has been no word on where the case will move at this time, according to the Dallas County circuit clerk's office.</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In August of 2021, a relative reported Cassidy missing and said she was last seen at a DFS meeting in Lebanon in early July</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="640" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=w387-h232" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="387" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">On September 16th, 2021, the FBI passed a cyber-tip with photographs labeled "Cassidy" to Dallas County investigators. The IP address from which the tip originated bounced off a tower in Germany, according to Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S5j1uCF7eaiJsqpHfXLP93RLs5qaNLzVEvbH0hj0Yt54Vku4BeH7AhD0qKKeHWMjQv39EzSS-1PfYACHGOpIFkdiiz2Os8HUafz-k-aK510GSVM4ZsPYxvdCfZvcIJ8fK1icLjAXMTkHG0bhkP3HGm3fzsBFQTpq-RRuVEFKLLmp6I9SJpGrdBU2/s2048/Timothy%20Norton%20mug%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S5j1uCF7eaiJsqpHfXLP93RLs5qaNLzVEvbH0hj0Yt54Vku4BeH7AhD0qKKeHWMjQv39EzSS-1PfYACHGOpIFkdiiz2Os8HUafz-k-aK510GSVM4ZsPYxvdCfZvcIJ8fK1icLjAXMTkHG0bhkP3HGm3fzsBFQTpq-RRuVEFKLLmp6I9SJpGrdBU2/s320/Timothy%20Norton%20mug%20shot.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Timothy Norton</i></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It would take authorities two more months to add murder charges to the already filed kidnapping charges against Timothy Norton and James Phelps for Cassidy's death. </span></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Pictures on Phelps' phone allegedly show a partially nude Cassidy being held in a cage and tortured within the cabin. </span> </b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=s316" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="159" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=w173-h344" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="173" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="tr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 8.8px; text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-small;">Cassidy Rainwater</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Norton told investigators that Phelps called him on July 24, 2021, and asked him to come to the cabin. Once there, Norton held down Cassidy's legs while Phelps placed a bag over her head and strangled her, according to court documents. Court documents also state that Norton helped Phelps carry Cassidy outside to a gantry crane, where she was disemboweled, and then to a bathtub in the cabin where she was dismembered.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Investigators found bags of Cassidy's flesh inside a freezer in the cabin. The bags were dated 7/24 and had her initials on them. Cassidy's ex-boyfriend says he, and the children they shared, were swabbed for DNA and that's how her remains were identified. </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice says Norton and Phelps had been planning Cassidy's murder for a couple of months. </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Norton, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Cassidy in late September of 2021 as he was leaving a Walmart in Lebanon, according to sources. Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker said in a court hearing last year that Norton and Phelps would troll for victims online and at Walmart's.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">In early October of 2021, the cabin on Moon Valley Road burned to the ground. The fire has been ruled arson and there have been no arrests made in connection to that incident. </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dalton Chaffin, who lived at the cabin for a time in 2019, says there was only one bathtub in the cabin. A bathtub was in the fire rubble after the blaze. Whether or not it is the bathtub that Cassidy was dismembered in is not known at this time.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="640" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=w385-h287" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="385" /></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Property<a href="http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2021/10/who-owns-386-moon-valley-road.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"> that had been in Cassidy's family</span></a><span style="color: red;"> </span>for several generations surrounding the cabin where she was allegedly murdered (and where some of her remains were found,) was sold recently. A Dallas County resident bought a little over 200 acres of the Margaret Campbell-Rainwater property and another 40 acres adjacent to the property. </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFTuTawM4F8nzXhqk00_pCsu-GTdCGUv3OllSI9YGHpEQhHYyYTlIIO4wPbf0bM1KeTC-aG_IMERDDbUVn3Pv2HgxKmSggv3ZCUv1XAUuiGCuI0kjnfsThV0o3CNVsasvGIQNuvvNxq6oCMmjcWxRzSadyMBH4SXBKlm4e4Grb3tUJiy5D-0O2scXg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="640" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFTuTawM4F8nzXhqk00_pCsu-GTdCGUv3OllSI9YGHpEQhHYyYTlIIO4wPbf0bM1KeTC-aG_IMERDDbUVn3Pv2HgxKmSggv3ZCUv1XAUuiGCuI0kjnfsThV0o3CNVsasvGIQNuvvNxq6oCMmjcWxRzSadyMBH4SXBKlm4e4Grb3tUJiy5D-0O2scXg=w386-h261" width="386" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>It appears that all but about 25 acres that lead to the Niangua River, including the area where the Rainwater home once stood before it burned to the ground in an arson fire after the death of Cassidy's grandfather, Bill Rainwater, is for sale again, according to a listing at Whitetail Properties.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVH7R6bnd6QNuEc6O7n43KlMTfn0MhcIrIfQx-jToI2ElSe_N4XhdUbYPgx8ukE7FNENVzL6kEUO16qRVlXX5_m3M1hG9pii-QG0W_4c6DDeTSTmQwJTIKvKA5F1kljQ4mDBBcG_vJXya3aPdlXtEHe0m1K38Wx9VWgk6BWxThZitIzt_pvNrsLFI/s1280/Rainwater-Hale%20property%20sale%20with%20legend.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1280" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVH7R6bnd6QNuEc6O7n43KlMTfn0MhcIrIfQx-jToI2ElSe_N4XhdUbYPgx8ukE7FNENVzL6kEUO16qRVlXX5_m3M1hG9pii-QG0W_4c6DDeTSTmQwJTIKvKA5F1kljQ4mDBBcG_vJXya3aPdlXtEHe0m1K38Wx9VWgk6BWxThZitIzt_pvNrsLFI/w526-h227/Rainwater-Hale%20property%20sale%20with%20legend.png" width="526" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Margaret Campbell-Raiwater's family has retained about 4 acres of the old family homestead where a memorial garden for Mrs. Rainwater has been placed, according to Dallas County GIS records.</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEike5aO-U2jZfshR1jQCWlazXeBDbMdSBwJbUgNYowZNOzv5mwx3pbzGIJ0nufIm1oRb8IMj4DlykC3lv_rhKw8aliVYg7oPnvbDLoupAozPar6lr_cDWAtKwwAL0BRb0WGEdPvC6K7_SolZXwVyovNNmcVPjP7ErQi9qK0VhrNp9l36Jbv7sOyIKnE/s640/Margaret%20Campbell%20Rainwater%20grave%20marker%20on%20MVR1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEike5aO-U2jZfshR1jQCWlazXeBDbMdSBwJbUgNYowZNOzv5mwx3pbzGIJ0nufIm1oRb8IMj4DlykC3lv_rhKw8aliVYg7oPnvbDLoupAozPar6lr_cDWAtKwwAL0BRb0WGEdPvC6K7_SolZXwVyovNNmcVPjP7ErQi9qK0VhrNp9l36Jbv7sOyIKnE/s320/Margaret%20Campbell%20Rainwater%20grave%20marker%20on%20MVR1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-12288723581441330082022-04-14T20:27:00.016-05:002022-04-15T11:54:27.170-05:00No video or audio recording will be allowed at James Phelps' hearing tomorrow in Dallas County:<p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><i>April 14, 2022</i></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8mKI5lFeiR6MI4JJTee1Gc-VM_FLzVibHplHWty_utqPLvehbdHz_9AWpkp9dbYdy-HJkB4xDI3wR0HVIM3yYhawkUTYjon5-k3D0MMrGvAM5SXgjvnmS3FIDjQSdx6M1fukcPSZBZYkfSJJhtfoYu7Vg3jAumIPLUPXXgTVgFOyjTdbP_kl4rF0/s2048/James%20Phelps%20mug%20shot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8mKI5lFeiR6MI4JJTee1Gc-VM_FLzVibHplHWty_utqPLvehbdHz_9AWpkp9dbYdy-HJkB4xDI3wR0HVIM3yYhawkUTYjon5-k3D0MMrGvAM5SXgjvnmS3FIDjQSdx6M1fukcPSZBZYkfSJJhtfoYu7Vg3jAumIPLUPXXgTVgFOyjTdbP_kl4rF0/s320/James%20Phelps%20mug%20shot.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">No video or audio recordings will be allowed at James Phelps' hearing tomorrow in Dallas County.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Phelps, and his alleged accomplice Timothy Norton, are facing charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and abandonment of a corpse in connection to the murder of Cassidy Rainwater-Paul last summer at a cabin on Moon Valley Road in rural Dallas County. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Judge John Porter may take up a motion at tomorrow's hearing that was filed by Phelps' attorney, Tom Jacquinot, to dismiss the abandonment of a corpse charges against his client. Jacquinot's argument is that his client had a right not to self-incriminate himself in the crime. Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker says Phelps could have called in a tip about where to find Cassidy's remains anonymously.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Porter is also expected to make a ruling on a motion filed by Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker asking that a new preliminary hearing date be scheduled as one of the state's witnesses will not be able to appear for the June 3rd hearing, nearly 11-months after Cassidy was murdered.</span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Timothy Norton is due to appear in court again on April 26th with Dallas County associate circuit court judge Lisa Henderson. He will be formally arraigned in circuit court following the written waiver of his preliminary hearing earlier this year. Henderson has ruled that Norton must appear in person at the April 26th hearing.</span></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UPDATE-April 15, 2022: </span></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: black; text-align: center;">James Phelps' new preliminary hearing date has been scheduled for July 14, 2022, at 9 a.m. in Dallas County. Phelps appeared in person and no other motions were taken up in court at today's hearing.</span></span></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiglk14RXLHtI4kryvBhiwO-ktV0gKYwYKCzKsVtHi2b3EjzOBIV4NjIrTq_df0fjpDWvPkriwouCnKODf7uBwx3ptGOv3l3pir50G3YvOwuweLKsjXjq9u10gEcluVn2dBK1b4o2CF9tJ_M-KqFT7E8oPStuPo9dWyXO-fDW7ouOk4eEbYzCVp5k/s2778/Phelps%20ruling--Porter%20media.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="1284" height="688" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiglk14RXLHtI4kryvBhiwO-ktV0gKYwYKCzKsVtHi2b3EjzOBIV4NjIrTq_df0fjpDWvPkriwouCnKODf7uBwx3ptGOv3l3pir50G3YvOwuweLKsjXjq9u10gEcluVn2dBK1b4o2CF9tJ_M-KqFT7E8oPStuPo9dWyXO-fDW7ouOk4eEbYzCVp5k/w318-h688/Phelps%20ruling--Porter%20media.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpZdESF4CR46WeiNKbDe0p-oLt7ZrjvVU_uSaZiW0HFLv8-E7ViOMP-qvtcX5CLl7HEyY1W9XtUDJE0RTn-VJulz9H4ArlJ_-ugKMQdp0r0D17ePh0DXd2JwBT0U5Px9DWGZQHQ0ne-U1x9VcVcozDt4Hzlz6K5vRWyGIgCjtiUIu-GaFU0xvJ_s5/s1284/Phelps-Porter%20ruling%20no%20cameras.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="1284" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpZdESF4CR46WeiNKbDe0p-oLt7ZrjvVU_uSaZiW0HFLv8-E7ViOMP-qvtcX5CLl7HEyY1W9XtUDJE0RTn-VJulz9H4ArlJ_-ugKMQdp0r0D17ePh0DXd2JwBT0U5Px9DWGZQHQ0ne-U1x9VcVcozDt4Hzlz6K5vRWyGIgCjtiUIu-GaFU0xvJ_s5/w401-h158/Phelps-Porter%20ruling%20no%20cameras.jpeg" width="401" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table class="detailRecordTable" style="border: 3px double rgb(220, 220, 220); color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 1577px;"><tbody></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In August of 2021, a relative reported Cassidy missing and said she was last seen at a DFS meeting in Lebanon in early July.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="640" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=w481-h292" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="481" /></a></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The FBI passed along a cyber-tip with photographs labeled "Cassidy" to Dallas County investigators on September 16, 2021.</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Phelps was arrested on September 16, 2021. Timothy Norton, who referred to Phelps as his "brother," was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Cassidy in late September as he was leaving a Walmart in Lebanon. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker said in a court hearing last year that Norton and Phelps would troll for victims online and at Walmart's.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=s316" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="159" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=w173-h344" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="173" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="tr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 8.8px; text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-small;">Cassidy Rainwater</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It would take authorities two more months to add murder charges against the pair for Cassidy's death. Pictures on Phelps' phone allegedly show a partially nude Cassidy being held in a cage and tortured within the cabin at 386 Moon Valley Road and tied to a gantry crane outside, where she was disemboweled. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton told investigators that Phelps communicated with him on July 24, 2021, and asked him to come to the cabin to help subdue Cassidy. He told investigators that he held her legs down while Phelps put a bag over her head and strangled her. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Court documents say Norton told investigators that he helped Phelps carry Cassidy outside to a gantry crane, and then back to the bathtub in the cabin where she was dismembered.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Investigators found bags of Cassidy's flesh inside a freezer in the cabin. The bags were dated 7/24 and had her initials on them. Cassidy's ex-boyfriend says he, and the children they shared, were swabbed for DNA and that's how her remains were identified. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice says Norton and Phelps had been planning Cassidy's murder for a couple of months. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In early October of 2021, the cabin on Moon Valley Road burned to the ground. The fire has been ruled arson and there have been no arrests made in connection to that incident. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Sources say there was only one bathtub in the cabin. A bathtub was in the fire rubble after the blaze. Whether or not it is the bathtub that Cassidy was dismembered in is not known at this time.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br /></p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><article class="post hentry" id="8584125063960559579" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.5em; padding-bottom: 1.5em; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8584125063960559579" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="640" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=w385-h287" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="385" /></a></span></div></div></article>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-85841250639605595792022-03-11T11:07:00.036-06:002022-03-11T13:04:41.823-06:00Phelps' lawyer wants state to drop abandonment of a corpse charge against client:<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><i>March 11, 2022</i><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiviw60BFKRkFPP-Y6Nu-BLIY7QqYkXfdH6qemdJ2q5h6gZ-JEHJKGi-6aZ2SeiIfdTsBJQU0e65dw3vA2c8HQ6BGLwRm1GHQZr3ztZ_H-TQJqJgT6dIEe0Zwho5vF58P2o2tLZY2JsZUBFoAyU42AkJyjgGx7fKOqNKquPwbKXfSpga3WdKf7HVW6t=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiviw60BFKRkFPP-Y6Nu-BLIY7QqYkXfdH6qemdJ2q5h6gZ-JEHJKGi-6aZ2SeiIfdTsBJQU0e65dw3vA2c8HQ6BGLwRm1GHQZr3ztZ_H-TQJqJgT6dIEe0Zwho5vF58P2o2tLZY2JsZUBFoAyU42AkJyjgGx7fKOqNKquPwbKXfSpga3WdKf7HVW6t=w361-h271" width="361" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">James Phelps</span></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Lawyers for one of the men charged with Cassidy Rainwater-Paul's murder last summer in Dallas County are beginning to file motions for their client.</b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Tom Jacquinot wants prosecutors to dismiss a felony charge of abandonment of a corpse against his client. He also made a motion regarding whether or not his client will need to appear in court in person for upcoming hearings; and his intent to interview state crime lab analysts before Phelps' preliminary hearing, which has been set and rescheduled several times. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Jacquinot, a public defender who was once part of Missouri's death penalty team, wants all hearings recorded, according to filed motions.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Prosecutor Jonathan Barker had no objection to Phelps appearing via webcam for upcoming hearings, according to his response filed in court documents yesterday.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In August of 2021, a relative reported Cassidy missing and said she was last seen at a DFS meeting in Lebanon in early July.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="640" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=w481-h292" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="481" /></a></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The FBI passed along a cyber-tip with photographs labeled "Cassidy" to Dallas County investigators on September 16, 2021.</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Phelps was arrested on September 17, 2021. Timothy Norton, who referred to Phelps as his "brother," was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Cassidy in late September as he was leaving a Walmart in Lebanon. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker said in a court hearing last year that Norton and Phelps would troll for victims online and at Walmart's.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=s316" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="159" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=w173-h344" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="173" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="tr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 8.8px; text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-small;">Cassidy Rainwater</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It would take authorities two more months to add murder charges against the pair for Cassidy's death. Pictures on Phelps' phone allegedly show a partially nude Cassidy being held in a cage and tortured within the cabin at 386 Moon Valley Road and tied to a gantry crane outside, where she was disemboweled. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton told investigators that Phelps communicated with him on July 24, 2021, and asked him to come to the cabin to help subdue Cassidy. He told investigators that he held her legs down while Phelps put a bag over her head and strangled her. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Court documents say Norton told investigators that he helped Phelps carry Cassidy outside to a gantry crane, and then back to the bathtub in the cabin where she was dismembered.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Investigators found bags of Cassidy's flesh inside a freezer in the cabin. The bags were dated 7/24 and had her initials on them. Cassidy's ex-boyfriend says he, and the children they shared, were swabbed for DNA and that's how her remains were identified. