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Stockbroker Mom Disappears in Utah, Husband Questioned

Thursday , December 10, 2009

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Family members and police have stepped up their search for a Utah mother of two who vanished over the weekend.

Stockbroker Susan Powell, 28, has been missing since Sunday. Her husband Josh says he last saw her getting ready for bed about 12:30 a.m. and left her sleeping while he went camping with the couple's two young sons.

Powell's purse, cell phone and car were found at their home in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City.

Initially, the entire family was unaccounted for — until the missing woman's husband turned up with the boys and without Powell, her father Chuck Cox said in an interview with Fox News.

Her parents say Powell, who works as a stockbroker for Wells Fargo Financial, wouldn't have left her family of her own accord.

West Valley police are asking for the public's help in the case. They won't reveal what Powell's husband has told investigators in interviews.

Cox said his daughter was looking forward to the holidays when he spoke to her last Thursday and "everything was fine."

When his son-in-law called him about her disappearance on Sunday, Cox said he sounded "a little upset."

"He informed me that she was missing and he didn’t have any idea where she was," he told Fox. "His voice cracked, like he was choking back tears or something."

Cox says he doesn't believe the couple had any martial problems.

But he said some of his son-in-law's story "didn't sound normal" to him — like his explanation of taking the camping trip with the boys while Powell stayed home in bed.

"I have no evidence that he was involved in anything," Cox said. "Police have looked in the house. Currently, they have no official persons of interest or suspects at this time. We don't know what happened."

Powell is 5 feet 4 inches, 130 pounds, with long, brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call West Valley police in Utah.

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Police may have 'areas' to check in missing woman case
December 10, 2009

WEST VALLEY CITY -- Police said Thursday they may have some "areas" to check as they follow-up on the case of a missing West Valley woman.

West Valley police Capt. Tom McLachlan said those areas are based on statements made by Susan Powell's husband, Josh Powell. Still, McLachlan declined to elaborate on what or where the areas are.

Susan Powell,28, disappeared Sunday. Her father, Charles Cox, told KSL News Josh said he took the couple's children camping Sunday night and came home Monday to find his wife missing. Cox says his daughter's cell phone and purse were left behind.

"The thing that doesn't add up is Susan is still missing," McLachlan said. "We don't know where she's at, and there's been no contact with her family or friends."

Now Josh Powell's story may be coming under scrutiny. McLachlan said the idea of Josh taking his toddler and 4-year-old camping in very cold whether during the disappearance raises questions, but he said Josh has been cooperative with police.

Forensics teams, meanwhile, are going over what was taken from the home during a warrant search.

"We have seized several items," McLachlan said. "I'm not going to get real specific about what items, but to process forensically to see if that can shed any light on the situation."

Josh and Susan Powell and their boys

McLachlan said Susan and Josh's children have now been interviewed, although he admitted it was a difficult process.

"You have to be very cognizant that they may be tying two different situations together in one," he said.

Police are also continuing to interview Susan's family and friends, looking for any clues as to where she might be.

Meanwhile, friends of Susan distributed fliers Thursday with Susan's picture and description.

Tami Allen used to live in Susan's neighborhood and brought fliers to her work. She was spreading the word about Susan's disappearance to all her tenants at the storage facility where she works.

Allen said doing this makes her feel like she's helping in some way.

"Obviously, it breaks my hart. I think about it all day, everyday," Allen said. "I just keep wondering what happened to her, and I just want her home safe."

Susan Powell is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. If anyone has any information about her whereabouts, you're asked to call the West Valley Police Department at 801-840-4000.

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IMO, he killed her.   ::MonkeyNoNo::

yup -

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705350544/Few-details-on-missing-WV-mom-2-just-anxiety.html

West Valley police are being very tight-lipped about the case. They have asked for the public's help to find her, yet won't say where or when or how the husband and children were found or where they had been. Investigators have also declined to answer questions about whether foul play is suspected or what Josh Powell has told police during interviews, though they did say that all of the Powell family's vehicles were accounted for.

I have done a lot of Back packing and camping over the years.
I cannot imagine taking a toddler out in cold weather camping. Although me and my boys have done it, it can be a miserable nose running experience where everyone spends most of there time trying to stay warm and dry and almost survival mode.. where for some boys and dads that can be fun if you know for sure you can get out of here if it gets to bad.

This fellow is cooperative but her dad had no idea in advance that his son in law was taking his grandkids camping.. that is really strange that this new mom never called her dad and mom to brag about the camping trip that she would have been excited about for her kids to go on.
She also never seems to have told anyone from what I have read in these reports..

Yet we have many many people who have gone missing like Jennifer kessee and all her things like wallet and cell phone were left alone also..


But Strange indeed unless they have a big motor home to keep the toddler warm and dry.
I do not see where it says anything about a motorhome..

We always used tents for shelter ourselves.. 

Yep.....we've seen it time and time again.  ::MonkeyMad::

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Neighbor: Husband acted oddly during conversation Wednesday night
December 10th, 2009 @ 5:58pm

WEST VALLEY CITY -- While police continue their investigation into the case of a missing West Valley woman, her neighbor is opening up about a conversation he had with her husband Wednesday night.

Susan Powell, 28, disappeared Sunday. Her father, Charles Cox, told KSL News her husband, Josh Powell, said he took the couple's children camping Sunday night and came home Monday to find his wife missing.

Neighbor talks about conversation with Josh Powell

The couples' neighbor Tim Peterson told KSL News that Josh asked him for a ride Wednesday night to pick up his van, which police had searched. He said Josh's behavior was odd and he didn't know what to make of it.

She's a friend of ours, and this is tearing us up," Peterson said.

Like many others, Peterson has a lot of questions about Susan's disappearance, and he didn't get any answers from Josh.

"He'd only had like six hours of sleep in two days, and so he was just kind of in a haze. He just really wasn't himself," Peterson said. "Anytime we mentioned Susan, he didn't, he wouldn't respond. He wouldn't talk about her."

But Peterson said Josh did talk about having to buy new clothes and a new quilt. He said Josh also told him he last saw Susan just after midnight Monday, when he left with his two young boys to go camping.

Peterson said Josh told him they went camping to test a new generator and make s'mores.

"I said, ‘That's kind of odd, isn't it?' And he says, ‘We do things like that all the time.' He says, ‘I just get them up, they use the bathroom, and load them in the vehicle, and we go,'" Peterson said.

In August, Peterson said Susan confided in him that she and her husband were going to start marriage counseling. He said she told him Josh was very controlling.

"He's kind of in charge. He's in charge of everything: in charge of the computer, in charge of the house, in charge of the kids, in charge of her," Peterson said.

He said Susan also told him if things didn't get better by spring, she'd leave her husband. He hopes that had nothing to do with her disappearance.

"We love the Powells. We are praying for Susan," Peterson said.

Peterson would not tell KSL News where Josh went camping.

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Click on the picture below to see an interview with the lying POS husband.  He makes me sick:

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OMG..... WTF was that??? This guy will be in jail before the weekend ;)

And my bet is he's going to start crying and confess

San disagrees, she doesn't think he's man enough to confess.  I think he's such a GIRL he will.  He is a waste of air. 

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Friends and neighbors hold vigil for missing West Valley woman
December 10th, 2009 @ 10:15pm

WEST VALLEY CITY -- While police continued their investigation into the case of a missing West Valley woman, her friends and neighbors held a candlelight vigil Thursday night to bring awareness to her story and hopefully help bring her home.

Candlelight vigil held for Susan Powell

About 50 people gathered at West View Park in West Valley in honor of their friend, 28-year-old Susan Powell.

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Susan Powell's husband, Josh, attended Thursday night's vigil but would not talk to KSL News

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"Her home was the last place she was seen, so we served the [search] warrant to see if there was anything there that would shed any light," he said. "[Detectives] will be going over the items [seized in the search] today and should know soon what, if anything, they may have."
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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705350711/West-Valley-police-neighbors-call-Susan-Powells-disappearance-suspicious.html

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West Valley police, neighbors call Susan Powell's disappearance 'suspicious'

Police search missing mom's home for clues

By Emiley Morgan

Deseret News
Published: Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 11:40 p.m. MST

WEST VALLEY CITY — There are many theories about what could have happened to Susan Powell.

