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Missouri man sentenced in death of woman who was caged and dismembered
BUFFALO, Mo. — A second man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of a woman who was kept in a cage and dismembered in southwest Missouri in 2021.
Timothy Norton was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in Dallas County court to first-degree murder in the death of 33-year-old Cassie Rainwater. As part of his plea agreement, charges of kidnapping and abandonment of a corpse were dropped.
Another man, James Phelps, entered an Alford plea earlier this year in the same case and was also sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.
The two men were arrested in September 2021 after the FBI received a tip about photos showing Rainwater in a cage on Phelps’ property near Lebanon, Missouri. Additional photos showed Rainwater dismembered and disemboweled. Some of her remains were found in a deep freezer, authorities said.
Norton told KYTV after his sentencing that he deserved to die. He said he and Phelps believed Rainwater had stolen from them and wanted their items back, and things went “sideways” at Phelps’ home.
Rainwater was reported missing in August 2021 by a woman who said she was last seen with Phelps. Phelps told investigators that Rainwater was staying with him, but she had left for Colorado, according to court records.
Phelps’ house later burned to the ground in what investigators determined was arson.
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Truman's birthday is a Missouri state holiday; he implemented the Marshall plan | 93.9 The Eagle
Today is former President Harry Truman’s birthday. President Truman was America’s 33rd president and was born 140 years ago in southwest Missouri’s Lamar.
Today is one of Missouri’s 13 official state holidays, so most of Jefferson City’s approximately 14,000 state employees have the day off, except for the Missouri State Highway Patrol and corrections officers at state prisons.
President Truman was vice president in 1945 when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died. President Truman was in the White House from 1945 to 1953. He implemented the Marshall plan, started the Truman Doctrine and issued the executive order that integrated the U.S. military.
Truman had many ties to mid-Missouri. He was with Prime Minister Winston Churchill when Churchill deliver the famous “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton in 1946. President Truman and Churchill also spent time that day in Jefferson City.
Columbia Public Schools (CPS) spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark tells 939 the Eagle that Mr. Truman visited Columbia on several occasions, in 1950, 1954 and in 1957. Baumstark notes CPS gives all district ninth graders the opportunity to go to the White House Decision Center at the Truman Museum in Independence, as part of their grade level field trips. She tells 939 the Eagle that it’s a neat trip for students to experience and learn about how government works and how difficult decisions are made. Ms. Baumstark says her daughter attended when she was a freshman and had an amazing experience.
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Missouri softball begins SEC Tournament today vs. Mississippi
Missouri
TWMP Midweek Update – May 7, 2024 – The Missouri Times
Watch as Scott Faughn gives another Midweek Update this week, this time from the This Week in Missouri Politics Jefferson City studio. Scott is joined by Axiom’s Aaron Baker to discuss the upcoming statewide elections. Later, Scott is joined by a surprise guest to give a big announcement.
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