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice says Norton and Phelps had been planning Cassidy's murder for a couple of months. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In early October of 2021, the cabin on Moon Valley Road burned to the ground. The fire has been ruled arson and there have been no arrests made in connection to that incident. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Sources say there was only one bathtub in the cabin. A bathtub was in the fire rubble after the blaze. Whether or not it is the bathtub that Cassidy was dismembered in is not known at this time.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="640" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=w385-h287" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="385" /></a></span></div>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-91434869782088619632022-02-22T22:05:00.007-06:002022-02-25T15:31:55.417-06:00Biological father of two of Cassidy Rainwater-Paul's children charged with multiple sex offenses involving underage girl:<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4oeS1-BywwJzZAsJjIRNoxlJiERP3m_F-aP04IiIz4bEdhnFGtHDrJcu0ojDf0czOc-Ak-F8gzmqiaRmxDNm7Un5GhT4KeiL-kDZTBmxQ597mpALGeo1G2HoE5mME5VWtRC-wlJyvfoQ6GTAWOconkzFoGLgkfA9zG_QoYNITUM2UmQR7tyOvHilO=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4oeS1-BywwJzZAsJjIRNoxlJiERP3m_F-aP04IiIz4bEdhnFGtHDrJcu0ojDf0czOc-Ak-F8gzmqiaRmxDNm7Un5GhT4KeiL-kDZTBmxQ597mpALGeo1G2HoE5mME5VWtRC-wlJyvfoQ6GTAWOconkzFoGLgkfA9zG_QoYNITUM2UmQR7tyOvHilO=s320" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>The biological father of two of Cassidy Rainwater-Paul's children has been charged with multiple counts of sex crimes involving an underage relative.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Prosecutors in Laclede County filed seven counts of second-degree statutory rape and a single count of second-degree statutory sodomy against Steven Lee Keeney on February 17, 2022, according to court documents.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Those documents state that Keeney had been sexually molesting the young girl since January 1, 2021, and as recently as February 7, 2022. A relative of the girl told investigators she confronted her about being sexually active and the girl admitted that she had been having a sexual relationship with Keeney.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>After the young girl confirmed that information to the relative that person began sending text messages to Steven Keeney "to gauge his reaction." That person provided text messages and audio recordings she surreptitiously recorded of Keeney and the victim to investigators.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>In those recordings Keeney allegedly tells the girl not to say anything "or it would be bad, bad," according to court documents which have been snipped below. </b></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghtXGL4AS17Eqtk3YzROIeZIBaAHi41VpqyELJFp-NVbz6zjXnEWgniLRlkoYC3XRIy1RdQSDGzNUQlm7sfGHqHxWYARXWTEiJ2qAexOURDx-sr4CoYtcUt33A5zXSVL9c4VFaMV-Cj4QR3RgH72Y9ReoSERNLSk2U78X-zDyfUrRDz_PvCnCb1T8w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="1709" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghtXGL4AS17Eqtk3YzROIeZIBaAHi41VpqyELJFp-NVbz6zjXnEWgniLRlkoYC3XRIy1RdQSDGzNUQlm7sfGHqHxWYARXWTEiJ2qAexOURDx-sr4CoYtcUt33A5zXSVL9c4VFaMV-Cj4QR3RgH72Y9ReoSERNLSk2U78X-zDyfUrRDz_PvCnCb1T8w=w663-h145" width="663" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXvHXq-woIDVKEhI1WlReiK7HMluCYaI_hkPe8ZIQjaYUZZdzH_IrTPLTTQYkSHWrrpmObmtlBPU7Lro6XLjHtjiBQk-0XxhcN55yNAsI6Qsrt7Gpx2J5K8S4zmApMQNvmdSUd6VDFOa2BI6J_8KmbfBzcLLfvm_K2hxsTWv9TN-oKK1LmcldB7DOc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="2121" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXvHXq-woIDVKEhI1WlReiK7HMluCYaI_hkPe8ZIQjaYUZZdzH_IrTPLTTQYkSHWrrpmObmtlBPU7Lro6XLjHtjiBQk-0XxhcN55yNAsI6Qsrt7Gpx2J5K8S4zmApMQNvmdSUd6VDFOa2BI6J_8KmbfBzcLLfvm_K2hxsTWv9TN-oKK1LmcldB7DOc=w566-h237" width="566" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>He told investigators when he referred to “not touching her again,” he was referring to slapping her.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>The girl told investigators that Keeney had sex with her in a bed, a tent in the backyard, and in the woods while hunting. She also told investigators that Keeney became very jealous of a boy she was dating last year and set his home on fire "out of anger." </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>She also stated that Keeney would make her wear his flannel shirts if he thought the clothing she was wearing was too revealing.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinzKCSvZ1jA8qo246vrM95UWcrGEcDqFWu9taEqceUfX-SQNmpOxHmqZvHvghr7_hGi5TgEqMR-JeafAfXDqWuSpmXCxPNF1kZR6OiodQ3fSsHcgRt15Sa_4uC5r5V6E8XMfwUVSnoy2DJAvgLN5la0bJ_gRutjiyr65z8QQLuWKQvnGjdSd2Dlq8-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="640" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinzKCSvZ1jA8qo246vrM95UWcrGEcDqFWu9taEqceUfX-SQNmpOxHmqZvHvghr7_hGi5TgEqMR-JeafAfXDqWuSpmXCxPNF1kZR6OiodQ3fSsHcgRt15Sa_4uC5r5V6E8XMfwUVSnoy2DJAvgLN5la0bJ_gRutjiyr65z8QQLuWKQvnGjdSd2Dlq8-=w550-h257" width="550" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b> Keeney is currently being held without bond in the Laclede County jail. At a court hearing today, bonding paperwork states that his victim is "very opposed to bond being set."</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>Court documents state that Keeney is a multi-state offender with three felony convictions in Missouri.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>His next court appearance is scheduled for February 28th at a 7-day bond hearing in Laclede County.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-16249689397567141242022-01-24T21:00:00.003-06:002022-01-29T14:28:56.800-06:00Timothy Norton's attorney waives preliminary hearing. Attorney concedes state has enough evidence to proceed to trial.<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>January 24, 2022</i></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEmdn1arD2hLr8MhF3HnsVtIfHzn3bL8ezGuue9NQQYnYm6dbI20FCb49WdrNVIn3penCIwkROg-S4kachPQso2_mz8DIS0rUA1HJtfkY0MgdIHnWjoSQaY7-uztHBVATofhXiMKzMgeRCUPy4ncHSYL3o7NWxqTLTc03CTLfmslY--kZpCDtosW9X=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEmdn1arD2hLr8MhF3HnsVtIfHzn3bL8ezGuue9NQQYnYm6dbI20FCb49WdrNVIn3penCIwkROg-S4kachPQso2_mz8DIS0rUA1HJtfkY0MgdIHnWjoSQaY7-uztHBVATofhXiMKzMgeRCUPy4ncHSYL3o7NWxqTLTc03CTLfmslY--kZpCDtosW9X=w396-h297" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Timothy L. Norton</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>The lawyer for Timothy L. Norton, who is accused of kidnapping and murdering Cassidy Rainwater-Paul last summer, has waived his right to a preliminary hearing.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Attorney John Thomas Kirsch entered that request today electronically--conceding that the state has enough evidence to proceed to trial, according to online court records. </b></span></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It is unclear from that entry whether Norton will still appear in court on February 2nd. Whenever he makes his appearance it will be via Polycom, according to entry.</span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>In August of 2021, a relative reported Cassidy Rainwater-Paul missing and said she was last seen at a DFS meeting in Lebanon in early July.</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="640" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=w387-h232" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="387" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The FBI passed along a cyber-tip with photographs labeled "Cassidy" to Dallas County investigators on September 16, 2021. Dallas County authorities say they had been out at the cabin a couple of times prior to the FBI tip looking for Cassidy.</span></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Phelps told investigators that Cassidy had been living in the loft area of the cabin on a desolate rural country road and that he had been "helping her get back on her feet." Phleps claimed that she met a car at the end of his driveway in the middle of the night in late July and he hadn't seen or heard from her since then.</span></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Cassidy in late September as he was leaving a Walmart. His alleged accomplice, James D. Phelps, was charged with the same offense a few days prior to Norton's arrest.</span></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=s316" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="159" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=w173-h344" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="173" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="tr-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 8.8px; text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-small;">Cassidy Rainwater</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It would take authorities two more months to add murder charges against Norton and James Phelps for Cassidy's death. Pictures on Phelps' phone allegedly show a partially nude Cassidy being held in a cage and tortured within the cabin and tied to a gantry crane outside, where she was disemboweled. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton told investigators that Phelps called him on July 24, 2021, to come to the cabin to hold Cassidy's legs down while he placed a bag over her head and strangled her. He said he also helped Phelps carry her out to the gantry crane and then back to the bathtub in the cabin where she was dismembered.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Investigators found bags of Cassidy's flesh inside a freezer in the cabin. The bags were dated 7/24 and had her initials on them. Cassidy's ex-boyfriend says he, and the children they shared, were swabbed for DNA and that's how her remains were identified. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice says Norton and Phelps had been planning Cassidy's murder for a couple of months. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker said in a court hearing last year that Norton and Phelps would troll for victims online and at Walmart's.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In early October of 2021, the cabin on Moon Valley Road burned to the ground. The fire has been ruled arson and there have been no arrests made in connection to that incident. </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dalton Chaffin, who is Norton's step-nephew and lived at the cabin for a brief time, says there was only one bathtub in the cabin. A bathtub was in the fire rubble after the blaze. Whether or not it is the bathtub that Cassidy was dismembered in is not known at this time.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Investigators are said to be interested in a Native American religion or rituals that the men were involved with, according to sources.</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=s640" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #048f14; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="640" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=w385-h287" style="border: 1px solid rgb(213, 211, 211); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px;" width="385" /></a></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">One of the first motions Norton's attorney is expected to file will be for a change of venue.</span></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">A preliminary hearing for Phelps is scheduled to be heard in Dallas County on February 4th. It is expected that his attorneys will also waive that hearing and admit that the state has enough evidence to proceed to trial in that case as well</span></b></span><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Update--January 28, 2022:</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>James Phelps' preliminary hearing that was scheduled for February 4th was canceled during a conference call today. Attorneys will meet in Dallas County on February 18th to reschedule a new prelim date, according to online court records.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><br /></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-26697670237229442282022-01-01T19:19:00.009-06:002022-01-05T17:53:52.793-06:00FBI seized video evidence from Tim Norton's work truck in Cassidy Rainwater-Paul murder investigation:<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b> January 1, 2022</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZtGAEftDRAw-mQV9yqSFBzLU2dn8yHrfkqq0dpTnj6PDsQVN-oKOeW6vqdtEy2fB-pLEY1ikueEgwYsJUp_hXd7sDxR-Nbld31ZvgwcK5hnaoXe8vhhsazzvZm34VLeCO12JimvrTuZN_Q6PC8ugiYN36Da5P5K0T32hpO74XxUIYO4BcmthnAY9l=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZtGAEftDRAw-mQV9yqSFBzLU2dn8yHrfkqq0dpTnj6PDsQVN-oKOeW6vqdtEy2fB-pLEY1ikueEgwYsJUp_hXd7sDxR-Nbld31ZvgwcK5hnaoXe8vhhsazzvZm34VLeCO12JimvrTuZN_Q6PC8ugiYN36Da5P5K0T32hpO74XxUIYO4BcmthnAY9l=w365-h274" width="365" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Timothy Norton</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>One of the men accused of the kidnapping and murder of Cassidy Rainwater-Paul attended a truck driving school in Lebanon. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Timothy Norton was enrolled in Clement Truck Driving Academy in Lebanon, Missouri, in June of 2020. While enrolled at the school, he stayed in an apartment that was adjacent to the school that was provided by the academy. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Misty Hilton, whose fiancé Jared Pate attended the trucking school with Norton, says Norton "had terrible hygiene and long stringy greasy hair" while attending the school. Pate said he became aware that Norton was using meth and told him he needed to clean up his act or he would not be able to graduate from the school and find future employment as a truck driver, according to Hilton. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgczH3Io5_Ql1201EpNbG1FXNwrMXTJyz-fkMnnqqfPUHv0iYIEkRIWRm0zN2hwyYWn7Ke8QVZU8ae6taa7PVEeruRw6ty4k2ie6ZVSgxE7atekK9e2sAmLVPqaRHxidYMvQeCld-yXZuVmLCmt2ABITi5J0hjxQjgufwh14UXea9RQZFgA56k-nkpY=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="393" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgczH3Io5_Ql1201EpNbG1FXNwrMXTJyz-fkMnnqqfPUHv0iYIEkRIWRm0zN2hwyYWn7Ke8QVZU8ae6taa7PVEeruRw6ty4k2ie6ZVSgxE7atekK9e2sAmLVPqaRHxidYMvQeCld-yXZuVmLCmt2ABITi5J0hjxQjgufwh14UXea9RQZFgA56k-nkpY=w214-h347" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jared Pate and Misty Hilton</span></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>He had a "weird habit" of wearing combat boots 24/7 and only took them off about once a week, according to Hilton's fiancé. Norton told Pate that he had served both stateside and overseas while he was in the military in the mid-'80s.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Norton and Jared Pate both became employed by Butler Transport Inc. in Kansas City, Kansas after graduating from Clement Truck Driving Academy. Not long after he was employed by Butler, Norton had a stroke, according to Hilton. "He was off for like three or four months," said Hilton. Hilton says that Norton's girlfriend, Amanda Cowley, would call into Butler for Norton. "The office staff thought that was odd since she wasn't his wife," she said.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Amanda Cowley met Tim Norton through her best friend, Alexis Cummins, who was engaged to Dalton Chaffin; Norton is Chaffin's step-uncle. "I was homeless and Tim agreed to let me live with him. Not long after I moved in I caught Alexis in bed with Tim at a trailer we were all living at about three years ago or so," he said. Chaffin said the trailer was a dump and almost every inch of the inside of the dwelling was covered with dog feces. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>"Lura (Norton's wife) went crazy about me finding them in bed and me, Alexis and Tim moved out to the cabin for a couple of months around Christmas time," Chaffin said.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNc9Lw3HZIlrDu9pA3wrZb2Yt-uZQHQIgKdKF1ZtB9qpgVt_5pU6MBwyc-U6Lw-IDeOA448hipK4sEzBUi0O8hy3TeF_dbV9iIgC6n6wUDxDkUPyGhD6hSQ39Vx4zk8JWu65fTdF1iXy_Q55Sal50a9btPyGciRXc3zlNLr1d9TcKDZ4FpL_umA3pg=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="640" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNc9Lw3HZIlrDu9pA3wrZb2Yt-uZQHQIgKdKF1ZtB9qpgVt_5pU6MBwyc-U6Lw-IDeOA448hipK4sEzBUi0O8hy3TeF_dbV9iIgC6n6wUDxDkUPyGhD6hSQ39Vx4zk8JWu65fTdF1iXy_Q55Sal50a9btPyGciRXc3zlNLr1d9TcKDZ4FpL_umA3pg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Amanda Cowley (Facebook)</span></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Hilton says the normal routes that Norton drove were to Colorado and Pennsylvania but that sometimes he was dispatched to Ohio, Utah, Texas, and New Mexico. Norton transported cargo in refrigerated trucks at times, she said.</span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>On August 9, 2021, Hilton and Pate ran into Norton and Cowley on the road in Denver, Colorado. He had totally changed his look--cut his hair and cleaned up, she said. "They visited with us on our truck for a while and Tim said he got himself a young one this time (referring to Cowley.) I got a weird vibe from him," she said.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Norton and Cowley would sleep in Norton's truck on property where his "brother" James Phelps' was living on Moon Valley Road when they were off the road, according to Hilton. "They invited us to a bar-b-que out there, she said. I thank God we didn't go."</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Cowley said that Norton always referred to Phelps as his brother when he spoke of him.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbG9o_IvD3S8MaW5AkPgRQeHd8KTp1nPMNOWwETKgOSvFWPILCBPEasdQTj30MATbyZ6YC4NVOH01XVaTETdAZzZzbEPcO4AZM3wBW4ThxP9IBIi7r78oqyFi6QX0Hwkx5CiHiHjHkg9xKG1eJNP4CJTGZ0GzQ3P31zYftfHh5FbVDjoC2uN7dx5GP=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbG9o_IvD3S8MaW5AkPgRQeHd8KTp1nPMNOWwETKgOSvFWPILCBPEasdQTj30MATbyZ6YC4NVOH01XVaTETdAZzZzbEPcO4AZM3wBW4ThxP9IBIi7r78oqyFi6QX0Hwkx5CiHiHjHkg9xKG1eJNP4CJTGZ0GzQ3P31zYftfHh5FbVDjoC2uN7dx5GP=w343-h257" width="343" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">James Phelps</span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Check-ins on Amanda Cowley's Facebook page place her in Park City, Utah, and headed to Ohio with Norton on August 11, 2021. When Pate ran into Norton in September, he told him that he "kicked Amanda off his truck because she was spending all my money." Norton told Pate that he dropped Cowley off at James Phelps' cabin on Moon Valley Road. </b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaC74PA4-0BvPTlbphDp6_qnkcik5cxTllZQxKroUKPlIP6rqa8NPxcEd-4QBar1hwx0W9N4qUlJDyhoTu1fVlglxRMt11sSAnpMBIMXmBVOf3NwVEi-kOBzmuxJDpKhaA5bVZFpU9cq6nEAU5L9dvTCfbogGBSvSBVATekTQIE_QsqiwGakyItncJ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="548" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaC74PA4-0BvPTlbphDp6_qnkcik5cxTllZQxKroUKPlIP6rqa8NPxcEd-4QBar1hwx0W9N4qUlJDyhoTu1fVlglxRMt11sSAnpMBIMXmBVOf3NwVEi-kOBzmuxJDpKhaA5bVZFpU9cq6nEAU5L9dvTCfbogGBSvSBVATekTQIE_QsqiwGakyItncJ=s320" width="274" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">On September 9, 2021, Cowley posted on Facebook that she was back in Missouri and "so happy." </b></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Hilton </b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>says she was at Butler Transport in October when the FBI showed up to seize video from Norton's truck. Trucks are now equipped with video and audio recording capability that can be easily downloaded for investigations into accidents, etc., according to Hilton.