There are also assumptions about what already has happened.

But almost everyone who knows her agrees that Powell would never have left her two young boys, one reason why police are now calling the 28-year-old's disappearance "suspicious."

Josh Powell told the Deseret News he last saw his wife about midnight Sunday at their home. He said that was when he decided to leave the house and take his two sons, ages 2 and 4, camping "down south."

He said he didn't realize his wife was missing until a friend called him Monday and told him that police officers were looking for him and his family.

Since then, no one has seen Susan Powell. She failed to go to work Monday, and no one has an explanation about where she could be — not police, friends or family.

"It's a still a missing-person case, but the circumstances surrounding it are very suspicious," West Valley Police Capt. Tom McLachlan said Thursday. "Nobody can tell us where she is at, and she has not contacted family or friends that we know of."

Police obtained a search warrant for the Powell home, 6254 Sarah Circle, late Wednesday and have collected various pieces of furniture to submit for forensic tests. While he wouldn't go into specifics, McLachlan said Susan Powell "left items at the house that you would normally associate if you were going on a trip or going somewhere."

Susan Powell's father, Chuck Cox, said his daughter's purse and cell phone were still at the home. McLachlan said police focused their efforts on the home because it was the last place she was seen. An endangered-person alert was issued Monday, but police have heard nothing as a result of the alert.

"There's a lot of different scenarios you can put with the situation," McLachlan said. "Because we don't have enough information on any one of those possibilities, you have to work all of them. It keeps us busy."

About 100 of Susan Powell's friends, neighbors, co-workers and family members — including, for a short time, her husband and two sons — gathered in the cold at a candlelight vigil Thursday night at West View Park. In addition to holding lighted candles, they prayed for Susan Powell's safe return, shared stories about her, passed out missing-person fliers and sang "Silent Night."

"She's really special to us," said Crystal Peterson, who attends the same LDS Church ward as the Powells. "We just want to see her home. We want her home. That's all we want."

Investigators have interviewed Josh Powell and were working Thursday to verify what he had told them.

Josh Powell told the News that when he returned home Monday night, he discovered a front window had been broken out. The window had been broken by police, who worried the family might have been poisoned by carbon monoxide. Josh Powell said he didn't see "any sign of anything" out of the ordinary inside.

When asked what was going through his mind on the fourth day since his wife's disappearance, he said it was "hard to concentrate," before going into detail about how he had placed cardboard in the broken window.

Close friend and neighbor Kiirsi Hellewell, who has become the self-appointed advocate for Susan Powell because the woman's family lives in Washington, has pieced together a detailed timeline of events. She said she walked home from church with Susan Powell and her sons around noon Sunday. Another friend from her LDS ward ate dinner with the Powells Sunday evening. That friend told Hellewell she left the home shortly after Susan Powell said she wasn't feeling well and Josh Powell announced that he was going to take the boys sledding and then go eat.

Josh Powell said he last saw his wife around 12:30 a.m. Monday as she headed to bed.

Josh Powell described his wife as a "really good mother" who enjoys singing in her church choir and doing art projects with her boys.

"She really takes care of us," he said. "She's really committed to the family, and I guess she puts up with me, too, and does a good job of it."

Neighbor Stephanie Olson said as soon as she heard her neighbor was missing, she had a bad feeling.

"I know she would never leave her kids," Olson said. "If anything, she would have left with the children while Josh was at work. She'd take her kids. I believe that 100 percent. She was really good with her children."

Olson and other neighbors said about a year ago, Susan Powell began talking openly in church about obtaining a divorce. Olson said Susan Powell was very open about her home life and the issues in her marriage.

"She wasn't shy," Olson said. "She talked about divorcing and trying to save money to leave him."

Hellewell started a Facebook group with updates about her friend. At this point, she said she has to keep busy, because if she stops to think about what may have happened to her friend, she "can't handle it."

She described Susan Powell as "very outgoing, very friendly, an instant friend to everyone." In addition to being funny, pretty, talented, healthy and athletic, Susan Powell is "fearless," Hellewell said.

"If she had any way to contact somebody, she would," Hellewell added. "She's not the kind to go and hide. She's not scared of anything."

In the meantime, as he tries to "get things normal," Josh Powell said he wants his wife to know that he and the two boys "love her and miss her."

"I want to try and do the best I can to get the word out, even if it's hard," he said. "If anyone knows where she's at, have them call police."

A candlelight vigil is scheduled for 9 p.m. tonight at West View Park, 6050 W. 4100 South.

I agree, his behavoir is way off and even more coincidental is that Lori Hacking worked for Wells Fargo in St Lake City when she disappeared, she was a sales assistant which is a back up to a stockbroker........I wonder if it's the same one as usually the financial trading offices are consolidated versus the banking locations etc due to trading desk etc.

IM, I had forgotten that Lori Hacking also worked for Wells Fargo. 

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Police say husband "Person of Interest"
   Reported by: Marcos Ortiz
Last Update: 3:08 pm

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) – Police say they found no evidence at a campsite as they continue to search for a missing mom.

Susan Powell disappeared from her home Sunday night and hasn’t been seen.

Police now say that her husband Josh Powell is a person of interest and plan to interview him for a third time Friday.

Investigators focused their search Thursday at the Pony Express Trail near Simpson Springs in Tooele County.

“We were looking for evidence that someone went in there and went camping, that’s what we were looking for," said WVC police Captain Tom McLachlan.

Josh Powell told police that he took his two boys, ages 4 and 2, camping late Sunday night. He told police that his wife was sleeping at the home when they left.

According to friends, Powell claims to have left around 12:30 a.m. Monday morning.

Captain McLachlan said they didn’t find any evidence of anyone being at the campsite.

“With the snowstorm everything was pretty well covered over,” he said. “You can’t tell any tire tracks or anything else.”

Captain McLachlan said investigators took cadaver dogs but they could not pick up any scent.

He said that Powell is not considered a suspect at this stage of the investigation.

“We do hope and intent to re-interview him again,” Cpt. McLachlan said.

The police captain did confirm that a Powell’s purse, credit cards and cell phone were among the items taken when they searched the home earlier this week.

And when asked if those are common items left behind by someone who decided to leave he answered this way: “My answer to that is one would usually think those items would be taken but in and of itself does not show a crime,” he said. “This is still a missing person case and our first concern is Susan and locating her, making sure she’s all right.

When asked if she was murdered he said “Like I said, there are many possible solutions to this situation and that’s as far as I’m going to go.”

Meanwhile Powell’s father who lives in a suburb of Seattle spoke with the local ABC affiliate KOMO 4. Chuck Cox offered more details about what police found inside the home.

“They found a wet spot on the floor being dried by two fans,” Cox said. He spoke with Josh Powell Tuesday and said that he offered little insight as to where Susan was.

“I don’t think she’s okay,” he said. “No one has heard from her. Josh and the kids are back and she would not leave her children and she would not leave her purse.

Cox told friends of Susan that he and his wife are headed to Salt Lake City Friday.

A facebook www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=198478842187&topic=15637#/group.php?v=wall&gid=198478842187 comprised of friends of Susan Powell indicated that a massive search by volunteers is gaining momentum.

I wonder what the wet spot on the floor of the house is?  Two fans?  The floor must of been soaked.  I think it's just a matter of time. 

No way this woman just walked out without her children.  She seems like she was letting those around her know that she had concerns and fear about her situation and she wanted them to be on the look out for her.

I can never understand why some people just can't let it go and get a divorce but I guess the problem (psychopathic illness) was there all along.  Idk but it's a damn waste. 

Maybe he cleaned up blood?  I agree, a matter of time. 

