PHOENIX — The fallout from the Phoenix Police Department’s “South Mountain scandal” is now impacting a horrific murder case.
Defense attorneys for Jeffrey Rael, who’s accused of killing his girlfriend with a chainsaw, are seeking records connected to former Phoenix officer Antonio Felix, one of the officers fired and criminally charged in the scandal, court records show.
Felix played a significant role in Rael’s arrest and the early stages of the homicide investigation, according to court filings…