Man gets life sentence for bizarre murder and dismemberment of woman
A man from Dallas County, Missouri, has been subjected to the harshest of legal penalties for taking the life of 33-year-old Cassie Rainwater. On Friday, the 60-year-old James Phelps entered an Alford plea—not admitting guilt but acknowledging the consequence of conviction—for the murder of the woman whose remains were recently identified using DNA analysis. The trail leading to the tragedy began on August 25, 2021 when Rainwater went missing. A woman had reported that Phelps …