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Father hopes for safe return of daughter, knows time is running out
December 11, 2009

WEST VALLEY CITY -- Five days after a West Valley City woman disappeared, her father has now come to Utah. He's pleading for the safe return of his daughter: 28-year-old Susan Powell.

Charles Cox is frustrated and heartbroken over Susan's disappearance. He flew in to Salt Lake City Friday night from his home in Washington to meet with police and all of Susan's friends who are praying for her safe return.

"It's tough. You don't know," Cox says. "They're grown, married; they're on their own, but it's still your daughter."

He says he's on an emotional rollercoaster. At first he was told police were searching for his daughter and her entire family. But on Tuesday, her husband, Josh Powell, reappeared with the couple's two children. Susan, however, is still missing.

"It's almost five days now, and it's cold. So if she's outside, her time is either running out or has," Cox says.

Josh told police Susan went to bed Sunday night, and he took their two young boys -- ages 1 and 4 -- camping in Utah's West Desert along the Pony Express trail, in an area called Simpson Springs.

West Valley officers say they scoured the area and found no trace of Josh's campsite, but doesn't mean he wasn't.

"What we were doing yesterday was attempting to verify where he told us he went camping, to make sure what he is saying to us is accurate," says Capt. Tom McLachlan, with the West Valley City Police Department. "Unfortunately there has been a snow storm out there between then and now, and so any physical trace has been covered by snow, and we have not been able to locate anything."

McLachlan says the area where Josh claims he camped the night Susan disappeared is a very remote, very desolate location. He says police did use dogs to search the area, but said there was no sign of Susan.

At a candlelight vigil friends organized for Susan Thursday night, Josh refused to answer questions about his wife. Police say he has given them little information about Susan's disappearance.

The couple has only one vehicle, which Josh says he took. Susan left her cell phone and purse at home.

"Is he a suspect? No. He's not a suspect," McLachlan says. "Is he a person of interest? We have many people we are interested in. We do hope to and intend to re-interview him again."

In addition to another police interview, police told KSL News they also have an interest in looking at interviews Josh did with several media outlets on Thursday.

In addition, police are still in the process of interviewing Susan's family, friends and neighbors. Detectives say those interviews with neighbors have yielded talk of arguments between Josh and Susan. Still, they said police have never responded to the home on domestic violence calls.

Meanwhile, Susan's father is trying not to believe his son-in-law harmed his daughter. But with every day that passes, his suspicions and fears grow.

"I can't give up hope," he says.

Cox says Josh and Susan have been married for eight years, and while they've had their ups and downs, he says he thought things were going well between them. He says he hasn't been able to speak in detail with Josh about Susan or his camping trip.

Cox also wants to thank everyone who has helped search for Susan.

If you have any information about Susan Powell, you're asked to contact the West Valley City Police Department at 801-840-4000.

http://www.joshpowellrealtor.com/about/AboutJoshPowell.aspx

link to the miles
http://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between.htm
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map of grounds
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Open: Year-round.

Cost:  $5.00 per campsite, per night.  Limit 2 vehicles per site.

Permits: Required for camping and day use. No reservations; sites available on first come/first serve basis.
A Special Recreation Permit (SRP) is required for camping outside of the developed campground.

no one knew he was there? who did he pay?

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McLachlan says the area where Josh claims he camped the night Susan disappeared is a very remote,
very desolate location. He says police did use dogs to search the area, but said there was no sign of Susan.

look at the camp he went to, in the middle of no where, on a sunday night, and the route there

the husband did it imo...his story of going out to make smores in the middle of the night with 2 young children makes no sense...what a dumb alibi if you ask me...

I had not heard of this case until this morning on the news. I started reading the thread and right away it looked like the husband did something to her. Who in the world gets two little kids up in the middle of the night to go camping to test a generator and make smores  ::MonkeyEek:: That is the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time.

And if that smores story isn't dumb enough, how many one year olds eat smores, I know that I never fed my kids smores at one  ::MonkeyEek:: This guy is really something else

Josh Powell told the Deseret News he returned home Monday night after the trip to Tooele County to find a front window had been broken out. He said his wife wasn't home, but he didn't notice anything odd.
McLachlan confirmed that police broke the window to enter the home, worried the Powells might have been poisoned by carbon monoxide. Officers had responded to the home after family members reported that they could not reach the Powells, and that Josh Powell and Susan Powell had both missed work Monday without calling their employers.  ::MonkeyEek::  A window broken but he didn't find anything odd, and oh yeah, my wife wasn't home, but nothing odd.

Police in Salt Lake City suburb calls case of missing Utah mother of 2 suspicious

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police are putting more investigators into the search for a 28-year-old mother whose disappearance has been termed "highly suspicious."

Since Susan Powell was reported missing Monday, authorities have questioned her husband and searched a desert area where he said he took the couple's two young children, ages 2 and 4, camping last weekend in freezing conditions.

Josh Powell returned Monday night, after police had already received a call from relatives who had not heard from the Powell family.

"We are putting practically every detective we have on this case," West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan said Friday afternoon. "It's highly suspicious."

He said about 30 detectives hunted down leads Friday as investigators tried to verify Josh Powell's story, but couldn't because snow had covered the spot along The Pony Express Trail where he said he took the children.

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also that husband might find suspect was that wife was missing but her phone and purse were still in the house... ::MonkeyEek::

I'm just taken aback by this and his story  ::MonkeyShocked::

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Search for missing mom impeded by weather

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The search for clues in the disappearance of a 28-year-old mother from West Valley City, Utah, has been hindered by snowy weather, police said.

West Valley Police Capt. Tom McLachlan said snow hampered investigators' search of a Tooele County site where Susan Powell's husband Josh told authorities he went camping with their two sons, ages 1 and 4, the weekend of her disappearance, the Salt Lake City Deseret News reported Friday.

"We went out that way to see if we could find any physical evidence that would indicate that he had been there, to verify his statement to us," McLachlan said. "Unfortunately, the weather didn't really cooperate, and there's been a snowstorm between when he went out there and when we went out there."

Powell was last seen at her home Sunday and concerned relatives contacted police after both Powell and her husband missed work Monday.

McLachlan told the Deseret News police were treating the case as suspicious.

"The amount of information we have does not allow us to rule out any of the possible outcomes in this case," he said. "We have to work every one of those as if that's a potential outcome."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/12/12/Search-for-missing-mom-impeded-by-weather/UPI-31261260650800/

Missing Utah mom's family prays for her return

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Friends and family of a 28-year-old Utah mother who disappeared nearly a week ago are fasting and praying for her safe return as volunteers post thousands of fliers with her image on it.

Susan Powell was reported missing Monday under what police are calling suspicious circumstances. A prayer service attended by about 100 people was held for her on Saturday in West Valley City.

Authorities searched a desert area where husband Josh Powell says he took the couple's two young children, ages 2 and 4, camping last weekend in freezing conditions.

Josh Powell returned Monday night, after police had already received a call from relatives who had not heard from the Powell family.

He declined to answer questions from reporters Saturday.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jE-50f71E8ypwigW42nKuDx27hxAD9CI14280

Family of missing West Valley mom says speculation about husband does no good

Josh Powell stood silent in the snowy park, his eyes welling at times with tears.

It's been a week now since his wife, Susan Powell, went missing and while detectives have found no trace of the mother of two, speculation and theories have mounted among neighbors and strangers on online message boards.

Too much of that talk has been directed at Josh Powell, a family member says.

"There's a lot of speculation," Kirk Graves, Josh Powell's brother-in-law, told reporters during a brief press conference Saturday. "Unfortunately, that doesn't do Susan any good. It's destructive and damaging to what's going on."

Earlier this week, Josh Powell told the Deseret News he had not seen his wife since about midnight Sunday when he decided to take his two sons, ages 2 and 4, camping in the Simpson Springs area of Tooele County.

Powell said he returned home Monday night to find a front window broken out, but nothing else suspicious inside his West Valley City home.

Investigators said Friday they "could not determine whether he had or had not been there" because snow had covered tire tracks and a fire pit in the area.