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>When Amanda Cowley was contacted through Facebook in early December 2021 and asked about her connection to the Moon Valley Road property she had no comment.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhbgFmgy_j-jf8GW2snvOIndI_Spe8KQPlE_Skn8YQ7OGgTauHERQvtdi6GCQMP_zDI6GGjA_sOfki4S5E-D79cCfUqgEOBJzMWCY0gaCCpEe5PXYS09DtbU6prs5_NFukEGHq_4EdF1hPiQjtzf8DCO9ZiMpkvQY--7vpznwSCgZI6_EsrOViEL-v=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="296" height="507" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhbgFmgy_j-jf8GW2snvOIndI_Spe8KQPlE_Skn8YQ7OGgTauHERQvtdi6GCQMP_zDI6GGjA_sOfki4S5E-D79cCfUqgEOBJzMWCY0gaCCpEe5PXYS09DtbU6prs5_NFukEGHq_4EdF1hPiQjtzf8DCO9ZiMpkvQY--7vpznwSCgZI6_EsrOViEL-v=w234-h507" width="234" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Hilton says that there were several times that James Phelps showed up at Butler Transport in Kansas to pick up Norton when he didn't take his truck back to the Moon Valley Road property.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>In August of 2021, a relative reported Cassidy missing and said she was last seen at a DFS meeting in Lebanon in early July.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="640" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlWCqC2Clhw9UKSMTuKr98swIcyC0pbl-hV6XpIAR7EpQBmdhfDfhAGH8gIpaiMSoOz8WeRF-znqQEGX55-pHlOSJfqKK9LNcaTDjxz4c2caiBLshxjKRQkNIdV6BC0Oj_lL0auPJILjhDNGkglvlh3Yh6aRGBlefBCzv3Lb352JpxktmBXKE_G1Rt=w387-h232" width="387" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The FBI passed along a cyber-tip with photographs labeled "Cassidy" to Dallas County investigators on September 16, 2021.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Norton was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Cassidy in late September as he was leaving a Walmart in Lebanon, according to Hilton. Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker said in a court hearing last year that Norton and Phelps would troll for victims online and at Walmart's.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=s316" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="159" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix2A1JkZgrXTAIUHwKvqVjy5MzcvFSpGzDMMIp02YoZkpoqeY1K1i9Xn7nuVC4EUX53LW9qt6N2ghEGldJylA48y24j8ifNg_YxkNEVOOE12yCB4TEAVAQxGSy6wZ-Log9zguK_cRyUFDPmvHSKPeluQYXynxnp95jTxLa7WMdSE6_oSqkP85YOOuQ=w173-h344" width="173" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cassidy Rainwater</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>It would take authorities two more months to add murder charges against Norton and James Phelps for Cassidy's death. Pictures on Phelps' phone allegedly show a partially nude Cassidy being held in a cage and tortured within the cabin and tied to a gantry crane outside, where she was disemboweled. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Norton told investigators that Phelps called him on July 24, 2021, to come to the cabin to hold Cassidy's legs down while he placed a bag over her head and strangled her. He said he also helped Phelps carry her out to the gantry crane and then back to the bathtub in the cabin where she was dismembered.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Investigators found bags of Cassidy's flesh inside a freezer in the cabin. The bags were dated 7/24 and had her initials on them. Cassidy's ex-boyfriend says he, and the children they shared, were swabbed for DNA and that's how her remains were identified. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice says Norton and Phelps had been planning Cassidy's murder for a couple of months. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>In early October of 2021, the cabin on Moon Valley Road burned to the ground. The fire has been ruled arson and there have been no arrests made in connection to that incident. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Dalton Chaffin says there was only one bathtub in the cabin. A bathtub was in the fire rubble after the blaze. Whether or not it is the bathtub that Cassidy was dismembered in is not known at this time.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="640" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtfn1RqKyWr0v5kavjxh7Ql2-UpL4Q5puQuZlx5-K_7OngI0sziCQ2d872_rtMaXJculdqhKw9o4WG7QbHw7go1F2dWiKrDvaXEfBsigLL0L_sz4-E1tbOSDhQnxI0zSZ0PGfdyda-2924qPwEmY59XgDA2nY6LB19ARxFRJWnFIlk-quF7ZHm_VP=w385-h287" width="385" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Hilton spoke with a detective with the Dallas County Sheriff's Office about Norton in late September of 2021 when Cassidy was still listed as a missing person. "He asked me if I knew anything about an Indian religion or Indian rituals that Norton was involved in. I told him that Amanda was Wiccan and I wasn't sure what Norton was into." </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Norton's preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 2nd and Phelps' for February 4th. It will be at those hearings in Dallas County where judges will decide if there is enough evidence for the cases to proceed to trial.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Update --01-05-22--</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>I was contacted by another student who attended Clement Truck Driving Academy with Tim Norton this afternoon which puts some of the information above in question. I have reached out to the Academy who said they had "no comment at this time."</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Working to verify this new information.</b></span></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-45503964547409296852021-12-01T21:00:00.146-06:002021-12-04T22:45:31.423-06:00How Timothy Norton and James Phelps connect:<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>December 1, 2021</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6_4zveYNQLk/Yag7074lf9I/AAAAAAAANtE/vGDeUBKmc2Uee0mKrXXOKocBel_eDPysACNcBGAsYHQ/s768/Norton-Phelps%2Bmugs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="196" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6_4zveYNQLk/Yag7074lf9I/AAAAAAAANtE/vGDeUBKmc2Uee0mKrXXOKocBel_eDPysACNcBGAsYHQ/w349-h196/Norton-Phelps%2Bmugs.jpg" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Timothy Norton (l)-James Phelps</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Timothy Norton and James Phelps have a long history that dates back to at least high school. Phelps was a couple of grades ahead of Norton when they attended Skyline High School. Norton went on to graduate from Hermitage High School in 1983.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton, 56, and Phelps, 58, have remained close over the years with some of their relatives referring to each other as brother, sister, aunt, uncle, or cousin.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;">Both men are facing first-degree murder, kidnapping, and abandonment of a corpse for the death of 33-year-old Cassidy Rainwater-Paul, who went missing in July. The last known contact that anyone had with Cassidy was on July 21st. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;">A relative reported Cassidy missing in late August. She told investigators that Cassidy was last seen at a DFS meeting in July and that she left with a male by the name of "Jim"--unknown last name--who has a cabin somewhere on Moon Valley.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tfrFFVy0O6U/Yah7sUXY3BI/AAAAAAAANtc/jTvih2oZ5VIqdIrBE46i2o1hGSR_MutPgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1284/Cassidy%2BRainwater%2BBOLO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1284" height="243" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tfrFFVy0O6U/Yah7sUXY3BI/AAAAAAAANtc/jTvih2oZ5VIqdIrBE46i2o1hGSR_MutPgCNcBGAsYHQ/w399-h243/Cassidy%2BRainwater%2BBOLO.jpg" width="399" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #323232; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #323232; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Phelps and Norton were arrested in September and charged with kidnapping.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;">On November 17th, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;">Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice confirmed that human flesh found in Phelps' freezer had been positively identified as belonging to Cassidy. It was packaged and dated 7-24.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton told investigators that Phelps asked him to come to the cabin to hold Cassidy down while he strangled her and placed a bag over her head, according to court documents. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">They then "took a break" before moving Cassidy's body outside to a gantry crane, which is typically used to dress wildlife, where she was disemboweled. Norton told law enforcers that he helped Phelps move her body to a bathtub in the cabin, where she was dismembered. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Several images found on Phelps' phone show a partially clothed Cassidy inside a cage within the cabin and on the gantry crane, according to the probable cause statement.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker told Judge John Porter that Phelps and Norton would troll for victims online and at the local Walmart at a hearing for Phelps last month. Barker said Phelps and Norton tried to lure potential victims to their location and Phelps would tell them how he would harm or kill them. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Barker also told the court that young girls between the ages of 12 and 14 were of special interest to the men.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-21US9-_PYeg/YagoikWaGGI/AAAAAAAANsk/NEq_EG16tts-IShkQ8UABDyKR0lGl-m3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1887/cassidy%2Brain%2Bboe%2Brainwater2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="1416" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-21US9-_PYeg/YagoikWaGGI/AAAAAAAANsk/NEq_EG16tts-IShkQ8UABDyKR0lGl-m3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h320/cassidy%2Brain%2Bboe%2Brainwater2.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cassidy Rainwater-Paul</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323232;"><br /></span></span></span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323232;">Phelps and Norton had been plotting Cassidy's murder for a few months, Rice said in an </span><a href="https://www.ky3.com/2021/11/18/exclusive-interview-dallas-county-sheriff-explains-whats-next-case-cassidy-rainwater/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">interview with KY3.</span></a></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In 1965, Timothy Leroy Norton was born to Betty Norton of Hermitage and Vernon Hanson of Cromwell, Minnesota. He was named to the honor roll at Hermitage High School in his senior year, according to published newspaper reports. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto;"><span style="border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-316" height="269" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" src="https://springfield.watch/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/clip_89714118-1024x619.jpg" srcset="https://springfield.watch/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/clip_89714118-1024x619.jpg 1024w, https://springfield.watch/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/clip_89714118-300x181.jpg 300w, https://springfield.watch/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/clip_89714118-768x464.jpg 768w, https://springfield.watch/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/clip_89714118.jpg 1475w" style="border-radius: inherit; border-style: none; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="446" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mar 1983 – The Index, Hermitage, MO</span></i></figcaption></figure></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton joined the Marines after graduation and completed the basic helicopter course at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Millington, Tennessee, in 1984.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; font-family: Lora, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto;"><span style="border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-314" height="211" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" src="https://springfield.watch/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Timothy-Norton-1-1024x503.jpg" srcset="https://springfield.watch/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Timothy-Norton-1-1024x503.jpg 1024w, https://springfield.watch/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Timothy-Norton-1-300x147.jpg 300w, https://springfield.watch/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Timothy-Norton-1-768x378.jpg 768w, https://springfield.watch/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Timothy-Norton-1.jpg 1186w" style="border-radius: inherit; border-style: none; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="429" /></span><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Apr 1984 – The Index, Hermitage, MO</span></i></figcaption></figure></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton was 23 when he married his first wife, a 17-year-old senior at Hermitage high school, in August of 1988. In March of 1994, he married for the second time in Preston.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In July of 1993, Norton was injured when he threw gasoline on a brush fire and it ignited the gas container he was holding. He was treated for second and third-degree burns at a Springfield hospital.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LHrSg824Rbw/YakfFcC0VtI/AAAAAAAANuE/sQhjnZlI94MAlKt7DltP6u4TYrJwBwIxwCNcBGAsYHQ/s733/Timothy%2BNorton--brush%2Bfire%2Barticle.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="441" height="462" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LHrSg824Rbw/YakfFcC0VtI/AAAAAAAANuE/sQhjnZlI94MAlKt7DltP6u4TYrJwBwIxwCNcBGAsYHQ/w278-h462/Timothy%2BNorton--brush%2Bfire%2Barticle.jpeg" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #323232; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">July 1993 – The Index, Hermitage, MO</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span>James Phelps was born to Charles and Mary Phelps in 1963. He grew up in Preston and graduated from Skyline High School in Urbana in 1981. He also made the honor roll numerous times and joined the military after graduation when he enlisted in the Army and </span>was stationed in South Carolina for a time. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323232;">Phelps has lived in the Preston area for the majority of his life. After the 2010 death of his mother, Mary Frances Rosensteel-Phelps-Hersh, the family land became the property of his sister Roberta "Robin" Phelps-Mallory and his brother Charles, according to online court records.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323232;">He is also </span><a href="https://getordained.org/find-a-minister/16377" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">an ordained minister</span></a><span style="color: #323232;"> with the Universal Life Church.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pfhC5n3BvUo/Yahh5rCa3WI/AAAAAAAANtQ/eoly_n37ISoTKKBY6poT5bEHkQvKFn6rgCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/James%2BPhelps%2Bmilitary%2Buniform.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="320" height="410" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pfhC5n3BvUo/Yahh5rCa3WI/AAAAAAAANtQ/eoly_n37ISoTKKBY6poT5bEHkQvKFn6rgCNcBGAsYHQ/w205-h410/James%2BPhelps%2Bmilitary%2Buniform.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It was in the early '90s when Norton's name first began appearing on Case Net. Mostly for minor crimes like passing bad checks, and not wearing a seat belt. Norton has also been sued by landlords and for non-payment of debts. But there is nothing listed for the divorce action for his first marriage in online Missouri court records. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton used the 386 Moon Valley Road address, where Cassidy was allegedly murdered, as his address in a bad check case in 1992 and again in the seat belt case in 1993. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">He also claimed that address as his in all of the court filings in Cassidy's case. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323232;">Raymond "John" Warren hand-built the cabin that used the 386 Moon Valley Road address on the wrong property in the mid-'90s, according to </span><a href="https://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2021/10/who-owns-386-moon-valley-road.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">property records</span></a><span style="color: #323232;"> and an agent who handled the land sale of another property adjacent to the cabin. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ws9s56ekgBM/Yagz9uWAxiI/AAAAAAAANs8/QyzKRRzY-OwFNKoJCzeuzIFCaqIk0ZCmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Phelps%2Bproperty.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ws9s56ekgBM/Yagz9uWAxiI/AAAAAAAANs8/QyzKRRzY-OwFNKoJCzeuzIFCaqIk0ZCmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phelps%2Bproperty.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323232;">Warren, who was the longtime boyfriend of one of James Phelps' sisters prior to her death, co-owns the land to the south of where the cabin sat with Lisa Marie Whitcher, according to property records. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323232;">Whitcher died in 2011, </span><a href="https://www.courts.mo.gov/fv/c/judgment_FINAL.pdf?courtCode=26&di=2069229" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">according to probate records. </span></a> Attorney Grant Johnson, who handled the 2017 heirship proceeding for Whitcher's sister said, "We didn't know about any real estate that she owned. We probably didn't know it existed," he said.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wzd0ZH4ZKwg/YakYuP_SdMI/AAAAAAAANt8/nQQobXDsQgkPrklCu68PWuXT0Xn8aqmKQCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/Warren-Whitcher%2Bprop%2Blisting.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="295" height="406" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wzd0ZH4ZKwg/YakYuP_SdMI/AAAAAAAANt8/nQQobXDsQgkPrklCu68PWuXT0Xn8aqmKQCNcBGAsYHQ/w188-h406/Warren-Whitcher%2Bprop%2Blisting.PNG" width="188" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #323232; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The actual land where the cabin was built is owned by a man from Marshfield. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #323232;">Some of Cassidy's remains were recovered on land that sits adjacent to the cabin...on land that belonged to her grandfather, Bill, and has been in the Rainwater/Campbell family for decades.</span><span style="color: #323232;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #323232;">In a bizarre twist of fate, Cassidy's mother, Tracy Wahwassuck, went missing in 2007. Her </span><a href="https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/2008/05/08/mid-missouri-farmer-finds-human/985671007/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">remains were found</span></a><span style="color: #323232;"> scattered in a field near Lebanon in 2008--about 30 miles from where Cassidy died.