2 charged in kidnapping of woman photographed nude in cage

WINDYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Two southern Missouri men have been charged in the kidnapping of a woman missing since July after photos of her, nearly naked and apparently locked in a cage, were found on one of their phones. Fifty-eight-year-old James Phelps and 56-year-old Timothy Norton have been in jail since mid-September on a kidnapping charge in the disappearance of Cassidy Rainwater. Their attorneys didn’t immediately return Associated Press phone messages Tuesday seeking comment. The Springfield News-Leader reports that Phelps told police in August that Rainwater had been staying on his property while she “got back on her feet.” But he said she left in the middle of the night, possibly to go to Colorado. The photos of Rainwater were later discovered on Phelps’ phone.