There were no new breaks in the case Saturday. "Everything is pretty much identical to the day before," said West Valley City Police Lt. Bill Merritt.

At West View Park, where about 100 people gathered for a candlelight vigil earlier this week, Josh Powell did not answer reporters' questions Saturday.

Graves said Josh Powell has cooperated with the police investigation. "Everything they've asked of him, he has done," Graves said.

Susan Powell's disappearance has been a "major shock" to her husband and family. "The pain he feels is real," Graves said of his brother-in-law. "I could feel it" at a prayer service for Susan Powell Saturday morning.

The Powells' two young children have noticed the anxiety within the family, but family members are "doing our best to shelter them from this situation," he said.

Graves said friends and family plan to distribute some 4,500 fliers around Utah, though "there's every possibility Susan is no longer in the state," he said.

"Susan, we love you, we miss you and we just want you back," Graves said.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351139/Family-Speculation-doesnt-help.html

Most 4 year olds are able to answer simple questions. I wonder if they have asked any to the 4 year old? My great nephew will be 4 Dec. 26th. He has been able to carry on a conversation for over a year now. Ask the child some questions.

I think I read where they did question him right in the beginning. 

A 4yr old should be able to explain alot unless they were actually asleep and not camping. 

yes..the 4 yr old would be able to possibly give some clues or info as to what really happened...jmo

If he took them camping at midnight the kids more than likely would have fallen asleep during the drive.  I can not see them staying awake unless they were still up to begin with.

agreed

This is good.....pay attention ;)

http://mothersarevanishing.blogspot.com/2009/12/susan-powell-familiar-scenario.html

Thanks, and WELCOME  ::MonkeyCool::

Very interesting, you would think the sledding with the boys was enough activity for the day, but I guess not, he needed to take them camping during the middle of the night to make smores  ::MonkeyRoll::

Did they not have a fireplace they could use to make smores at the house? Gas stoves work well enough too. Why go all that way to make a treat for the kids in the middle of the night?

 Maybe his family will nut up and take him to a room and tell him to fess up and tell the police everything. (like that other guy that killed his wife and they found her in the dump).

JMO JSM

right!

Especially when it was freezing out and the kids are 4 and 1, though some reports say he is 2. Mark Hacking  ::MonkeyNoNo::

That is him, Mark Hacking. I was really impressed that his family did the right thing and made him tell wherre she was. Maybe this Josh's family will do the same, as they are of the same faith as the Hackings. I know I would if my SIL was missing, I would get my brother in a room and grill him if he was out in the middle of the night with my nephews that were that age. I would probably kick his butt for being out at that time of night with the kids even if my SIL wasn't missing.  ::MonkeyNoNo:: My Daddy always said, nothing good happens after midnight. I truly believe that now.

Smores can even be made in the micro wave.   And they could have even camped in the backyard, that way they could come back in the house if it was cold/rainy/miserable/whatever.  Something is mighty fishy here....JMHO

Exactly Muffy and with the wet spot and the fans, something is not adding up with that dude's story. Seeing all the snow on the ground, who would go camping with little ones during the day, much less in the middle of the night.  ::MonkeyNoNo:: I pray she is okay, but when I first saw this story the other day, my first thought was he killed her.  ::MonkeyNoNo::

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9011381

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Family of missing woman's husband speaks; friends hand out posters
December 12, 2009

WEST VALLEY CITY -- Friends and family of a missing West Valley City woman held a church prayer service Saturday afternoon.

It's now been five days since 28-year-old Susan Powell was reported missing.

Powell's husband, Josh, and their 2- and 4-year-old sons were at the service. Afterwards, Josh Powell didn't want to say a word or answer a question about his missing wife, but his brother-in-law did.

"We continue to hope she will be returned to us safely," said Kirk Graves.

With Josh standing next to him, Graves thanked the West Valley City Police Department, family, friends and complete strangers for helping them. He also said all the speculation about Josh somehow being involved in his wife's disappearance is upsetting.


"I think it's pointless. I think maybe worse than pointless. I think it's destructive and damaging to what's going on," said Graves. "There has been so much speculation that we just need to put it to rest."

Some of that speculation comes from Josh's story he told to investigators. He claims he took his young sons camping in the freezing cold of the West Desert on the night Susan disappeared from their West Valley home.

Graves said he understands how some could look at that story, but says his brother-in-law is just as hurt as anyone about his wife's disappearance. "I can tell you the pain he feels is real. I could feel it," said Graves.


Meanwhile, Powell's family and friends have been going to malls and parking lots throughout the Salt Lake Valley to post and hand out missing person flyers.

"We want to get everyone to see her face and hopefully someone recognizes her. We don't know where to search, so flyers are the best way," said Tami Allen, a friend of Susan Powell's who goes to the same church ward.

"It amazes me what people are willing to do and take so much time out of their daily schedules to go and help out," said Allen. "She's an awesome lady and it's so sad and we don't know who would've done it."

As for the Powell children, the family said they're doing their best to keep them occupied and to shelter them from the situation. "Kids are very intuitive. You can see the stress," said Graves.

Investigators searched the Simpson Springs area of the West Desert Friday. Simpson Springs is a location off the Pony Express Trail where Josh Powell told police he went camping. Investigators didn't find anything, and a spokesperson with the West Valley Police Department said there are no updates.

When asked if Josh Powell had been to the scene to help police, Graves said he didn't know. Even with Powell standing next to him, Graves said there are some things his brother-in-law doesn't want to talk about.

"Josh is just here mostly to let everybody know that he's here and that he cares," said Graves. "What little detail facts I have, the police have asked us to not be open with them, to kind of keep quiet on what little we know that isn't well published. Our next step is to make sure everybody stays focused on Susan."

West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan said police don't have a description of the clothing Susan was wearing when her husband last saw her early Monday.

Susan Powell's friend, Kiirsi Hellewell, said she saw her Sunday afternoon walking home from church, which Josh Powell did not attend. JoVonna Owings said she had dinner with the couple and their children around 4 p.m. and that Susan Powell was wearing a long-sleeve black shirt and black pants.

About 30 detectives have been assigned to the case.

I was just thinking here.  How many people would  risk  going camping in the winter time in a cold, remote area with one adult and two very young children?  What if something went wrong?  How would a lone adult deal with that?   Too risky.  Would Susan Powell have let him take her two young ones camping by himself under those circumstances ?  I know as a mom I would be like "no way, Jose"   ::MonkeyNoNo:: 

comments here are good....

http://www.deseretnews.com/user/comments/705351139/Family-of-missing-West-Valley-mom-says-speculation-about-husband-does-no-good.html

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Police find no sign of missing West Valley City woman in camping area

Dec. 12--Five days ago, Joshua Powell says he packed up his two boys, said goodbye to his wife and left his West Valley City home for a late night camping trip.

That was the last time he or anyone else saw his wife Susan Powell.

The 28-year-old woman's disappearance has left her friends, family and even police baffled as to her whereabouts.


A search of the area Thursday where Susan Powell's husband says he went camping shortly before her disappearance turned up nothing.

Tooele County sheriff's Chief Deputy Duke North said investigators from West Valley City on Thursday searched a section of the Pony Express Trail where Joshua Powell said he camped with his 2- and 4-year-old sons.

"They came out and searched an area but didn't find anything," North said.

North was not aware whether detectives have confirmed the family had been at that campsite. No other searches in Tooele County are planned, North said.

"The information thus far doesn't justify us using our resources," North said.

West Valley City police Capt. Tom McLachlan said fresh snow hid any evidence of whether someone had been there.

"We can't confirm he was there. We can't disprove he was there," McLachlan said.

McLachlan said Joshua Powell is cooperative and not a suspect, nor a person of interest. The couple's one vehicle was searched and returned to Josh Powell, the captain said.

"He is a person we are interested in talking to again, interviewing again, as we have interviewed many people and talked to many people," he said. "We have no plans to talk to him again today [Friday]."