</span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #323232; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vCOC-aeQw5g/YakjhbwJArI/AAAAAAAANuM/jzOA-3HDrWgeTem7KBK8N61NxNqjiu1xgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Warren-Rainwater%2Bland--cabin%2Bis%2Bred%2Bdot%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="198" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vCOC-aeQw5g/YakjhbwJArI/AAAAAAAANuM/jzOA-3HDrWgeTem7KBK8N61NxNqjiu1xgCNcBGAsYHQ/w223-h360/Warren-Rainwater%2Bland--cabin%2Bis%2Bred%2Bdot%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="223" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The blue area is Rainwater property--the red dot is where the cabin sat<br /><br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The muddled property lines where the cabin once sat before it was set on fire and rigged with tripwires and explosives in early October will become a bone of contention in upcoming trials. A source says that the warrant/s may not have been served at the correct property.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x3pLJQlhogM/YakUkgwpnRI/AAAAAAAANt0/BkUbL0VBf9QnNzLnbGoR1SSz13ZJckamwCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/Phelps%2Bfire-mine.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x3pLJQlhogM/YakUkgwpnRI/AAAAAAAANt0/BkUbL0VBf9QnNzLnbGoR1SSz13ZJckamwCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phelps%2Bfire-mine.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #323232; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The fire has been ruled arson by the state fire marshal. No arrests have been made in that case.</span></p></div>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-38850394779462426072021-11-23T16:00:00.018-06:002021-11-30T13:21:03.419-06:00Timothy Norton's preliminary hearing now scheduled for next February:<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8YNQViclgP8/YaY7jw8IcPI/AAAAAAAANsM/usI5O93J_x8VbU685tB8ev8xNX5A27g1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s556/Cassidy%2BRae%2BRainwater%2BFB2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="280" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8YNQViclgP8/YaY7jw8IcPI/AAAAAAAANsM/usI5O93J_x8VbU685tB8ev8xNX5A27g1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cassidy%2BRae%2BRainwater%2BFB2.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The preliminary hearing for Timothy Norton, who is charged with first-degree murder, abandonment of a corpse, and kidnapping in the disappearance of Cassidy Rainwater-Paul, will be held on February 2, 2022, in Dallas County.</span></span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton’s attorney, Branden Twibell, passed on his bond motion which will now be taken up that day as well. He entered a not guilty plea to the amended murder charges for his client today.</span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dallas County Prosecutor Jonathan Barker said last week that Norton, and his co-defendant James Phelps, would troll for potential victims online and at the local Walmart.</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></div></div>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-35877677955048533352021-11-19T18:30:00.014-06:002021-11-30T13:21:42.911-06:00Dallas County prosecutor says Phelps and Norton would troll the internet and local Walmart for potential victims:<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rDm-6p2NtqE/YaZFFFb_RkI/AAAAAAAANsU/Sl2-dkB8skYICXZ-aW0KBze8t6wrEyN6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1566/Norton-Rainwater-Phelps.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="1566" height="233" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rDm-6p2NtqE/YaZFFFb_RkI/AAAAAAAANsU/Sl2-dkB8skYICXZ-aW0KBze8t6wrEyN6wCLcBGAsYHQ/w414-h233/Norton-Rainwater-Phelps.webp" width="414" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Timothy Norton (left)-Cassidy Rainwater-Paul-James Phelps</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">James Phelps' next court appearance is scheduled for<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> December 17th in Dallas County.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker said Phelps, and his co-defendant Timothy Norton, who are both facing first-degree murder, abandonment of a corpse, and kidnapping charges in connection to Cassidy Rainwater-Paul’s disappearance would troll for “victims” online and at the local Walmart. Phelps told potential victims how he would harm them or kill them, Barker told the court during Phelps' appearance today.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice says the cyber tip that led to the men's arrests bounced off a tower in Germany. He also said law enforcers are looking for a light-colored car, similar to a Grand Prix, with no license plates that was seen in the area of the cabin where Phelps was living at 386 Moon Valley Road when it went up in flames on October 4th. The fire has been ruled arson by the state fire marshal.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Iz5zMoeu0UI/YaZFiGkDkGI/AAAAAAAANsc/5NAijo7qiIwOW-RCV1svNUuv1gPlpQc2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Phelps%2Bfire-mine.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Iz5zMoeu0UI/YaZFiGkDkGI/AAAAAAAANsc/5NAijo7qiIwOW-RCV1svNUuv1gPlpQc2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phelps%2Bfire-mine.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Judge Porter denied Phelps’ request for bond and set his new appearance date for December 17th. </span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton is scheduled to appear in court next Tuesday (11-23.). Norton’s attorney, Branden Twibell, says he will ask for a new preliminary hearing date then.</span></span></div></div>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-4084800036790733382021-11-17T17:16:00.047-06:002021-11-30T13:17:58.019-06:00Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice says James "Jim" Phelps and Timothy Norton conspired to murder, dismember and butcher Cassidy Rainwater-Paul: (court docs attached)<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> November 17, 2021</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pUcw57zgG0c/YZWOknKruNI/AAAAAAAANrc/EPhDuH4zcRgZoQu2qdytrW1awwYo1IA3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s556/Cassidy%2BRae%2BRainwater%2BFB2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="280" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pUcw57zgG0c/YZWOknKruNI/AAAAAAAANrc/EPhDuH4zcRgZoQu2qdytrW1awwYo1IA3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cassidy%2BRae%2BRainwater%2BFB2.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">First-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse charges now accompany kidnapping charges against James D. "Jim" Phelps and Timothy L. Norton in connection to the disappearance of 33 year-old Cassidy Rainwater-Paul.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Cassidy was last seen at a DFS meeting about six weeks before Cora Terry filed the missing person's report on August 25th. "Reporting party says the last time she saw her was during a DFS visit and Cassidy left with a male by the name of "Jim" -unknown last name- he drives a silver GMC truck and has a cabin somewhere on Moon Valley."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ieqw7eqpRJ0/YZVz4PB4UtI/AAAAAAAANrM/--ksdjDgzQQT4ly30neG2xgW2z4kOfE6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1284/Cassidy%2BRainwater%2BBOLO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1284" height="228" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ieqw7eqpRJ0/YZVz4PB4UtI/AAAAAAAANrM/--ksdjDgzQQT4ly30neG2xgW2z4kOfE6ACLcBGAsYHQ/w374-h228/Cassidy%2BRainwater%2BBOLO.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Authorities now say the first time they went to the rural cabin at 386 Moon Valley Road near Windyville was on August 25th and contact with James Phelps was made on that date. "Deputies asked Phelps if he knew Cassidy Rainwater. Phelps advised he did, but he had not spoken to her in a month. Phelps advised Cassidy had made a statement about going to Colorado." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dallas County Deputy Chris Clarke says he responded to 386 Moon Valley Road on August 25th for "a well-being check on Cassidy, but never located any sign of Cassidy," according to the newly filed court documents.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Deputies returned to Moon Valley Road on September 1st and Phelps told them that he let Cassidy stay in the loft area of the cabin until she could "get back on her feet." Phelps stated Cassidy had been talking about moving to Colorado and he had not seen her since she met a car at the end of his driveway in the middle of the night in late July.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">On September 16th, the FBI provided Dallas County detectives with a cyber-tip labeled "Cassidy" and "a series of photographs of a partially clothed female in a cage who we recognized as Cassidy," sheriff Rice says. The other photos depicted Cassidy's body bound to a gantry crane, commonly used for deer processing and her evisceration and dismemberment," <b><span><a href="https://933kwto.com/probable-cause-statement-in-cassidy-rainwater-murder-warning-graphic-content/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">according to court documents</span></a><span style="color: #2b00fe;">.</span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Rice says that when detectives went back to the cabin on Moon Valley Road on September 16th they recognized items in Phelps' backyard that coincided with the photos.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WTHvsBzC888/YZWNv0Y-VJI/AAAAAAAANrU/g4EfjZRNKJ86kE7qBQSlNS3MwYUpRGImgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Gantry--satellite.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="534" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WTHvsBzC888/YZWNv0Y-VJI/AAAAAAAANrU/g4EfjZRNKJ86kE7qBQSlNS3MwYUpRGImgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Gantry--satellite.jpg" width="267" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>This satellite image was taken before the fire at the cabin and could show a gantry</b></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Phelps was placed under arrest and he was transported to the Dallas County jail and the crime scene secured while obtaining a search warrant, according to Rice.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">After executing the warrant, Dallas County investigators, Greene County deputies, and the FBI spent seven days collecting over 200 pieces of evidence "including the gantry device, cage, potential blood evidence and items from the freezer that appeared to be human flesh with a date written on them of 7-24," </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Electronic devices were also seized. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Those electronic devices say that Phelps and Norton allegedly conspired to murder Cassidy on July 24th. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The remains recovered from the freezer have been positively identified through DNA analysis as belonging to Cassidy. Her </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">skeletal remains were found on adjacent property that has been in the Rainwater family for decades.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Investigators had to stop interviewing Phlps on September 17th when he asked for an attorney.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LG0uSZ_9mdI/YZWQxv_DZOI/AAAAAAAANrs/Dbn3WII3PrkKo03rNPRAmbs2qaeZdEP0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Norton-Phelps%2Bmugs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LG0uSZ_9mdI/YZWQxv_DZOI/AAAAAAAANrs/Dbn3WII3PrkKo03rNPRAmbs2qaeZdEP0ACLcBGAsYHQ/w419-h235/Norton-Phelps%2Bmugs.jpg" width="419" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Timothy L. Norton (left) and James "Jim" D. Phelps</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">On September 20th, Timothy Norton confessed to his part in Cassidy Rainwater-Paul's murder. He told investigators that Phelps asked him to come over while Cassidy was asleep on the living room floor so he would have easy access to attack her.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"Norton said that after entering the house he held Cassidy's legs down while Phelps strangled her and placed a bag over her head." Norton said that after he and Phelps killed Cassidy they took a short break before carrying her body outside.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">-</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Norton said that Phelps attached Cassidy's body to the gantry crane and he began dismembering and eviscerating her. Norton told investigators that he helped Phelps carry Cassidy's remains to a bathtub in the cabin.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The cabin where Cassidy was murdered burned to the ground on October 4th, while both men were in jail. Investigators say the area surrounding the cabin had been rigged with tripwires attached to explosive devices and the blaze has been ruled arson.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s0jg0ftg3A4/YZWPjowHszI/AAAAAAAANrk/331wPrF4k7MKR7S41-qDiq-N89EQQlWlACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Phelps%2Bfire-mine.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s0jg0ftg3A4/YZWPjowHszI/AAAAAAAANrk/331wPrF4k7MKR7S41-qDiq-N89EQQlWlACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phelps%2Bfire-mine.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"We have not located any evidence that would lead us to believe there are any other victims associated with Phelps and Norton at this time," Sheriff Rice said in the post. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Last month Rice said that 99.9 percent of what had been reported about the case was "fake news."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xWiiW37Q-FM/YZWkmx5GnFI/AAAAAAAANr8/CAkVtOaDfTs-FVUd372tbU67rJ2YGKrNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/Dallas-County-Sheriff-Statement--fake%2Bnews.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="458" height="437" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xWiiW37Q-FM/YZWkmx5GnFI/AAAAAAAANr8/CAkVtOaDfTs-FVUd372tbU67rJ2YGKrNgCLcBGAsYHQ/w278-h437/Dallas-County-Sheriff-Statement--fake%2Bnews.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Rice says this is still an ongoing investigation and he urges anyone that may have information concerning the case to call the Dallas County Sheriff's Office at 417-345-2441.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Phelps is scheduled to appear in court this Friday (11-19-21); Norton on the 23rd. No word on if those appearances will still happen or be rescheduled. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Phelps and Norton attended Skyline High School together, according to an <a href="http://skylinehighschoolalumni.com/urbana-mo/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">online alumni website.</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Both men are asking a judge to consider bail in their cases.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"We expected these charges to be filed", said Norton's attorney, Branden Twibell. "Mr. Norton will be entering pleas of not guilty to these allegations. Additionally, our firm will continue to review and investigate any potential evidence we receive from the prosecutor's office."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Twibell says he will ask for a new preliminary hearing date for his client when he appears in court on November 23rd.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://933kwto.com/probable-cause-statement-in-cassidy-rainwater-murder-warning-graphic-content/" target="_blank">Court documents can be read here.</a></b></span></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-41813640381183309702021-11-15T10:30:00.002-06:002021-11-17T20:57:11.912-06:00Cassidy Rainwater's estranged husband confirms her death:<p><i> November 12, 2021</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z6BIqdwXLKM/YY2HtmGs9iI/AAAAAAAANqY/Lxd3tq8mR4cTWHlvndRUS_xlHZW8J-UCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s556/Cassidy%2BRae%2BRainwater%2BFB2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="280" height="377" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z6BIqdwXLKM/YY2HtmGs9iI/AAAAAAAANqY/Lxd3tq8mR4cTWHlvndRUS_xlHZW8J-UCwCLcBGAsYHQ/w212-h377/Cassidy%2BRae%2BRainwater%2BFB2.jpg" width="212" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cassidy Rae Rainwater</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It was a relative who reported Cassidy Rainwater-Paul missing in late August, according to her estranged husband, Zachary Paul.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Paul says he and Cassidy fell in love fast and hard in 2009 and that it flamed out in 2012. "When it was done, it was done. She had her boyfriend's and I had my girlfriend's. The reason we were still married is because we couldn't afford the divorce."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">There was an incident earlier this year with Cassidy that involved police and DFS resulting in PP being placed with Cassidy's grandmother, Cora Terry, (who is really her aunt,) according to Paul. Zach says the last time he heard from Cassidy was in mid-July following a supervised DFS visit that Cassidy had with their son. "We used to text and Facetime once a week or at least every other week but all of a sudden I quit getting phone calls and getting phone calls answered."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"I moved to Oregon about eight years ago and was trying to work with DFS there to get my son. She didn't want me to know that P was taken away. There was nothing I could do in Oregon so I moved back here in late July because I wasn't sure if Cassidy was going to be able to get him back. She found out I was working with DFS and her grandma and she wasn't too happy." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Paul says he met with the Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice early on in the investigation into Cassidy's disappearance. "It kinda looks a little weird that I show up and she goes missing and all this other stuff," he said.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">He freely admits that he's had a checkered past. "I'm not some crazy criminal running around or nothing. I just done a couple of bad things that I had to pay for."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Paul says Terry contacted him in August and said she had not heard from Cassidy in some time. "She said she thought she should file a missing person's report because she was missing visits and she wasn't even calling P, which wasn't like her. I told her to go for it."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Cassidy was last seen at a DFS meeting about six weeks before Terry filed the missing person's report on August 25th. "Reporting party says the last time she saw her was during a DFS visit and Cassidy left with a male by the name of "Jim" -unknown last name- he drives a silver GMC truck and has a cabin somewhere on Moon Valley."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8KqJNPkKooA/YY6e-gNH3pI/AAAAAAAANq4/UqmRsGSrYs4hfQOjcYa1tTXHCch6iS_sQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1284/Cassidy%2BRainwater%2BBOLO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1284" height="242" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8KqJNPkKooA/YY6e-gNH3pI/AAAAAAAANq4/UqmRsGSrYs4hfQOjcYa1tTXHCch6iS_sQCLcBGAsYHQ/w397-h242/Cassidy%2BRainwater%2BBOLO.