When Utah police led 20 searchers and five cadaver dogs onto a property in Salem, Ore., this week, they were acting on suspicions that Susan Cox Powell was buried there - and that the man who buried her was not her late husband, Josh Powell, but rather his brother, a politician and graduate student who later committed suicide. Susan's father, Charles Cox - who has worked tirelessly with authorities to find his daughter - shares with People that West Valley City, Utah, police believe Josh's brother, Michael Powell, was an accomplice in her murder. According to Cox and other sources, detectives...
- 5/17/2013
- by Howard Breuer and Cathy Free
- PEOPLE.com
Wrapping up a year that has brought unimaginable frustration and heartbreak, Susan Powell's family marked the three-year anniversary of her disappearance at a ceremony this week near where her two sons are buried. "It's a hard time of year," Susan's father, Chuck Cox, tells People. "Our daughter's still missing. Someday, we will find out what happened to her." He added that he is not sure what to make of a West Valley City, Utah, police announcement Thursday that their investigation into Susan's Dec. 6, 2009 disappearance remains active but "has been scaled down," with a reduction in the number of full-time investigators working the case.
- 12/8/2012
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
Josh Powell, a person of interest in the Dec. 6, 2009 disappearance of his wife Susan, killed himself and the couple's two young sons on Sunday in a planned, intentional explosion, police confirm Sunday. According to the The Seattle Times, a case worker delivered the boys to Powell's house Sunday near Tacoma, Wash., when Powell pushed the worker out of the house. Moments later, there was an explosion. Officials have recovered three bodies from the house that they believe are Josh Powell and his sons Charlie, 7, and Braden, 5. The case worker "was forced out, and an explosion happened shortly thereafter," Ed Troyer,...
- 2/5/2012
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
A year after Susan Powell's suspicious disappearance, her husband Josh is suggesting she ran off with another man. "For many months, I waited, expecting her to come home any day," Josh tells People. "I don't know how to feel at this point. I loved her, you know? I'm not angry at her." Josh, who was named a person of interest by West Valley City, Utah, police early in the investigation, says he last saw his wife the night of Dec. 6, 2009, before he drove off with their young sons into a winter storm for an overnight camping trip. Josh's Web site...
- 12/7/2010
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
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