Susan Powell's father, Charles Cox was expected to fly into Salt Lake City from Washington state Friday night and meet with investigators in person, said Susan Powell's best friend Kiirsi Hellewell, who spoke with Cox.

Cox and Hellewell both said that it wasn't uncommon for the Powells to leave on the spur of the moment to go somewhere. Joshua taking the kids camping late at night, though odd, didn't altogether surprise his father-in-law.

"It's not beyond the pale," Cox said. "He would do that."

But, Cox said during a phone interview Thursday night, "Parts of [Joshua's] story are hard to believe. There's parts of it that just begs: What really happened?"

Cox said he learned his daughter was missing from Joshua Powell's sister, Jennifer Graves, on Monday.

Susan Powell was last seen just after midnight Sunday before her husband and their two young children apparently went on the camping trip, Cox was told by Graves.

West Valley City police have been looking for Powell since Monday morning when Graves reported the whole family missing. Neither of the Powells showed up for work that day and the children were not dropped off at day care, McLachlan said. Police went to the home to search for the family, but found nobody there. They did find Susan Powell's phone and purse, Cox said.

Joshua Powell and the children returned home sometime around 5 p.m. Monday, Cox said. Police interviewed Josh Powell twice this week, but he hasn't been able to help police find his wife.

McLachlan said the case is still a missing person case, but it has become suspicious. He said no one can or is willing to tell them where Susan Powell is, and she has not contacted anyone.

Because the Powell home was the last place Susan Powell was seen, police executed a search warrant on the home and collected items that may hold clues to her disappearance.

Hellewell said she and her husband spoke with Joshua Powell for two hours Thursday night.

"He's not very well," she said. "He seems really lost, like he doesn't have a friend in the world."

The children are doing a bit better.

"They seem like they are ready to smile and enjoy company, but they seem very confused," Hellewell said.

She said the oldest child has been telling people how his mother makes him toast and other things like that.

Cox said he last spoke with his daughter a week ago Thursday. They spoke about Christmas and gifts he recently sent by mail. He said she didn't mention anything was wrong and it was "a very regular conversation."

Cox and Hellewell said that the Powells had financial troubles in the past, but had mostly solved their problems. Cox said that the couple were occasionally unemployed, but both were working when Susan Powell disappeared. Cox had helped his daughter and son-in-law financially in the past, he said.

According to court documents, Josh Powell filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in April 2007, listing more than $200,000 in credit card, furniture, student loan and other debts, not including the family's mortgage and car. At the time, Josh Powell listed his occupation as a Realtor for Homenet Real Estate and Susan Powell was listed as a homemaker.

Hellewell and others have started a Facebook page called "Friends and Family of Susan Powell." As of Friday evening 1,200 people were listed as friends.

One of those people, Kayla Reed, wrote on the site Friday that she had 300 fliers with Susan Powell's likeness that she planned to pass out at a Jazz game. She was hoping for donations so more could be passed out at the event, malls and in Susan Powell's neighborhood.

Cox said Thursday evening he can't imagine where his daughter could be.

"I'm sure somebody out there knows something," he said.

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/yb/138816993

Susan is up till 12:30 on a Sunday night.  She needs to go to work the next day.  Joshua decides to take the kids camping at 12:30 on a sunday night so they can make smores and he needs to go to work the next day.

 ::MonkeyNoNo::   ::MonkeyNoNo::

I can't imagine that in a million years, now if it was summer, maybe, but still with two tiny boys. Just the smores comment did me in, what one year old eats smores? At least I wouldn't feed my child that at one. And before the camping trip they went sledding. And if I read right wasn't the place they went camping a couple hours away? This makes zero sense, and when I saw Josh on the video, I was shocked, he didn't even pretend to care  ::MonkeyShocked::

West Valley City family wants focus on missing mother

WEST VALLEY CITY — Josh Powell stood silent in the snowy park, his eyes welling at times with tears.

It's been a week now since his wife, Susan Powell, went missing, and while detectives have found no trace of the mother of two, speculation and theories have mounted among neighbors and strangers on online message boards.

Too much of that talk has been directed at Josh Powell, a family member says.

"There's a lot of speculation," Kirk Graves, Josh Powell's brother-in-law, told reporters during a brief press conference Saturday. "Unfortunately, that doesn't do Susan any good. It's destructive and damaging to what's going on."

Earlier last week, Josh Powell told the Deseret News he had not seen his wife since about midnight Sunday when he decided to take his two sons, ages 2 and 4, camping in the Simpson Springs area of Tooele County.


Investigators said Friday they could not determine whether he had or had not been at the campsite because snow had covered tire tracks and a fire pit in the area.

Powell said he returned home Monday night to find a front window broken out but nothing else suspicious inside his West Valley City home.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351139/Family-Speculation-doesnt-help.html

So if the police had to break into the house to get in we can say she either left of her own free will leaving behind everything or she was taken out of the house and the person who took her was kind enough to lock up when he left.

Now I'd like to know are the fans and wet floor a result of the police breaking the window or was this what the police found when they first entered the property?

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I believe the wet spot on the floor and the fans were there, not something the police did when they broke the window.    Joshua Powell handed out fliers outside Energy Solutions Arena to people headed into the Utah Jazz game Saturday evening, but wouldn't offer any comment as to what he hoped passing out the copies with two photos of his beaming wife would achieve.

"I don't know," Powell said as to why he came to distribute the flyers. "I'm not here to answer questions."   ::MonkeyEek::  This guy is a real major piece of work, can't even figure out why he is passing out flyers. He can't even pretend to care  ::MonkeyShocked::  I have two thoughts about the comments Susan's father is saying. One, the police told him to say that, or two, like you said Klaas they are in denial.

Five Stages Of Grief
Denial and Isolation.
At first, we tend to deny the loss has taken place, and may withdraw from our usual social contacts. This stage may last a few moments, or longer.
Anger.
The grieving person may then be furious at the person who inflicted the hurt (even if she's dead), or at the world, for letting it happen. He may be angry with himself for letting the event take place, even if, realistically, nothing could have stopped it.
Bargaining.
Now the grieving person may make bargains with God, asking, "If I do this, will you take away the loss?"
Depression.
The person feels numb, although anger and sadness may remain underneath.
Acceptance.
This is when the anger, sadness and mourning have tapered off. The person simply accepts the reality of the loss.

http://www.memorialhospital.org/library/general/stress-THE-3.html

Here is an interesting blog post from a wife of a man named Tim.  I believe from previous posts that Tim worked with Susan at Wells Fargo. 

http://owneroftheband.blogspot.com/2009/12/update-on-susan-powell.html (http://owneroftheband.blogspot.com/2009/12/update-on-susan-powell.html)

Sorry to quote myself - Found a new blog post that states that her Husband (Time) sat next to Susan at work.

http://owneroftheband.blogspot.com/2009/12/updates.html (http://owneroftheband.blogspot.com/2009/12/updates.html)

Thank-you  ::MonkeyNoNo::