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Zach Paul says he was confused about what he was told by Cora Terry about Cassidy being deceased and what he was seeing in news reports about her still being missing. "I called up there (Dallas County) and the sheriff was the one who told me she was deceased," he said. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Paul says he has no idea when Cassidy's remains will be released to the family. "I'm trying to find that out," he said. Terry said she "was not speaking with reporters at this time," when reached for comment.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-avTmYffOSGk/YY2ISy0Cq-I/AAAAAAAANqg/KLOknmgvX0s2XlOC7rmvYEGqIpzeF5aAQCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Norton-Phelps%2Bmugs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="201" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-avTmYffOSGk/YY2ISy0Cq-I/AAAAAAAANqg/KLOknmgvX0s2XlOC7rmvYEGqIpzeF5aAQCLcBGAsYHQ/w357-h201/Norton-Phelps%2Bmugs.jpg" width="357" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Timothy L. Norton (l) and James "Jim" D. Phelps</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">James "Jim" Phelps and Timothy Norton have been charged with kidnapping and terrorizing Cassidy. Authorities allegedly found several images of a partially clothed Cassidy being held in a cage on Jim Phelps' phone. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The cabin at 386 Moon Valley Road where Cassidy was allegedly kept inside a cage burned to the ground last month while both men were in custody. Investigators found incendiary devices attached to mortar tubes and tripwires in the fire investigation, which has been ruled arson.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">At this point, no murder charges have been filed against either man or anyone else in Cassidy's disappearance. They are both due in court for preliminary hearings later this month in Dallas County.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"The one thing I'm trying to do is protect my son," Paul said. "I just don't want people lying and saying bad things about her and then my son growing up and seeing those bad things. I had to sit down and tell P and everything. I'm just here to get my son...I just want him back."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Messages left for Sheriff Scott Rice for comment have not been returned.</span></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-2739367714236527832021-10-29T09:17:00.055-05:002021-11-03T22:29:30.157-05:00Change of judge requested for Phelps and Norton:<p> October 29, 2021</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-orfYF0HlK6I/YXwZdLTtWVI/AAAAAAAANqQ/Hq6IEKSZyIMYlQPjSoszIdb9EaIR5a_HQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1566/Pheps-Norton-Rainwater.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="1566" height="231" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-orfYF0HlK6I/YXwZdLTtWVI/AAAAAAAANqQ/Hq6IEKSZyIMYlQPjSoszIdb9EaIR5a_HQCLcBGAsYHQ/w411-h231/Pheps-Norton-Rainwater.webp" width="411" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Timothy Norton-Cassidy Rainwater-James Phelps</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Attorneys for one of the men accused of kidnapping and terrorizing Cassidy Rainwater have made a motion requesting a new judge.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">According to court records the last time anyone heard from Rainwater was in late July. In late August a family member reported that they had not heard from Cassie in some time and filed a missing person's report. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">On September 1st an investigator went to the cabin on Moon Valley Road where Phelps had been living. He told cops that he had been helping Rainwater get on her feet and the last time he saw her was when she left in the middle of the night in late July to meet someone in a car.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The FBI contacted authorities in Dallas County on September 16th about an anonymous tip they received of an image showing a partially clothed Rainwater being held in a cage and tortured. Investigators allegedly found seven images of Cassidy in distress on Phelps' phone.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Phelps' alleged accomplice, Timothy L. Norton, was interviewed by detectives on September 19th. He was re-interviewed by authorities about discrepancies in his story the next day and was arrested on September 21st. He allegedly told authorities that Phelps called and asked him to come to the cabin to help restrain Cassie in July.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qEZoSICxOu0/YXwZC4ONmzI/AAAAAAAANqI/_efMu0Wr3EwzXrXCKB2Z4sTny1-ASNvFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Phelps%2Bfire-mine.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qEZoSICxOu0/YXwZC4ONmzI/AAAAAAAANqI/_efMu0Wr3EwzXrXCKB2Z4sTny1-ASNvFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phelps%2Bfire-mine.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The cabin, at 386 Moon Valley Road, burned to the ground in early October. Tripwires attached to incendiary devices were discovered and the blaze has been ruled as arson.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Norton's attorneys are expected to make a similar motion. Phelps' motion will be held on November 2nd, three days before he and Norton's preliminary hearings, which are scheduled to be heard in Dallas County. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Norton's attorneys have also made a motion asking that a bond be set for their client.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Change of venues for both men are expected to be filed if their cases are bound over for trial.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b>UPDATE 10/29/21:</b></span> Phelps' motion for a change of judge was heard today and granted. His preliminary hearing scheduled for November 5th has been canceled.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b>UPDATE 11/01/21</b></span>: Judge John Porter has been assigned to Phelps' case. He has scheduled a hearing for November 19th at 1:30 p.m. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Dallas County prosecutor Jonathan Barker has filed a motion for continuance in Norton's case that will be heard tomorrow morning at 11. It will most likely address resetting his preliminary hearing as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b>UPDATE 11/02/21</b></span>: Timothy Norton's preliminary hearing scheduled for November 5th has been canceled. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">His next scheduled appearance is scheduled for November 23rd and a motion to address bond will be heard then. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Neither Norton nor his attorneys were in court this morning.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: red;">UPDATE 11/03/21: </span></b> Norton's bond hearing that was scheduled for November 5th has been canceled. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">#whereiscassidyrainwater</span></b></span></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-81343962435363568952021-10-13T18:13:00.007-05:002021-11-30T13:28:48.758-06:00Who owns 386 Moon Valley Road? <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>October 13, 2021</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LiBcvTA9ULo/YWdud-l3VHI/AAAAAAAANo0/Kkr_Y-k5nO8quOTYT_1tvpN32tgxZqgYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s499/Cassidy%2BRae%2BRainwater%2BFB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="499" height="229" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LiBcvTA9ULo/YWdud-l3VHI/AAAAAAAANo0/Kkr_Y-k5nO8quOTYT_1tvpN32tgxZqgYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w229-h229/Cassidy%2BRae%2BRainwater%2BFB.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Cassidy Rainwater is still missing and there have been no updates or additional charges filed against her alleged kidnappers, James D. Phelps and Timothy L. Norton, or anyone else.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The property where the cabin once sat where Rainwater, 33, was allegedly held in a cage and tortured this summer was originally owned by a couple from the Kansas City area who fell in love with the rolling beauty of the Ozarks, nearby Bennett Springs, and the trout fishing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A9ijvZ4zBSA/YWdxWCVGbJI/AAAAAAAANpM/-xhZNWeqhcINWAORU4DmOrl_Ll08Pg8EQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1020/Seymour-Allen%2Bmain%2Bhouse%2B411%2BMoon%2BValley%2BRoad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1020" height="237" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A9ijvZ4zBSA/YWdxWCVGbJI/AAAAAAAANpM/-xhZNWeqhcINWAORU4DmOrl_Ll08Pg8EQCLcBGAsYHQ/w356-h237/Seymour-Allen%2Bmain%2Bhouse%2B411%2BMoon%2BValley%2BRoad.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Walter and Gaynelle Seymour were called to serve others early in their marriage and operated Rock Oak Bible Camp Missions on their property at <a href="https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/411-Moon-Valley-Rd_Lebanon_MO_65536_M89836-56034" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">411 Moon Valley Road</span></a> as a retreat for families. The Seymour's daughter moved her parents closer to her home near St. Louis following the 2007 ice storm. With both of them in their mid-80's, she worried about their safety being so far from the nearest town in the event of an emergency or another historic storm.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IByA8iIr4-g/YWdw-mu7OvI/AAAAAAAANpE/P39F7hkdyr05-xXxAfaL8piHmNI0eomLACLcBGAsYHQ/s1020/Seymour-Allen%2BChurch%2BCamp%2B411%2BMoon%2BValley%2BRoad2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1020" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IByA8iIr4-g/YWdw-mu7OvI/AAAAAAAANpE/P39F7hkdyr05-xXxAfaL8piHmNI0eomLACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Seymour-Allen%2BChurch%2BCamp%2B411%2BMoon%2BValley%2BRoad2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Mrs. Seymour remembers there being a squatter on the property which would eventually become 386 Moon Valley Road, but she can't remember the exact date. "Sometime in the mid-'90s," according to Mrs. Seymour. "My father told them they were building on the wrong property and even consulted a lawyer but he told them that that piece of land wasn't worth what it would cost to take it to court. Something like $30 to $50 thousand," said their daughter. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In 1995, 386 Moon Valley Road was sold to Raymond "John" Warren and Lisa Whitcher by Edith Franklin for $15,000, according to a warranty deed. There had been another cabin on that piece of property that is believed to have been built by David Gene Franklin. That cabin burned to the ground. Edith Mae Dampier Franklin's family has owned property that borders Thistle and Moon Valley Road for over seven decades, according to tax records. </span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7hFrx1gX2dg/YWeN-yrBcxI/AAAAAAAANp0/ay_Zn1_PEtMmEa_DFsMlhQ5fLak-7etKACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Warren-Franklin%2Bdeed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="508" height="371" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7hFrx1gX2dg/YWeN-yrBcxI/AAAAAAAANp0/ay_Zn1_PEtMmEa_DFsMlhQ5fLak-7etKACLcBGAsYHQ/w295-h371/Warren-Franklin%2Bdeed.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Raymond "John" Warren handbuilt a new cabin with timber milled from lumber from an adjacent property. "He put a lot of blood and sweat into it," another neighbor remembered. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NNR95uyW_1g/YWdy4YFAHlI/AAAAAAAANpU/qlg3uZvp1twLsReR6UzDjut2eLbgSmfbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Warren-Clift%2Bboundry.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="408" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NNR95uyW_1g/YWdy4YFAHlI/AAAAAAAANpU/qlg3uZvp1twLsReR6UzDjut2eLbgSmfbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Warren-Clift%2Bboundry.jpeg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"Technically the cabin sits on property that appears to be owned by Gordon Clift, said Cody Smith, a land agent who handled the Seymour sale. However, the cabin was built on the wrong property. I believe that it should have been built on the tract to the south that appears to be owned by Raymond John Warren and Lisa Marie Whitcher. I talked to the guy living in the cabin once, I've found that it's better to tell people who you are to keep from getting shot. I think he told me that his brother-in-law owned the property and let him live there. Based on the news articles online, James Phelps is who I talked to. I recognize his picture." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"I don't have a clue how the house (cabin) was built on the wrong property...you'd be surprised how often that happens in some fashion though. The Seymour house actually had the property line going through the house when we had it surveyed," Smith said.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Land to the west, which is <a href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/320-Moon-Valley-Rd-Lebanon-MO-65536/2083666893_zpid/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">320 Moon Valley Road</span></a>, belonged to Margaret Campbell-Rainwater and Bill Rainwater, Sr., Cassidy's grandfather. It was land that had been in the Campbell family for generations, according to Seymour's daughter. "Margaret Campbell's grandmother, Diane Coffelt, built a structure down at the river that used to be two separate buildings, one being the kitchen and living area, the other being the bedrooms. When one of the structures burned down Margaret and Bill put a trailer there and incorporated it with the remaining structure." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Bill Rainwater lived on the property until his death. His house also burned to the ground not long after he died, according to the neighbor. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Lisa Whitcher died in 2011. Raymond "John" Warren and Robin Phelps, James Phelps' sister, had been in a long-term relationship prior to her death last year, according to sources. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">But how does Timothy Leroy Norton connect to Phelps and Warren? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Court records put Timothy Leroy Norton at the 386 Moon Valley Road property in 1992...could he be the original squatter that Mrs. Seymour remembers? 2020 online court records show that Norton was living in Wright City. He and Phelps both list 386 Moon Valley Road as their address in the kidnapping case.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Warren and Whitcher, who were both charged with poaching in 1997 claimed that address, and Phelps first appears in court records as using the address in 2011. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">There have also been at least three sex offenders, <a href="https://www.ky3.com/2021/07/02/springfield-man-sentenced-30-years-producing-child-pornography/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">including Eddie Feck,</span></a> who used the 386 Moon Valley Road address in 2008. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">On September 18th, a day after James Phelps was charged and seven images of a partially nude Cassidy being held in a cage <i><b>within</b></i> the Phelps residence were found on his phone, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office issued a news release about the case on its Facebook page. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XYYyza1-H4E/YWdzWOrxPoI/AAAAAAAANpc/uiKj6O1tlW4T_rNHEWHV3gMe-Hmb93bLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Phelps%2Bcabin%2Bwith%2Bwindows%2Bboarded%2Bup.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="545" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XYYyza1-H4E/YWdzWOrxPoI/AAAAAAAANpc/uiKj6O1tlW4T_rNHEWHV3gMe-Hmb93bLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phelps%2Bcabin%2Bwith%2Bwindows%2Bboarded%2Bup.jpeg" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why were the windows boarded up on the cabin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">“Due to the extreme nature of the crime and the continuation of the investigation, additional details cannot be released at this time,” the post said. “There is no immediate danger to the public.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">On September 19th, Timothy Norton was identified by authorities as having possible involvement in Cassidy's disappearance and was questioned. Investigators didn't believe he was being truthful and reinterviewed him on September 20th. “Norton then admitted that after arriving at Phelps’ home on July 24th he did physically confine CR 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 CR," court documents say.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UdDQCMfjCUA/YWd1CXiNjyI/AAAAAAAANpk/h4b-8IXzwJASGrI0VzJKZOXUkcEZxMCLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Phelps%2Bfire-mine.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UdDQCMfjCUA/YWd1CXiNjyI/AAAAAAAANpk/h4b-8IXzwJASGrI0VzJKZOXUkcEZxMCLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phelps%2Bfire-mine.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">October 4th, the night before Phelps and Norton were set to be arraigned, the cabin at 386 Moon Valley <a href="https://www.ozarksfirst.com/tag/cassidy-rainwater/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">went up in flames</span></a>. Fire investigators discovered two devices made of mortar tubes and balloons, with tripwires, according to a report from the Springfield fire department. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In a<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DallasCountySheriff/posts/1938048299691360" target="_blank">scathing post on Facebook</a></span> </span>last week, Dallas County Sheriff Scott Rice called out “Fake News,” social media, and people who he said are too impatient and entitled to wait for the justice system to work.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It could be 30 to 90 days before any new or additional charges are filed in the case as investigators are waiting for DNA and forensic testing to come back, according to sheriff Rice.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-10351693341123718762021-10-07T20:21:00.004-05:002021-10-07T20:26:26.532-05:00Dallas County Sheriff addresses "fake news" and misinformation. Cassidy Rainwater is STILL MISSING!<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="gmail-pybr56ya gmail-dati1w0a gmail-hv4rvrfc gmail-n851cfcs gmail-btwxx1t3 gmail-j83agx80 gmail-ll8tlv6m" style="align-items: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: row; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; padding-top: 12px;"><div class="gmail-buofh1pr" style="flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit;"><div class="gmail-j83agx80 gmail-cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b gmail-irj2b8pg" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px;"><div class="gmail-qzhwtbm6 gmail-knvmm38d" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="gmail-d2edcug0 gmail-hpfvmrgz gmail-qv66sw1b gmail-c1et5uql gmail-lr9zc1uh gmail-a8c37x1j gmail-keod5gw0 gmail-nxhoafnm gmail-aigsh9s9 gmail-d3f4x2em gmail-fe6kdd0r gmail-mau55g9w gmail-c8b282yb gmail-iv3no6db gmail-jq4qci2q gmail-a3bd9o3v gmail-b1v8xokw gmail-m9osqain gmail-hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; 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font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Addressing Fake News:</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">There is a lot of misinformation and rumors regarding the Cassidy Rainwater case being circulated across social media and various news platforms. While I understand the impatience and curiosity of the people, I’m going to give you a piece of advice. It is not a good idea to listen to “a crime reporter/blogger “or Tic Tok 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. If you are hanging on very word is this type of crap, believing it to be fact, you are living in a fantasy world. This isn’t a tv series or movie where we go to commercial break and have lab results in 15 minutes. Searching a crime scene for 7 days 24 hours a day takes that long, 168 hours. 