A McAlester man who pleaded guilty to locking a woman in a dog cage and assaulting her for 36 hours in 2022 was sentenced to serve 11 years in a federal prison.
Cody Ray McFadden, 36, was originally federally indicted on Aug. 8, 2022, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma on charges of kidnapping, maiming, assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm, and assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
McFadden pleaded guilty to a single charge of maiming in Indian Country in December 2024 after entering into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors with a possible sentencing range between seven to 10 years in federal prison.
The man was sentenced Monday to 11 years in federal prison, a sentence slightly higher than the nine and a half years federal prosecutors requested.
Along with the prison sentence, McFadden will be supervised for three years after his release.
According to investigators, on July 16, 2022, McFadden invited the victim to his residence. Once inside, McFadden beat the victim, forced the victim into a cage, and padlocked the door. During the next 36 hours, McFadden proceeded to assault and torture the victim, threatening to kill the victim with a crossbow and intentionally striking the victim with an axe. The victim, who sustained a head laceration, burns, bruises, and a broken arm, managed to break free, escape through a window, and run to a neighbor’s home.
Law enforcement responding to the neighbor’s emergency call took McFadden into custody after a brief standoff. The crime occurred in Pittsburg County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
“This defendant demonstrated a complete lack of humanity, subjecting the victim to an extended period of violence resulting in unimaginable physical and mental trauma,” said FBI Oklahoma City Special Agent in Charge Doug Goodwater in a press release. “The FBI and our law enforcement partners are committed to rooting out violent offenders through aggressive investigations and prosecutions.”
“This is the stuff of nightmares, but unfortunately, it was sickeningly real,” said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson. “I commend the bravery of this survivor, the quick work of law enforcement in securing an end to this horrifying ordeal, and the steadfastness of investigators and prosecutors who ensured that McFadden spends the next decade in prison answering for his ruthless crimes.”
The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. McFadden will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.