Missing Utah mom's family prays for her return


y BROCK VERGAKIS (AP) – 8 hours ago
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — The father of a missing Utah woman is doing what he can to keep attention focused on the search for her, saying investigators' focus on her husband appeared to be misplaced.
Susan Powell, the 28-year-old mother of two small children, was reported missing Monday under what police are calling suspicious circumstances.
Since than, police have increased the number of investigators assigned to the case to about 30. They have questioned her husband, Josh Powell, and searched a desert area where he said he took the couple's children, ages 2 and 4, camping early Monday morning in freezing conditions.
West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan says police haven't been able to verify Josh Powell's story because snow had covered the spot where he said he went.
Her father, Charles Cox, flew in from Puyallup, Wash., south of Seattle, to assist in the search. He spent Saturday morning granting dozens of interviews to media outlets around the country in an effort to keep his daughter's name and picture in the news.
While Cox and Josh Powell shared a brief hug before a prayer service began, Cox said the only conversation he's had with him since his daughter was reported missing was on Tuesday.
"I'm kind of concerned that all the focus is on him at the present. I mean he's told his story — believable or not — and I don't see him as capable of harming her," Cox said. "And the more time spent on him, the less time there is looking at other possibilities."
Meanwhile, a prayer service attended by about 100 people was held for her y BROCK VERGAKIS (AP) – 8 hours ago
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — The father of a missing Utah woman is doing what he can to keep attention focused on the search for her, saying investigators' focus on her husband appeared to be misplaced.
Susan Powell, the 28-year-old mother of two small children, was reported missing Monday under what police are calling suspicious circumstances.
Since than, police have increased the number of investigators assigned to the case to about 30. They have questioned her husband, Josh Powell, and searched a desert area where he said he took the couple's children, ages 2 and 4, camping early Monday morning in freezing conditions.
West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan says police haven't been able to verify Josh Powell's story because snow had covered the spot where he said he went.
Her father, Charles Cox, flew in from Puyallup, Wash., south of Seattle, to assist in the search. He spent Saturday morning granting dozens of interviews to media outlets around the country in an effort to keep his daughter's name and picture in the news.
While Cox and Josh Powell shared a brief hug before a prayer service began, Cox said the only conversation he's had with him since his daughter was reported missing was on Tuesday.
"I'm kind of concerned that all the focus is on him at the present. I mean he's told his story — believable or not — and I don't see him as capable of harming her," Cox said. "And the more time spent on him, the less time there is looking at other possibilities."
Meanwhile, a prayer service attended by about 100 people was held for her ay in West Valley City, and volunteers posted thousands of fliers with her image on it.
Josh Powell declined to answer questions from The Associated Press on Saturday.
"I can't say anything," he said following the prayer service.
Complicating the search for Susan Powell, McLachlan said police don't have a description of the clothing she was wearing when Josh Powell last saw her about 12:30 a.m. Monday.
Susan Powell's friend, Kiirsi Hellewell, described her as a "girly girl" who liked to get dressed up when she went out with friends and make blankets for friends at church.
She said that winter camping trip seemed out-of-character.
"They might go camping, but they would not do it in the winter, they would not do it in the middle of night and they wouldn't do it when they were expected at work the next day," she said.

Utah mom missing for full week; clues are few


SALT LAKE CITY — Police had little to go on Sunday in the search for a Utah woman who hasn't been seen for a full week.

Twenty-eight-year-old Susan Powell was reported missing from a Salt Lake City suburb in a case that police call suspicious.

She left behind two children and a husband who says he doesn't know what happened to her.

West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan says at least eight detectives worked the case Sunday, fielding any tips or leads they can get from the family or friends.

Detectives are appealing for the public's help.

They plan to conduct another interview early this week with husband Josh Powell, who told police he left his wife and took his boys, ages 2 and 4, on a camping trip around midnight Dec. 6 in subfreezing temperatures.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jE-50f71E8ypwigW42nKuDx27hxAD9CIKFA81

I got the feeling of craziness all around them when I read the article that friends and church members were fasting until Susan was found.   Fasting is not going to help find her. 

Utah mom missing for full week; clues are few

SALT LAKE CITY Police had little to go on Sunday in the search for a Utah woman who hasn't been seen for a full week.

Twenty-eight-year-old Susan Powell was reported missing from a Salt Lake City suburb in a case that police call suspicious.

She left behind two children and a husband who says he doesn't know what happened to her.

West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan says at least eight detectives worked the case Sunday, fielding any tips or leads they can get from the family or friends.

Detectives are appealing for the public's help.

They plan to conduct another interview early this week with husband Josh Powell, who told police he left his wife and took his boys, ages 2 and 4, on a camping trip around midnight Dec. 6 in subfreezing temperatures.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/916/story/828484.html?storylink=omni_popular

Where is missing Utah mom Susan Powell? (video)

http://www.examiner.com/x-28599-Crime--Media-Examiner~y2009m12d13-Where-is-missing-Utah-mom-Susan-Powell-video

Fasting? You are right how in the world does that help anything?

Utah: Friends and family of Susan Powell, 28, who disappeared Monday under what police call suspicious circumstances, fasted and prayed Saturday for her safe return as volunteers posted thousands of fliers with her image on it.

http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/creator-of-first-50-star-american-flag-dies-at-67/1058492

I think he is guilty...maybe he will confess ....by the sound of his story he isn't too bright so he should be easy to catch...JMO

Dad to Utah cops: Find my daughter

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - The father of a missing Utah woman says he doesn’t think his son-in-law had it in him to harm his daughter, and wants cops to focus on finding her.

Susan Powell, 28, was reported missing last week under what police say are suspicious circumstances. Police have questioned her husband, Josh Powell, and searched a desert area where he said he took their children, ages 2 and 4, camping early last Monday morning in freezing conditions but couldn’t verify his story because snow had covered the area.

Susan Powell’s father, Charles Cox, flew in from Puyallup, Wash., to assist in the search. He and Josh Powell shared a brief hug before a prayer service began.

“I’m kind of concerned that all the focus is on him at the present. I mean he’s told his story - believable or not - and I don’t see him as capable of harming her,” Cox said. “And the more time spent on him, the less time there is looking at other possibilities.”

Josh Powell told police he last saw her about 12:30 a.m. Dec. 7.

Susan Powell’s friend, Kiirsi Hellewell, said the story seemed odd. “They might go camping, but they would not do it in the winter, they would not do it in the middle of night” she said.

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view/20091213dad_to_utah_cops_find_my_daughter/srvc=home&position=recent

I know a lady that is a prayer warrior...by that I mean she spends the whole day praying,and at times she will fast up to three days which I feel is very unsafe because she has MS...so maybe the church folks feel they should fast and pray..My guess only.

New post from above link:

Yeah, it is totally crazy. There are people at work who knew that she felt like she was in danger, and she took precautions in case something else happen to here. I'll post details later if it doesn't all come out in the end.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9024861

Wet spot was found in missing woman's home, father says
December 14th, 2009 @ 7:15am

WEST VALLEY CITY -- The father of a missing West Valley City woman says police found a wet spot at her home last week.

Susan Powell, 28, has been missing since Dec. 7. According to the Deseret News, her father, Chuck Cox, says police found the wet spot on the living room floor when they first broke into Powell's house to see if the family was OK. Two fans were blowing on the spot.

Cox says he heard about it from a family member that was with police when they broke in.

West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan told the Deseret News he could not comment on details of the investigation. Police have not said whether they think the wet spot has anything to do with Powell's disappearance. Investigators have called her disappearance suspicious.

Susan's friends and family held a church prayer service Saturday afternoon. Her husband, Josh Powell, attended with their two children. His brother-in-law, Kirk Graves, spoke to reporters and blasted speculation about Josh, who stood next to him and said nothing.

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351425/Wet-spot-found-in-Powells-home.html


Police found wet spot in Susan Powell's home

2 fans were pointed at area on floor, missing woman's father says

By Paul Koepp

Deseret News
Published: Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 10:38 p.m. MST

WEST VALLEY CITY — Why were there two fans blowing on a wet spot on the living room floor of Susan Powell's home last Monday?

It's just one question her family would like answered in connection with the suspicious disappearance of the 28-year-old West Valley City mother of two.

Police noticed the spot when they broke into the house to see if the family had been poisoned by carbon monoxide, according to Powell's father, Chuck Cox. He said a family member who was with police at the time conveyed the information to him.

Cox said the presence of the wet spot initially gave him hope the family may have simply rushed to the hospital after an accident.

Powell's husband, Josh, showed up at the home later on Monday with his two sons and said he had taken them camping in the Simpson Springs area of Tooele County.

But there has been no word from Susan Powell, despite pleas from friends and family that have spread the news of her disappearance nationwide.

Josh Powell called Cox on Tuesday to say Susan was still missing.

"I wanted to ask him a bunch of questions, but he was on the way to the police," Cox said. "When he said she's missing, his voice kind of cracked."

Cox said he's had a "decent relationship" with his son-in-law.