99.999999% of what has been posted to social media is CRAP.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Law Enforcement Officers must play within the rules of the American Criminal Justice system. While the system has its faults, it’s still the best system in the world. We are judged by a jury of our peers with a Judge presiding over the case, a Prosecutor who presents the case, and a Defense attorney who defends their client. This is where ALL facts of the case come out, not Tic Tok, Facebook, or any other social media outlet. NO, you are not entitled to a play by play of an ongoing investigation. If you want to be in the know, we are hiring along with every other law enforcement agency in the country. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">We are working in the real-world and this is an active ongoing investigation. When all members of the prosecution team believe that it is appropriate to release information, we will keep you informed. Until that time, I can tell you we have all parties involved with Cassidy Rainwater’s case in jail and we expect additional charges to be filed in the coming days. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">If you are not a resident and are planning a trip into our Beautiful County to sightsee, remember a few things. While the citizens of Dallas County are friendly, neighborly, caring, and kind people, we do not like those who show up to trespass, litter, vandalize, harass, or destroy property. If this is your intention, you are not welcome here and we will prosecute you for this. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Sheriff Rice.</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-79145737158382875712021-10-05T07:53:00.006-05:002021-10-15T23:25:01.406-05:00Phelps' cabin on Moon Valley Road burns to the ground; allegedly rigged with tripwires<p> October 5, 2021</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The cabin where James Phelps lived at 386 Moon Valley Road near Windyville<a href="https://www.ky3.com/2021/10/05/house-dallas-county-mo-man-accused-kidnapping-cassidy-rainwater-burns-ground/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> burned to the ground</span></a> overnight.</span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SflkR5XWu9c/YVxITk-Y-nI/AAAAAAAANoc/rfWtkZWIiw4gP934FseDooPO8bu0TkhqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Phelp%2Bproperty%2Bfire%2BKY3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SflkR5XWu9c/YVxITk-Y-nI/AAAAAAAANoc/rfWtkZWIiw4gP934FseDooPO8bu0TkhqgCLcBGAsYHQ/w470-h264/Phelp%2Bproperty%2Bfire%2BKY3.jpg" width="470" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>courtesy KY3</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The property, which has not been actively guarded since the story of Cassidy Rainwater's disappearance broke late last month was allegedly <a href="https://twitter.com/FWatsonTVNews/status/1445281596614000642" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">rigged with tripwires</span></a>, according to published reports.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Federal authorities received a tip that Rainwater, who was reported missing in August, was being held in a cage and terrorized on Phelps' remote property.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Phelps and his alleged co-conspirator Timothy Norton have been charged with kidnapping and are due in court this morning. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On September 18th, Dallas County sheriff Scott Rice said on the organization's Facebook page, "Due to the extreme nature of the crime and the continuation of the investigation, additional details cannot be released at this time. There is no immediate danger to the public.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Yesterday Rice issued the following statement:</span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: #242526; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e4e6eb;">A</span><span style="color: white;">s you are aware, Dallas County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating the missing person case of Cassidy Rainwater. The F.B.I. received information as to the possible whereabouts of Cassidy. On 09/16/2021 the F.B.I. forwarded this information to Dallas County Detectives.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: #242526; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">On that same date, we served a search warrant at an address on Moon Valley Road. While there, we recovered many items for further investigation.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: #242526; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">We wish to thank Greene County Sheriff Arnott for is support sending the Greene County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit along with manpower. We would also like to thank the F.B.I for all the assistance they have been providing. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: #242526; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">This is an incredibly difficult time for Cassidy’s family and friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. We ask that you all respect their privacy. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: #242526; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">To protect our investigative process and increase possibility for successful prosecution, we have no additional comment.</span></div>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-15819767497938008072021-10-04T09:28:00.003-05:002021-10-04T10:17:30.556-05:00What is the dark web and how does it connect to The Moon Valley Monsters?<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>October 2, 2021</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At some point during the day, you've probably done some sort of search on the internet. That is what's called using the surface web which is published publicly, doesn't require a paywall or logins to access it. Dark web content is accessed through particular browsers that use The Onion Route, or .TOR instead of .com.</span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SM261qOgDJY/YVi9L3tGpmI/AAAAAAAANoM/7PX7V453qjA52Ah_YJp2nXZqnezyTUQFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Cassidy%2BRainwater%2Bbigger%2Bpic.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="292" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SM261qOgDJY/YVi9L3tGpmI/AAAAAAAANoM/7PX7V453qjA52Ah_YJp2nXZqnezyTUQFQCLcBGAsYHQ/w519-h292/Cassidy%2BRainwater%2Bbigger%2Bpic.png" width="519" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the disappearance of Cassidy Rainwater, the FBI did receive a tip from someone that provided evidence in mid-September, allegedly from the dark web, that showed Cassidy Rainwater being tortured and terrorized while being held in a cage on property at 386 Moon Valley Road near Windyville, Missouri, where James D. Phelps lived. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rainwater has been missing since late July. A family member reported her missing in August. When authorities went to the Moon Valley property to talk with Phelps last month, he told them that he was helping Cassidy get back on her feet by letting her live in the loft of his cabin and that the last time he saw her was late July walking down his driveway in the middle of the night. The loft area had been "stripped," according to court documents.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When law enforcers asked to look at Phelps' phone, they allegedly found seven images of Cassidy, partially clothed and in obvious distress.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xuXOKra-8Ic/YVi8s0NbFxI/AAAAAAAANn8/a2dxPGOkqMQUUVVhL6wRPF7AiiK9rtqnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Phelps%2Bcage%2Bon%2Bproperty.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="241" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xuXOKra-8Ic/YVi8s0NbFxI/AAAAAAAANn8/a2dxPGOkqMQUUVVhL6wRPF7AiiK9rtqnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phelps%2Bcage%2Bon%2Bproperty.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Phelps and Timothy Norton are facing multiple charges, including kidnapping, related to Cassidy's disappearance.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">It has been alleged that Phelps belonged to a cannibalism site on the dark web and that authorities are looking into the complex matrix that is the dark web and people who interacted with the men online.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nc-X1cBAdH4/YVi-vfwrv3I/AAAAAAAANoU/XXWzhTxFCg0-oPRz4JhvoTFyiSklQyP8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s986/Phelps-Norton2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="986" height="228" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nc-X1cBAdH4/YVi-vfwrv3I/AAAAAAAANoU/XXWzhTxFCg0-oPRz4JhvoTFyiSklQyP8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w406-h228/Phelps-Norton2.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It was reported last week that authorities in Greene County had been pulled off the Phelps/Norton case. A law enforcement source close to the investigation tells me that Greene County investigators are still assisting in the complex investigation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dallas County sheriff Scott Rice says investigators are waiting for DNA evidence to come back from the crime lab and that could take up to 30 days. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The dark web isn't illegal, but it is known to be used by people who don't want to be traced. It isn't indexed, and won't show up in any normal searches</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vxtwg24aHs4/YVi8Iosr_cI/AAAAAAAANn0/oEbUH-0a2sYIvlJez6INCWFG02cBrdgMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s602/Dark%2Bweb%2Bgraphic.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="602" height="263" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vxtwg24aHs4/YVi8Iosr_cI/AAAAAAAANn0/oEbUH-0a2sYIvlJez6INCWFG02cBrdgMwCLcBGAsYHQ/w350-h263/Dark%2Bweb%2Bgraphic.png" width="350" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Unlike typical browsers, </span><a href="https://sopa.tulane.edu/blog/everything-you-should-know-about-dark-web" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">the Tor Browser</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> employs onion routing, which uses encryption and directs traffic through multiple servers around the world to keep the searcher’s IP address anonymous — allowing for private searching. The many layers of an onion represent the multiple layers of encryption and privacy in the Tor network.</span></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b2b2b; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Legal Uses of the Dark Web</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">While using the dark web may seem suspect on the surface, it is perfectly legal, and there are many legitimate uses of Tor and anonymous browsing. For example, in countries where government surveillance may be used to spy on and oppress political dissidents, the dark web is often a place for communication that avoids government censorship and scrutiny. Despite these added layers of security, users should still be cautious using the dark web and take proper security measures, such as periodically updating their security software, browsing with a robust VPN, and avoiding the use of a standard email address.</span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b2b2b; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Illegal Uses of the Dark Web</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Given its anonymous nature, the dark web is also used for illicit and even illegal purposes. These include the buying and selling of illegal drugs, weapons, passwords, and stolen identities, as well as the trading of illegal pornography and human trafficking. Several sites hosting illegal material have been discovered by government agencies and shut down in recent years, including Silk Road, AlphaBay, and Hansa.</span></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-32698164456960212932021-10-01T17:27:00.003-05:002021-12-02T13:56:12.760-06:00Where is Cassidy Rainwater?<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>October 1, 2021</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you search online for James D. Phelps he pops up as an <a href="https://getordained.org/find-a-minister/16377" target="_blank">ordained minister</a> with the Universal Life Church...and as an alleged serial killer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If the chatter is true, why is there no police presence at Phelps' Moon Valley property?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HzjBZ1I1sB8/YVeFW2VYjCI/AAAAAAAANnk/ktQdKFKzokMNaLznYQk1MKFROoBAUIxEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Phelps%2BCabin%2Bwatermarked.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="537" height="364" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HzjBZ1I1sB8/YVeFW2VYjCI/AAAAAAAANnk/ktQdKFKzokMNaLznYQk1MKFROoBAUIxEwCLcBGAsYHQ/w306-h364/Phelps%2BCabin%2Bwatermarked.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NFfzP_3D4nc/YVeA-r4sy6I/AAAAAAAANnU/Stn5S4o0Z34Czo1BiOfjOmlPJxswtZKngCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Phelps%2Bcage%2Bon%2Bproperty.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="241" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NFfzP_3D4nc/YVeA-r4sy6I/AAAAAAAANnU/Stn5S4o0Z34Czo1BiOfjOmlPJxswtZKngCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phelps%2Bcage%2Bon%2Bproperty.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-510tgzQLdRE/YVd_qZ1JF2I/AAAAAAAANnE/g-9vHcbVtQY--PaA7zjRi6bHMYeQkB5wwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Phelps%2Bproperty%2Bchain%2Bbig%2Bwatermarked.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="527" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-510tgzQLdRE/YVd_qZ1JF2I/AAAAAAAANnE/g-9vHcbVtQY--PaA7zjRi6bHMYeQkB5wwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phelps%2Bproperty%2Bchain%2Bbig%2Bwatermarked.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Several people have driven up to and walked on the fully accessible property at 386 Moon Valley Road. Are they finished processing the property as a crime scene or has that even begun? If not, why is no one guarding it or at the very least crime scene tape up?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0I69xtJENdY/YVdvqePLykI/AAAAAAAANms/8bS_MP0_xjYqpHME3JJ9uImlYNt8ZVDmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Phelps%2BCrime%2BScene%2Bchatter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="620" height="351" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0I69xtJENdY/YVdvqePLykI/AAAAAAAANms/8bS_MP0_xjYqpHME3JJ9uImlYNt8ZVDmQCLcBGAsYHQ/w227-h351/Phelps%2BCrime%2BScene%2Bchatter.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Macabre photos of multiple victims are alleged to have been found in Phelps' possession. Not known is whether they are his victims or something obtained off the dark web. Sources say what investigators encountered while working the crime scene has several of them wanting to retire.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Court records show that James D. Phelps also used an address in Preston, that sits on 80 acres, for several years. It appears that the land has been in the Phelps family for years as multiple people have used that address, according to online court records. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-12eXUTKLv9c/YVdvRGXq0BI/AAAAAAAANmk/tBOcODHJP5gczrTfq_EHDzq8G71TzoFegCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Preston%2Bproperty%2BPhelps.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-12eXUTKLv9c/YVdvRGXq0BI/AAAAAAAANmk/tBOcODHJP5gczrTfq_EHDzq8G71TzoFegCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Preston%2Bproperty%2BPhelps.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dallas County land records show that the Rainwater family still owns land that surrounds the unsecured crime scene. The red dot is where Phelps' cabin sits. </span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsDksd5A7yM/YVdu1WdlFhI/AAAAAAAANmc/PQogtTWkW90_rprNUfcxD-XxeQp_b0dmACLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Pheps-Rainwater%2Bland%2Bred%2Bdot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="594" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsDksd5A7yM/YVdu1WdlFhI/AAAAAAAANmc/PQogtTWkW90_rprNUfcxD-XxeQp_b0dmACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Pheps-Rainwater%2Bland%2Bred%2Bdot.jpg" width="198" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The blue area is Rainwater property--the red dot is where the cabin sat</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why no comment from Dallas County authorities or the FBI? They are already holding Phelps and his alleged accomplice, Timothy Norton, on kidnapping charges so the rush to file other charges isn't really a necessity at this point. My source says that law enforcers with the Dallas and Greene County Sheriff's offices have been pulled off the investigation and that at least two officers have been fired for leaking information about the investigation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTibOiC8S_w/YVeEVZ15q6I/AAAAAAAANnc/Y1mse1eitaIMjxHijQmKMFEcn9TMz6XDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s986/Phelps-Norton2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="986" height="204" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTibOiC8S_w/YVeEVZ15q6I/AAAAAAAANnc/Y1mse1eitaIMjxHijQmKMFEcn9TMz6XDwCLcBGAsYHQ/w362-h204/Phelps-Norton2.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The FBI is rumored to have "ramped up the search for Cassidy Rainwater." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If the crime scene was that horrific how can they be done processing it and why no excavation equipment on the property? </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The integrity of an unsecured crime scene will surely be challenged by the State of Missouri's capital defense attorneys.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING...WHERE IS CASSIDY RAINWATER</span></b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9tg7IzULcUQ/YVduUS_4v2I/AAAAAAAANmU/hCgpwBlKoI4lf6KPlSCfaV2LeTH-c75ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s167/Cassidy%2BRainwater.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="134" height="334" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9tg7IzULcUQ/YVduUS_4v2I/AAAAAAAANmU/hCgpwBlKoI4lf6KPlSCfaV2LeTH-c75ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w268-h334/Cassidy%2BRainwater.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-29104026066227615192021-09-30T16:35:00.008-05:002021-12-16T14:15:58.866-06:00Remains found on Phelps' property during search. Do they belong to Cassidy Rainwater?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fU0ZaBpkUGQ/YVX8q1hhqwI/AAAAAAAANlM/xjH_B5HsbLIPVUV62CIQ8eRgdrP6V85GwCLcBGAsYHQ/s167/Cassidy%2BRainwater.