Man who killed his live-in girlfriend, cut up her body into small pieces

A Texas man was sentenced to life in jail for murdering his girlfriend, dismembering her body and dissolving the remains in chemicals. 

Kevin Wayne Powell, 50, from White Settlement, Texas, was found guilty of killling his live-in girlfriend, 28-year-old Casey Rae Nutter, in 2015. 

One month before Nutter went missing in December 2015, she filed aggravated assault charges against Powell after he tried to strangle her with a wire, suffocate her with a plastic bag and drown her in a shower, WFAA reported. 

Prosecutors said he killed her in retaliation for going to authorities.

Kevin Wayne Powell

Casey Rae Nutter

Kevin Wayne Powell, 50, (left),  from White Settlement, Texas, was found guilty of killing his live-in girlfriend, 28-year-old Casey Rae Nutter, (right), in 2015

One of Powell’s family members testified that Powell had confessed to Nutter's murder and using several power saws to dismember her before dissolving her body. He then allegedly used chemicals to dispose of the remains.

The same family member tipped off law enforcement during the investigation into her disappearance.

According to Dallas Morning News prosecutor Allenna Bangs said: 'Kasey was living a life of terror at the hands of the defendant and saw no way out. 

'His abuse and her untimely death should not have been the end of her story. She deserved better, and the jury saw fit to rectify that.'

Investigators discovered that Powell,a contractor, had repainted a bedroom in his home and used mounted furniture to cover part of the wall.  

He had also pawned his saws shortly after the missing person’s report was filed.

Nutter's DNA had been found on the floors

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