"He confides in me at times, and we've worked through problems that they've had with his employment and stuff," Cox said. "There are so many questions I would ask, but I'm not really planning on talking to him."

Josh Powell's brother-in-law, Kirk Graves, who has been speaking on his behalf, said he was aware police were investigating the wet spot, but he had no comment.

Cox said he will continue spreading the word about his daughter for a few more days before returning home to Puyallup, Wash. He also has plans to meet with Elizabeth Smart's father, Ed, who has offered his support.

"I would love to do something, but what can you do?" Cox said. "All I can do is wait."

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top%20stories/story/Husband-of-missing-West-Valley-woman-holds-press/-JQHqU3FbkSsljloDTE3RQ.cspx


Husband of missing West Valley woman holds press conference
Reported by: Brian Carlson
Last Update: 7:45 am

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) – The search continues Monday for a missing West Valley woman. There's been a lot of speculation lately involving her husband, and over the weekend he held a press conference to set the record straight.

Josh Powell is trying to get the word out that he loves and misses his wife. Although Powell held a press conference Saturday, his brother in law, Kirk Graves, did all the talking.

Josh's wife, Susan Powell disappeared a week ago Sunday night. Her purse and cell phone left behind in the west valley home. Her husband said he left her to camping with their two sons in a Tooele campsite and hasn't seen her in over a week. Powell's brother in law said Josh is not comfortable talking to the media right now. They're still trying to figure out how to handle this situation.

"It's been difficult to know what to say, who to talk to, how soon to talk, and we want to be as open as possible and at the same time keep some sense of normalcy in the daily lives of our family and children,” said Kirk Graves.

Friends and neighbors of Susan Powell are trying to get the word out too. Over the weekend they handed out thousands of flyers, hoping someone who knows something will come forward to help them find her.

http://connect2utah.com/content/news/story/?cid=67061

Police Seek Second Interview With Missing Woman's Husband
Reported by:
Monday, Dec 14, 2009 @10:52am

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Police in Utah want another interview with the husband of a woman whose disappearance authorities are calling suspicious.
     
Police say Susan Powell was last seen a week ago. Powell's husband told authorities he left his wife around midnight Dec. 6 and took their young sons on a camping trip in subfreezing temperatures.
     
Police say they haven't been able to verify the trip because snow had covered the site.
     
Authorities say Josh Powell told them he and the boys slept in a van and returned home Tuesday evening.
     
Susan Powell disappeared, leaving her purse and cell phone behind.
     
Damon Talbot, who helps maintain a Facebook page for Susan Powell, says some family members are fasting and praying for her safe return.

On The Web: Friends and Family of Susan Powell on Facebook

He doesn't feel comfy discussing it because HE knows exactly what happened to her. He does not feel comfy discussing it because he knows he'll screw up.

He did NOT leave at midnight. In his first interview that we watched he clearly states he got a late start on his camping adventure.. 9-930 ..THAT would be A.M.
HE last had seen his wife around midnight when SHE went to bed.
It makes no mention of HIM going to bed.

So it would appear that something bad happened after midnight and His wife may have gone on the trip with them buried under some camp supplies in his vehicle and nicely wrapped in plastic and dead as a doornail.

Sometimes, I hate the news media.

Husband of missing Utah woman retains attorney


By BROCK VERGAKIS and JENNIFER DOBNER (AP) – 13 minutes ago

SALT LAKE CITY — The husband of a 28-year-old woman who went missing a week ago without taking her purse or cell phone has retained an attorney.

Well-known Salt Lake City defense attorney Scott Williams says he has been retained by Josh Powell. Williams declined further comment.

Susan Powell was reported missing Dec. 7 when she didn't show up to work and her children weren't dropped off at day care.

Josh Powell told police he left his wife about 12:30 a.m. Dec. 7 to take his two boys, ages 2 and 4, camping in subfreezing conditions. He returned about 5 p.m. the same day

Police planned to interview Josh Powell a second time this week, possibly Monday.

Josh Powell has declined to answer questions from reporters.

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 :2ukli:  the heat is on

Yes, and now the fool has a lawyer. ::MonkeyNoNo::

Nut - Yes it is   ::MonkeyDance:: 



Husband of missing Utah woman retains attorney
By BROCK VERGAKIS and JENNIFER DOBNER (AP) – 15 minutes ago

SALT LAKE CITY — The husband of a 28-year-old woman who went missing a week ago without taking her purse or cell phone has retained an attorney.

Well-known Salt Lake City defense attorney Scott Williams said Monday he has been retained by Josh Powell, whose wife Susan Powell was reported missing Dec. 7.

Williams often represents high-profile defendants in criminal cases. Among his recent clients are Wanda Eileen Barzee, who has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping, and Christopher Jeppson, one of two men charged in the 1995 murder of Utah County teenager Kiplyn Davis.

Williams declined to say when he was retained and when Powell was going to be questioned again.


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Wow, wonder how he is paying for that lawyer?  ::MonkeyShocked::

Missing West Valley woman's husband hires attorney

WEST VALLEY CITY — The Deseret News has learned that Josh Powell, the husband of missing West Valley City woman Susan Powell, has retained a high-profile Salt Lake attorney.

Several sources have told the News that Powell has retained the services of Scott Williams. Williams most recently has served as the attorney for Wanda Barzee in both state and federal court.

Last month, Barzee pleaded guilty to federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor. She and Brian David Mitchell both were accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart from her Federal Heights home in 2002.

West Valley police said Monday they had no new information in the Powell case, but they expected to interview Josh Powell again and ask some follow-up questions.

Susan Powell, 28, has been missing for a week.

West Valley Police Capt. Tom McLachlan said Sunday that he could not comment on details of the investigation. He said at least eight detectives worked on the case Sunday, fielding any tips or leads they could get from family or friends.

Police had said they planned to conduct another interview early this week with Josh Powell, who told police he left his wife at home and took his boys, ages 2 and 4, on a camping trip around midnight Dec. 6 in subfreezing temperatures.

Josh Powell told police he slept in a van with the boys in Utah's western desert. Police say he returned home Monday evening. They haven't been able to verify the camping trip because snow had covered the spot where he said he went.

Anyone with information about Susan Powell can call West Valley police at 801-840-4000.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351526/Sources-Josh-Powell-hires-attorney.html

He slept in the van with the boys?  He would have had to let the van run all night, or turn it off and on every hour to keep the kids warm.  This smells worse than stinky cheese.

The whole camping story makes no sense.  And he forgot it was Monday and that's why he didn't call into his work?!  I highly doubt that.  I wonder what the 4 year old has told authorities.

This man's story must have to rank up with one of the worst, craziest story one can come up with  ::MonkeyNoNo::

I rank as #1 worse story I have ever heard....how and how much rope is LE going to give this nut before he cracks...maybe LE is waiting on him to say where her body is so they want have to search...idk .....CRAZY ::MonkeyMad::

Husband of missing Utah woman retains attorney
By BROCK VERGAKIS and JENNIFER DOBNER (AP) – 3 hours ago

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http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=9024861&comments=true

Good blog site on the wet spot found on the floor of the home.

In my opinion ... Josh had not anticipated arriving home with his boys after disposing of his wife's body and ... finding that authorities were already involved.  Could he have blurted out the unbelieveable  explanation for his absense without first considering his words ... words he could not take back.

Janet

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=9029772

last person to see susan other than husband - dinner guest.

Excellent point Janet, he probably was surprised authorities were looking for them.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=9029772

Friend describes seeing woman shortly before she disappeared
December 14, 2009

WEST VALLEY CITY -- Police say they will interview the husband of a missing West Valley woman again today.

A friend who had dinner with the couple last Sunday and lives in the couple's neighborhood spoke with KSL Monday. Other than Josh, she was the last person to see Susan Powell before she disappeared.

Friend talks about Sunday dinner with Powell family

JoVanna Owings spent a couple of hours with the Powells on the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 6, which is the last day anyone saw Susan.