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="134" height="312" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fU0ZaBpkUGQ/YVX8q1hhqwI/AAAAAAAANlM/xjH_B5HsbLIPVUV62CIQ8eRgdrP6V85GwCLcBGAsYHQ/w250-h312/Cassidy%2BRainwater.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>The disappearance of Cassidy Rainwater is heartbreaking and very disturbing. And if the chatter is true, it's the kind of stuff that happens in horror movies.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Cassidy was reported missing by a family member in August but <a href="https://www.ky3.com/2021/09/24/timeline-events-disappearance-cassidy-rainwater-dallas-county-mo-investigation/" target="_blank">reports say</a> she was last seen on July 25th. James David Phelps, 58, told investigators that he was helping the 33-year-old woman "get back on her feet" and that she had been living in the loft area of his cabin at 386 Moon Valley Road. He told law enforcers he last saw Cassidy when she walked down his driveway in the middle of the night on July 25th, according to court documents. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Phelps' cabin has a Lebanon address, but it is near Windyville, a small town in southwest Missouri that is<a href="https://ozarksalive.com/spooky-windyville-stop-reopens-for-business/" target="_blank"> reported to be haunted</a> and that locals call Spookyville.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ly0Peo7JuIE/YVYCeIJ7t8I/AAAAAAAANlc/qA6ylVwwcgQ2g5XfHoTz7gFsTlAYiFSIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Moon%2BValley%2BRoad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="602" height="380" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ly0Peo7JuIE/YVYCeIJ7t8I/AAAAAAAANlc/qA6ylVwwcgQ2g5XfHoTz7gFsTlAYiFSIwCLcBGAsYHQ/w239-h380/Moon%2BValley%2BRoad.jpg" width="239" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Cassidy Rainwater was very familiar with the area around Moon Valley Road as her family has owned land adjacent to the last place she was reportedly seen for decades, according to a former neighbor.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>This case broke wide open after the FBI received a tip from an anonymous source who had evidence of a partially clothed woman being held in a cage and tortured on the dark web. A source close to the investigation says the FBI used software that uses pixels and matches skin tones and contacted the Dallas County Sheriff's Office on September 16th after finding a possible match to Cassidy's missing person's report.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>The source, who wishes to remain anonymous, says police became suspicious of Phelps when they interviewed him on September 16th "because he was acting weird." They walked to the back of the cabin and saw meat hooks in the bathroom through a window. Law enforcers then asked a judge for a search warrant. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yRPPjMYfFhQ/YVYegidr6ZI/AAAAAAAANmM/0Y4NiAV14Z856fzDN8wl3xXseHPDgcR9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Moon%2BValley%2BRoad%2Bcop%2Bprescence.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="960" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yRPPjMYfFhQ/YVYegidr6ZI/AAAAAAAANmM/0Y4NiAV14Z856fzDN8wl3xXseHPDgcR9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w351-h264/Moon%2BValley%2BRoad%2Bcop%2Bprescence.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>When they kicked in Phelps' door the following morning they allegedly found him eating a sandwich with human remains. He allegedly laughed and told investigators that he had served human ribs to an unsuspecting neighbor a few days prior.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>During their search, cops allegedly found vacuum-sealed body parts with detailed labels in a freezer and seven photos of Cassidy in a cage on Phelps' phone.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MuCWo_QWE48/YVYZht1BT4I/AAAAAAAANl0/h5JEqDcaD9omP4EvjCB0RbiJuoZWLm2LACLcBGAsYHQ/s257/Phelps-Norton.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="257" height="348" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MuCWo_QWE48/YVYZht1BT4I/AAAAAAAANl0/h5JEqDcaD9omP4EvjCB0RbiJuoZWLm2LACLcBGAsYHQ/w456-h348/Phelps-Norton.jpg" width="456" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>James D. Phelps (l) Timothy Norton</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>If this case has not already become federal it soon could be as authorities believe that Phelps' alleged accomplice, Timothy Leroy Norton, 56, who is an over-the-road truck driver, may have transported victims across state lines.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>On September 19th, investigators interviewed Norton who told them that he lived in his truck at the Moon Valley property, even when he was off the road. When investigators re-interviewed him on September 20th he told them that he helped Phelps restrain Cassidy at the property and he was arrested. Another source says cops allegedly found human remains in some trailer tanks on the property.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Another source tells me that at least one set of partial remains have been recovered so far at Phelps' property and authorities believe there could be at least 13 </span><span>other sets of remains at this property...and some of them could have been missing for decades. </span></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Investigators are also interested in property near Preston that belongs to one of Phelps' family members. </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>There has been speculation on the online forum Reddit that there could be a possible connection to a van recovered on Phelps' property and the nearly 30-year-old mysterious disappearances of Sherrill Levitt, Suzie Streeter, and Stacy McCall in the <a href="http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/search/?q=sherill+levitt" target="_blank">Springfield 3 case</a>. </b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="417" height="543" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GmjiR77-Thw/YVX63BcHOnI/AAAAAAAANlE/eb_aABQYX5gmIExAeS8A30M20tGzWir_ACLcBGAsYHQ/w251-h543/Cassidy%2BRainwater-3mw%2Breddit.jpg" width="251" /></span></div><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="607" height="374" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jI31QK6RoMg/YVYBIAuwycI/AAAAAAAANlU/4GEVYuk0BbEussJis3q4Yi2b4BJn7LEOACLcBGAsYHQ/w236-h374/Van%2Bon%2BPhelps%2Bproperty.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="236" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Pictures coming out of the Moon Valley Road investigation do show at least one van recovered from Phelps' property</span></i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Online sleuths are also paying close attention to this case and a possible connection to, <a href="https://people.com/crime/missouri-mom-missing-since-mothers-day-we-suspect-foul-play/" target="_blank">Echo Lloyd</a>, 47, who went missing on Mother's Day 2020 from Edwards, Missouri, which is about an hour-and-a-half away from the crime scene on Moon Valley Road.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_M1HidbDfPs/YVYb8iFmRkI/AAAAAAAANmE/ApnofAsyPpYzkWM8qSy2ge2jZHr-V2VfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Echo%2BLloy%2Bmissing%2Bposter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="768" height="390" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_M1HidbDfPs/YVYb8iFmRkI/AAAAAAAANmE/ApnofAsyPpYzkWM8qSy2ge2jZHr-V2VfwCLcBGAsYHQ/w312-h390/Echo%2BLloy%2Bmissing%2Bposter.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Fate can be brutal sometimes. Rainwater's mother, Tracy Wahwassuck, was</span><a href="https://www.columbiatribune.com/article/20080508/news/305089702" target="_blank"> reported missing</a><span> by her boyfriend, Leonard "Len" Couch, in 2007. Her remains were found not far from Couch's residence in 2008, an area that had already been searched, according to a family member who wishes to remain anonymous.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_JIvPAGJT2I/YVYatUUMMeI/AAAAAAAANl8/jer3CHQyN2oAQrb7duk2FybC8prWFRN9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/Tracy%2BDenise%2BWahwssuck--Cassidy%2BRainwaters%2Bmother.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="244" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_JIvPAGJT2I/YVYatUUMMeI/AAAAAAAANl8/jer3CHQyN2oAQrb7duk2FybC8prWFRN9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w244-h244/Tracy%2BDenise%2BWahwssuck--Cassidy%2BRainwaters%2Bmother.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Tracy Denise Wahwassuck</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>No charges have ever been filed in Wahwassuck's case but <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/kspr-news/unsolved-death-investigation-sparks-political-controversy-in-laclede-county/144794661310/" target="_blank">mystery surrounds</a> it as well. <a href="https://www.holmanhowe.com/obituaries/Leonard-Couch-Lebanon/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=autopost#!/Obituary" target="_blank"> Len Couch died</a> in February of 2021. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Some people are asking about Cassidy's son. The family member told me he is safe.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>This case is still breaking and will be updated as details become available.</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com87tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-83748670856432801332015-09-17T21:29:00.000-05:002015-09-19T17:02:08.245-05:00Jury Finds Tuttle Guilty in Dan Martin's Murder:<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">
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Joplin, MO.- It took a Jasper County jury about two-and-a-half hours this afternoon to convict a man from Stone County for his part in the 2013 murder of Dan Martin.</div>
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Justin Tuttle, 31, also of Lampe, was found guilty of second-degree murder and armed criminal action for the September 26, 2013, death of Daniel "Dan" Martin. Tuttle is scheduled to be sentenced on December 3rd in Joplin, where the case was moved on a change of venue.</div>
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I was not in the courtroom for Tuttle's trial this week. However, I was in the courtroom when Tuttle's co-defendant and girlfriend AnnMarie Patrick pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for her part in Martin's murder earlier this year. </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>The following is an unedited news release from Stone County prosecutor Matt Selby:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">A Jasper County jury of eight women and four men found Justin Tuttle guilty of second degree murder and armed criminal action for the 2013 stabbing death of Daniel Martin.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>The case was tried by Stone County Prosecutor, Matt Selby, and assistant prosecutor, Brynna Howell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Daniel Martin’s body was found floating in Table Rock Lake at a local swimming and fishing hole at the end of Jones Trading Post Road on September 29, 2013.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>An investigation was begun by the Stone County Sheriff’s office led by detective Orville Choate.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>Officers determined that Martin was last seen alive on Thursday, September 26, 2013, Martin’s sister when she observed him around 4:00 that afternoon in his truck along with Tuttle and Annmarie Patrick, Martin’s girlfriend.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>About an hour later Tuttle and Patrick were seen in Martin’s truck near Dogwood Canyon but Martin was not with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">As the investigation continued, witnesses told officers that on the evening of Martin’s death, they noticed that Tuttle had a busted lip and other minor injuries and blood on his clothes.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>His response was that he had fallen down a hill.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>When asked by friends about Martin’s absence Tuttle responded that Martin had ran off into the woods and was with a friend in Nixa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">An autopsy was conducted and forensic pathologist, Dr. Keith Norton, observed eight deep stabbing type wounds to various parts of Martin’s body, three of which could have been fatal, and determined that the stab wounds caused Martin’s death and that it was a homicide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Tuttle and Patrick were both charged in connection with Martin’s death.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>Patrick pled guilty and was sentenced to fourteen years to manslaughter charges and theft charges for her role in the killing and for taking Martin’s property following his death.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Although there were no witnesses to the actual murder, at trial Selby and Howell presented evidence that Martin had been murdered and had witnesses testify who placed Tuttle and Patrick with Daniel Martin shortly before and after his death, concentrating on the actions of the defendants’ following Martin’s disappearance that the prosecutors characterized as “consciousness of guilt”.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">The defendant took the stand in his own defense and claimed that he acted in self-defense when Martin attacked him accusing him of having sex with his girlfriend, Patrick.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>In closing the prosecutors argued that the defendant’s claims were contrary to the physical evidence, particular Martin’s injuries, and again emphasized the defendant’s guilty actions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">The jury deliberated for just over two and a half hours before finding the defendant guilty.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>Selby said that he was pleased with the verdict and believed it was a just result.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>“The jury was extremely attentive and considered the evidence carefully.”<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>The prosecutor added that he “really feels for the Martin family.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>The defendant kept his silence in the two years since Daniel’s death and the family heard his story in the courtroom for the first time just like the rest of us.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>It has been an emotional and difficult time for them and I hope that they can now start to have a little closure.<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"> </span>I also really appreciate the support they have shown us as we have gone through this process.”</span></div>
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Galena, Mo.- The girlfriend of a Lampe man who was murdered in 2013 has pleaded guilty to amended charges of involuntary manslaughter for her part in his death.<br />
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To get to the end of 28 year-old Daniel Martin Jr.’s life you’ve got to go back several months before he was murdered. His mother, Ginger Martin, testified at Annmarie Patrick’s preliminary hearing that he began dating Patrick in May and they had “an on again off again” relationship.<span id="more-1100"></span><br />
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It wasn’t a secret that Patrick, now 21, or Dan Martin had an ongoing battle with drug addiction. In the weeks leading up to his death Martin, “slipped of the wagon.”<br />
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Ginger Martin said she felt like her son was being “set up again” by Patrick and she feared for her his life. Several weeks before Martin went missing, three men came to the Hawg Trough, the bar the Martin family owns near Lampe, looking for him to settle some kind of score, according to sources.<br />
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“I didn’t trust her,” said Ginger Martin.<br />
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Rachelle Pavelka, Dan Martin’s sister, said the last time she had any contact with her brother was about 4 p.m. on September 26th at the house of the daycare provider they both used. She said Patrick, and a man she didn’t know, were in her brother’s truck. “He said he was going to get $20 that someone owed him because he was running out of gas and asked me to take his son to my mom’s house, so I did.”<br />
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But Dan Martin, who had several distinctive tattoos, didn’t call or show up to take little Dan home that night…or the next night…or the night following that.<br />
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“That wasn’t like him at all….I knew something was wrong,” his mom recalled.<br />
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Ginger Martin said after she dropped little Dan off at daycare on September 27th she went to her son’s house to look for him. She found the front door unlocked and his cell phone on the arm of a couch plugged in. “I knew something was really wrong because Dan was never without his phone.”</div>
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What she found as she scrolled through the messages troubled her. “You really f****ed up this time,” was one of the messages to Dan from AnnMarie. Frantic, she said she called and texted Patrick and every other contact in her son’s phone. Only a few texted back. One of them was Patrick.<br />
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“I don’t know where he is,” said Patrick. Patrick told the missing man’s mother that he had taken 10 Xanax and disappeared. Patrick later admitted she had not actually witnessed her boyfriend consume the prescription drug, but she believed he had.<br />
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Ginger Martin said Patrick never asked if anyone had heard from her boyfriend, but she said she and her sister would continue to search for him. Martin’s hopes were raised in the search for her son when she was told that a relative of Dan’s son had seen him on Friday.<br />
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“It was a misunderstanding….she actually said she saw him on Thursday.”<br />
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Earlier in 2013 Dan had moved out of the house he shared with Patrick, but they had gotten back together, Martin testified. “I was concerned she was setting him up to be jumped….again.”<br />
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Daniel Compton, who had been charged with tampering with physical evidence for allegedly dumping Martin’s truck in Arkansas after he was murdered, testified that he first saw Martin and Patrick about noon on September 26th. He said he and Justin Tuttle were walking along the road when Martin stopped and offered them a ride.</div>
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Martin gave the men a ride to Nikki Williams’ house where they were dropped off. Martin and Patrick came back to that house a few times that afternoon, according to Compton. After one of those visits “they came out asked me if I could get some dope.”<br />
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“They kept asking about dope. AnnMarie wrote down Jones Trading Post Road. That’s where we were supposed to meet for the deal….I never made it there, I guess,” Compton said.<br />
