MOM BLAMES DAUGHTER-IN-LAW for Grown Son's Stab Death on Florida Vacay

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

David and Cindy Rainey rent a cottage for the weekend along a canal in Suwanee, Florida, 140 miles from home.

The couple's two adult sons, Bailey and Jack, plus a family friend, join them for the weekend getaway. On Saturday, David walks away from the home and doesn’t come back.

Cindy and David Rainey reportedly got into an argument. David left, walking out of the house. He left his glasses, wallet, and cellphone behind in their rental home. The next morning, David still hadn’t returned. Cindy calls the police. An extensive search ensues and continues throughout the day without success.

It wasn't until early evening that same day, that deputies found David Rainey’s body submerged in the canal in the backyard of the rental house. He had been stabbed multiple times in the chest and was still in the same clothes he was last seen wearing. Police say the body was placed in the water after death.

David Rainey's death was ruled a homicide.

It’s been more than two years since David Rainey’s body was found submerged in water and stabbed to death. Police have no suspects in the murder, but that doesn’t mean they’ve not made an arrest. The Dixie County Sheriff's office says three of David Rainey’s family members have been arrested.

David Rainey's wife and two sons are all charged with tampering with evidence, apparently related to the dumping of Rainey’s body in the canal after he was stabbed. Investigators with the Dixie County Sheriff’s Office traveled to Bunnell, Florida, and arrested Cindy Rainey and Bailey Rainey, then traveled to Orlando, Florida, and arrested Jack Rainey.

Cindy Rainey, Bailey Rainey, and Jack Rainey are being held without bond. In Florida, tampering with evidence is counted as a third-degree felony, with penalties of up to 5 years in prison, or 5 years of probation and a $5,000 fine. Police still have not released a suspect or a possible motive for Rainey's murder.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Kelly Hyman – Trial & Civil Attorney (Miami, FL), TV Legal Analyst, & Author: “Build Back Better;” Podcast Host: “Once Upon a Crime In Hollywood;” Twitter: @kellyhyman1/TikTok: @kelly.hyman/Instagram: @Kelly_Hyman1
Caryn L. Stark - Psychologist, Renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
Pat Diaz - Former Miami Dade Police Homicide Detective, Private Investigator in South Florida
Dr. Jan Gorniak - Board-certified Forensic Pathologist, Former Medical Examiner for Clark County (Las Vegas, NV)
Jen Smith - Chief Reporter for DailyMail.com; Twitter: @jen_e_smith

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0:00.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:07.0	He goes on a relaxing vacation with his family to Florida and he comes home in a box
0:19.5	dead. How did that happen?
0:23.0	I'm E.C. Grace, this is crime stories.
0:25.0	Thank you for being with us here at crime stories and on Series XM 111.
0:30.0	First of all, take a listen to this.
0:33.0	Deputies from the Dixie County Sheriff's Office show up at the rental home and an extensive search begins with family members joining deputies.
0:40.0	Hours pass as the search covers the canal behind the home and nearby docks and boat houses.
0:45.2	David Rainy cannot be found.
0:47.4	In the early evening hours, deputies decide to go back to the canal and look one last time it is during this last look they see the body of
0:55.6	David Rainy submerged in the water of the canal behind the house he's been
0:59.6	stabbed multiple times in the chest multiple stabs in the chest and then submerged in water? Wow, they
1:07.4	didn't just kill him once. They killed him at least two times over. I've got an all-star panel to make sense of what we know right now but
1:15.6	before I get into other details regarding the stabbing death or was it a drowning death
1:20.3	don't know yet before I get into the details about how this guy goes on a family
1:25.5	vacation and ends up stabbed multiple times submerged in water in a
1:33.4	family vacation thinking about my family vacations. Let's see my husband and I took the children on an RV trip across the country
1:41.1	from Atlanta to Nashville, to St. Louis, to all the way to the Teton's and
1:48.9	Yellowstone.
1:50.8	Nobody end up stabbed dead, submerged in water.
1:55.0	Thinking about trips I took with my parents.
1:57.0	They go away for one weekend and be a vacation to Gatlinburg to see the mountains,
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