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According to court documents, Patrick said she, Tuttle and Martin drove to Table Rock Lake on September 26, 2013. After arriving at the lake, Tuttle allegedly told Patrick “something was going to happen and not to freak out.”<br />
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Compton said the next time he saw Martin’s truck it was parked on the side of Highway 86 near Dogwood Canyon about 5: 30 p.m. on September 26th and several people were surrounding it as gas was put in the vehicle.</div>
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Compton said when he got a closer look at Justin Tuttle he was covered in blood and had a split lip and head wounds. “He said Dan Martin was getting the better of him in a fight so he put a couple of holes in him and sent him ‘fishing’.”<br />
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Patrick didn’t go home on September 26, 2013, according to court testimony. Instead, she and Justin Tuttle spent the night together at Nikki Williams’ house. “I took it they was a couple,” said Compton. “They were all over each other cuddlin’ in the back of the car.”<br />
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“She said Jay was supposed to be treating her better than Dan Martin was and including her in decisions.” She also told Compton that Martin “had probably run off with some girls from Nixa.”<br />
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Family and friends searched for Dan Martin for three days before a family discovered a body floating in Table Rock Lake at the end of Jones Trading Post Road.</div>
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Ginger Martin raced to the scene and begged officers…”Go check for the tattoo’s…..I can’t do that.”<br />
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The mother’s worst fears were realized when authorities confirmed that the body, that had been weighted down with a large boulder, was indeed her son. It was the Martin tattoo on his back and the tattoo of cards on his neck that sealed the confirmation.<br />
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Dr. Keith Norton, with Southwest Missouri Forensics, conducted the autopsy on Martin. He said Martin had eight puncture wounds on his body and three small cuts to the tips of the fingers on his left hand. He also had several wounds to the back of his head and a deep laceration on the side of his face that ran across his nose.<br />
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Norton said the head wounds could have been caused by the 10 pound rock found inside of Martin’s shirt that had been used to weigh him down.<br />
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Because of the state of decomposition Norton “could not definitively” say which wound caused Martin’s death.<br />
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A few days after Martin’s remains were found, his truck was discovered down a ravine in rural Boone County, Arkansas. Authorities believe diesel fuel had been dumped all over the vehicle.<br />
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AnnMarie’s attorney, Steve Kellogg, said, that while his client had knowledge of Martin’s murder, she did not actively participate in killing him and did not “cooly deliberate” before the homicide and should not be facing a first-degree murder charge.<br />
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Earlier this month, at a motion hearing, Kellogg told Circuit Judge Jack Goodman that Patrick asked for an attorney three separate times and law enforcers continued to question her.<br />
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Several witnesses took the stand at the March 6th hearing in Goodman’s courtroom.</div>
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First on the stand was Stone County sheriff’s deputy Taylor Jenkins. <br />
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Jenkins stated that he and Kimberling City police officer Jody Shepard went to the home of Patrick’s mother, Lori Gutendorf, between 2 – 3 a.m. on September 30th looking for Patrick, who was asleep in the basement.<br />
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Jenkins asked Patrick where she’d been and she stated “in Branson for a few days.” She told law enforcers that her mom picked her up “on the square in Blue Eye.” When asked if the clothes she was wearing had been worn all weekend, she stated her other clothes and purse were in her mother’s vehicle.<br />
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When Stone County prosecutor Matt Selby began questioning Patrick about her drug use in the 12 hours leading up to Martin’s murder, she said she had not used any illegal drugs. At that point, Kellogg told her not to answer any further questions that had nothing to do with her request for an attorney.<br />
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It was Dan’s sister, Rachelle, who spoke on behalf of the family just before Patrick was sentenced today. “Everyday we wake up we have to accept that it will be another day without our sunshine…the light of our lives, which is what Dan was to our family. Our home was always filled with love and so much laughter, but there isn’t much of that anymore because he was the one who made us laugh the most.”<br />
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With tears streaming down her face she continued. “I just hope every night you go to sleep you see his face and understand what you have taken from us and you understand what taking little Daniel’s father, who meant the world to him, feels like because almost every night he cries and says how much he misses his daddy and wants him back. You stole Dan’s life, therefore you should not get anything less, however, that is not up to us. God will be your final judge and he will give you the maximum punishment you truly deserve. All we ask you to do now is to hold up your agreement and put Justin Tuttle away for life.”<br />
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Patrick was facing a life sentence for the murder of her boyfriend. Today, in a “negotiated” plea agreement, she was sentenced to seven years for involuntary manslaughter. She was also sentenced to seven years for stealing money out of Martin’s pants pocket, and her part in the theft of his truck.<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Crane, MO.- The newest addition to Main Street in Crane is a restaurant, <span data-mce-style="color: #3366ff;" style="color: #3366ff;"><a data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hickory-Grove-Cafe/424421197763402?sk=timeline" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hickory-Grove-Cafe/424421197763402?sk=timeline" target="_blank"><span data-mce-style="color: #3366ff;" style="color: #3366ff;">Hickory Grove Cafe</span></a></span>, which opened to a full house today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Crane was originally named Hickory Grove but had to change it's name because there was already a post office in another town in Missouri with the same name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A nice touch to the restaurant is a nod to the early days of this once booming town. Vintage photographs of the town are prominently featured along the walls of this nicely remodeled cafe on Main Street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">All the food is made from scratch....including some awesome looking pies that were sitting on the counter. No room for that on this trip as the portion sizes at breakfast are generous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Heidi Rasmussen and her mother, Monica Vaught, have opened a sweet little gem of a place that is sure to become a hit with locals and those who come to Crane for an all new energy downtown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition to flea markets and the new cafe, <span data-mce-style="color: #3366ff;" style="color: #3366ff;"><a data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/serendipityartspace/timeline" href="https://www.facebook.com/serendipityartspace/timeline" target="_blank"><span data-mce-style="color: #3366ff;" style="color: #3366ff;">Serendipity - an art space</span></a></span> opened on the corner of Main Street </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and Highway 413</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Talk about a gem; Nicki Daugherty is a wicked talented artist. Her store features items that she has lovingly restored with a master's touch. She also features dresses that her mother has handmade out of some funky fabrics that she has found along her journeys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nicki and her mom take garage sale and other finds and see things that most of us could never envision and it becomes a work of art that will become treasures in someone's home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">In just a few weeks Crane will host thousands of people for it's annual </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Cranebroilerfestival" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Broiler Festival</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">. Be sure to visit the local merchants along Main Street if you come to the annual festival that will be held August 21 - 22.</span></span></div>
Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-18463115426580381472015-08-02T16:26:00.000-05:002015-08-02T21:30:14.757-05:00Teen Charged With Murder Of Elderly Couple Facing New Charges Of Assault Of Jail Inmate:<div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Galena, MO.- A teenager accused of murdering an elderly couple near Lampe in January 2013 is facing new assault charges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Authorities say Anthony Joseph Zarro, 19, allegedly assaulted an inmate in the Stone County jail where is being held while awaiting his murder trial. Court documents say Zarro punched Brion Hendricks<span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;"> "twice in the head and threatened him not to say anything," in late June.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hendricks underwent surgery for a broken nose after the injuries were discovered by a mobile X-Ray unit, according to Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader. He also had a black eye and numerous contusions to his head and face. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zarro, and his co-defendant Christopher James Allen, <span data-mce-style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" style="color: #3366ff;"><a data-mce-href="http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2013/04/judge-expected-to-rule-next-week.html" href="http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2013/04/judge-expected-to-rule-next-week.html" target="_blank"><span data-mce-style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" style="color: #3366ff;">were charged with murder</span></a></span>, armed criminal action, burglary, robbery, tampering with evidence, tampering with a motor vehicle and property damage connected to the deaths of Paul and Susan Brooks, who were vacationing at their sons home near Lampe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The boys had run away from the <span data-mce-style="color: #2c2c2c;" style="color: #2c2c2c;">from Lives Under Construction, a rehabilitative ranch for troubled boys, about a week before the double homicide.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Authorities say Zarro, of Spring, Texas, and Allen, of Nashville, Tennessee hid in a vacant cabin next door to the Brookses and watched the elderly couple come and go before allegedly killing them. An autopsy determined the couple died from blunt force trauma and stab wounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zarro is scheduled to stand trial for the double homicide next March in Newton County, where it was moved on a change of venue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Allen, 18, who pleaded guilty in April to burglary charges connected to the Brookses murders, is scheduled to stand trial later this month for his alleged part in the murders in Boone County, where it was moved on a change of venue. That is expected to be delayed due to a motion filed in June requesting that he undergo a mental evaluation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zarro is scheduled to appear in court on the assault charges tomorrow (08-03-15) afternoon in Stone County associated circuit court.</span></div>
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<b style="color: #333333;">Galena, MO.-</b><span style="color: #333333;"> The</span><span style="color: #3366ff;"> <a data-mce-href="http://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/23395-ffrf-combats-in-god-we-trust-police-bumper-sticker-trend" href="http://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/23395-ffrf-combats-in-god-we-trust-police-bumper-sticker-trend" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff;">Freedom from Religion Foundation</span></a><a data-mce-href="http://ffrf.org/" data-mce-style="color: #7e1e1e;" href="http://ffrf.org/" style="color: #7e1e1e;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"> </span></a></span><span style="color: #333333;">(FFRF) announced they have called for seven law enforcement agencies nationwide to remove “In God We Trust” decals from their law enforcement vehicles, according to a press release. The Stone County Sheriff's Office, </span><a data-mce-href="http://stonecountychronicle.com/stone-county-sheriffs-office-facebook-post-goes-viral/" href="http://stonecountychronicle.com/stone-county-sheriffs-office-facebook-post-goes-viral/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333;">who </span><span style="color: blue;">recently placed the decals on patrol vehicles</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">, is one of those agencies.</span></div>
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In the letters, FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor points out that posting “In God We Trust” on police vehicles promotes religion, sending a message of exclusion to nearly a quarter of the U.S. population who identifies as nonreligious.</div>
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“Spending taxpayer time placing religious messages on patrol cars is beyond the scope of secular government,” wrote Gaylor. “Further, in a time when citizens nationwide are increasingly distrustful of police actions, it is frightening and politically dubious to announce to citizens that law enforcement officers rely on the judgment of a deity rather than on the judgment of the law.”</div>
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FFRF has urged each of the departments to remove the messages from publicly-financed vehicles in order to “respect the rights of conscience of all citizens, including those who in good conscience reject belief in a god.”</div>
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Kathee Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012687267610441517noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267417044290146113.post-21734055453063749482015-07-23T14:40:00.001-05:002015-07-23T14:40:39.212-05:00Stone County Sheriff’s Office Facebook Post Goes Viral:<h1 class="name post-title entry-title" itemprop="itemReviewed" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: BebasNeueRegular, arial, Georgia, serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;">Galena, MO.- A </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stone-County-Sheriffs-Office/593899137316212?fref=ts" style="border: 0px none; color: #444444; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Facebook post</a><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"> by the Stone County Sheriff’s office has now been seen by over two million people, according to Sheriff Doug Rader.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px none; color: black; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Rader followed the lead of Greene County sheriff Jim Arnott and added “In God We Trust” to the back of all his patrol vehicles this week. “Jim Arnott started it and we kicked it around and decided to run with it,” Rader said.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px none; color: black; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">A Stone County business owner donated the decals and the sheriff’s maintenance department has been applying them to the patrol vehicles. “I didn’t want to use taxpayer money to get it done,” Rader said.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px none; color: black; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“There has been no better time than now to proudly display our national motto. I’m very humbled at the amount of support behind it,” he said. “It’s been our national motto since 1956…..it’s our culture and a part of our heritage,” Rader said.</span></div>
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<span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px none; color: black; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The viral post has had over two million views, 16,000 shares, 50,000 likes and over 3,000 comments, according to Sheriff Rader.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Not all of the comments have been supportive. <span data-reactid=".3w.1:5:1:$comment911135695592553_911424495563673:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/593899137316212/photos/pcb.911135738925882/911135695592553/?type=1&theater" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><span data-reactid=".3w.1:5:1:$comment911135695592553_911424495563673:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0.0.0" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Aaron Burrough</span> left the following</span><span data-reactid=".3w.1:5:1:$comment911135695592553_911424495563673:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0.0.0" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: bold; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> </span></span><span data-reactid=".3w.1:5:1:$comment911135695592553_911424495563673:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0.0.0" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">comment</span><span style="color: black;">:</span></span></a></span><span data-reactid=".3w.1:5:1:$comment911135695592553_911424495563673:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px none; color: black; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span data-reactid=".3w.1:5:1:$comment911135695592553_911424495563673:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.0" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> “</span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".3w.1:5:1:$comment911135695592553_911424495563673:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".3w.1:5:1:$comment911135695592553_911424495563673:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span data-reactid=".3w.1:5:1:$comment911135695592553_911424495563673:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">It’s called seperation of church and states, idiots. Keep your silly delusions in your homes and churches. This is a SECULAR NATION.”</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px none; color: black; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“In the first 24 hours, the comments were mostly positive. I’m so glad we live in the Bible Belt. The positive response has been overwhelming. Locally, there have been very few negative comments,” said Rader. </span></div>
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