Owings says Susan invited her to have dinner at her home because she wanted some help with a crocheting project. She says Susan's yarn for that project was tangled and she wanted help with it.

Owings says the mood was calm and relaxed. She and Susan sat in the living room, ate dinner and talked while Josh ate in the kitchen with the couple's two boys.

She says Josh often came out to the living room to talk to both of them.

Around 5 p.m., the last thing Susan said to Owings before Owings went home was, "She said, did I mind if she went and lied down? I said I didn't have a problem with it. I'd keep working on the yarn."

She says Josh told her he was going to take the boys sledding. She didn't think it was unusual because Josh is a responsible father and would not have kept the boys out very long. She says Josh never mentioned taking the boys camping later that night.
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Just thinking out loud but could Josh have drugged her?

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On Dec. 7, Josh Powell's mother went to her son's house after the couple's employers called asking why they had not shown up for work, and their day care called asking why their children were not dropped off. The doors were locked, and there were no signs of forced entry, said West Valley police Capt. Tom McLachlan.

Officers were called and broke a window to get into the house, fearing possible carbon monoxide poisoning. Inside, they found two fans directed at a spot on a floor that was wet, according to Susan Powell's father, Chuck Cox. Cox flew to Salt Lake City from Washington state Sunday to assist in the search for his missing daughter.

Josh Powell returned to his house the afternoon of Dec. 7, less than 24 hours after he said he went camping.

Police say items belonging to Susan Powell that "one would normally take" when leaving the house were still in the residence.

Police interviewed Josh Powell the night of Dec. 7. Investigators had asked Powell to come in again this week for follow-up questions, and there was speculation he would be interviewed Monday. But by Monday afternoon, he had not shown up at the West Valley Police Department.

JoVanna Owings told KSL-TV she had dinner with the Powells the afternoon of Dec. 6 and may have been the last person to see Susan Powell, other than Josh Powell.

"There was no indication that there were any problems, nothing that would indicate that anything was any different than any other day," Owings said.

There was no mention of camping that afternoon.

Owings told KSL she spoke with Josh Powell on his cell phone the following day before he came home, but she declined to talk about what was discussed.

Court records show Josh Powell filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2007 with nearly $188,000 in unsecured debt, including a nearly $60,000 debt for student loans and $90,000 owed to a collection agency.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351526/Sources-Josh-Powell-hires-attorney.html

Drugging her would explain why he kept coming to the living room to talk to his wife and friend.  He wanted to see if the drugs were taking effect.  Can not see leaving a 1 and 4 year old alone in a   kitchen just to go chit chat.

Would also be a good way to tell the kids "Mommy is Sleeping" and the kids would know no different. 

Lastly if she were drugged she could have vomited.  That could be the wet spot with the fans after she vomited and he cleaned it.

That would explain the wet spot on the carpet if he did drug her and she vomitted. 

Northern - get outta my head  ::MonkeyHaHa:: 

 ::MonkeyCool::  First thing that came to mind is he picked the wrong drug and watched too much TV. 

Timeline: Missing West Valley City Woman
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SALT LAKE CITY - Police are still searching for a West Valley City woman who went missing from her home a week ago without taking her purse or cell phone. Susan Powell, 28, the mother of two young children, ages 2 and 4, was reported missing on Dec. 6. Police starting searching the Powell home on Dec. 7. Here is a timeline of the search for Susan Powell so far:

Monday, December 7: Police went to Powell home to investigate missing WVC woman and found no one.

Tuesday, December 8: Josh Powell told investigators he and his kids went camping in Utah's West Desert at the time his wife went missing. West Valley City Police, Capt. Tom Mclachalan said, "The husband returned home with the children in the family car but Susan was still missing."

Wednesday, December 9: Police spent two hours removing items from the Powell home. Police say Josh Powell is not a suspect at this time.

Thursday, December 10: Police searched the Simpson Spring Recreation Area and found no sign of Josh Powell's campsite. Josh Powell speaks briefly with reporters.

Friday, December 11: Police stil have no arrests and said Josh Powell was not a suspect but a person of interest.

Saturday, December 12: Susan Powell's father, Charles Cox, traveled to Utah to help search for his daughter and spoke with FOX 13. Josh Powell's family held a press conference and Josh Powell stands silenty with them. Community members pass out fliers with pictures of Susan Powell.

Monday, December 14: Josh Powell retains attorney.

http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-timeline-missing-west-valley-city-woman,0,1473366.story

Susan Powell missing Utah mother may be dead

December 15: Susan Powell missing Utah mother may be dead. Utah mom has gone missing and even after a week the cops are clueless about her whereabouts.

What is worrisome is that despite days of searching sleuths have failed to make any lead in the case. Thousands of missing-person flyers have and been searched and many persons have been interviewed in an effort to trace Susan Powell. But will little success.

Kiirsi Helliwell, Powell’s friend told a network: “She’s been gone for an entire week I don't believe there can be any, very much hope left. I'm trying to stay busy and not think about it. But I don't see how there's any way she can still be alive."

She was reported missing by her relatives after she failed to return home in West Valley City last Sunday. It was on this day that the 28-year-old Powell was last seen.

Shockingly, Powell's husband, Joshua Powell, and the couple's two children, who were also believed to be missing, returned home a day after. Joshua Powell told reporters that incident took place when he had taken the children on a late-night camping trip. The weather was atrocious on that day between 10 and 25 degrees. Rain and snow lashed the region.

"Lots of times I just go camping with my boys," Powell said, adding: "Just overnight. We do s' mores and stuff."

http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30354&Itemid=57

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Missing woman's husband is a no-show at 2nd police interview
December 14th, 2009 @ 9:43pm

WEST VALLEY CITY -- It's been over a week since anyone last saw a West Valley City mother of two, and police still aren't naming any suspects.

Investigators had planned to re-interview 28-year-old Susan Powell's husband, Josh Powell, Monday night. However, Josh was a no-show for that interview.
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Quite a few comments on this page.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351526/Missing-West-Valley-womans-husband-hires-attorney.html?linkTrack=rss-32

Missing West Valley woman's husband hires attorney
By Pat Reavy

Deseret News

Published: Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 5:35 p.m. MST

WEST VALLEY CITY — No new leads were reported Monday in the disappearance of a West Valley woman missing for more than a week. Meanwhile, her husband, who police have not labeled as a suspect, has hired a high profile Salt Lake attorney.

Josh Powell has retained the services of Scott Williams, sources told the Deseret News. Williams did not return a call Monday placed by the News to his office.

Williams has been involved in a couple of recent high profile cases, including the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping in which he represented co-defendant Wanda Barzee in both her state and federal court proceedings. Williams also represented Christopher Jeppson, one of two men charged in the 1995 murder of Kiplyn Davis.

Police continued looking Monday for Josh Powell's wife, 28-year-old Susan Powell, who has not been seen since Dec. 7.

He told police he left his house about midnight on Dec. 6 to go camping with their two sons, ages 2 and 4. He said they went to the Simpson Springs recreation area in Tooele County. Temperatures that night were well below 32 degrees.

Powell later told police he slept with his boys inside their van. Investigators searching that area over the weekend said they could neither prove nor disprove Powell was there, due to a layer of fresh snow.

On Dec. 7, Josh Powell's mother went to her son's house after the couple's employers called asking why they had not shown up for work, and their day care called asking why their children were not dropped off. The doors were locked, and there were no signs of forced entry, said West Valley police Capt. Tom McLachlan.

Officers were called and broke a window to get into the house, fearing possible carbon monoxide poisoning. Inside, they found two fans directed at a spot on a floor that was wet, according to Susan Powell's father, Chuck Cox. Cox flew to Salt Lake City from Washington state Sunday to assist in the search for his missing daughter.

Josh Powell returned to his house the afternoon of Dec. 7, less than 24 hours after he said he went camping.

Police say items belonging to Susan Powell that "one would normally take" when leaving the house were still in the residence.

Police interviewed Josh Powell the night of Dec. 7. Investigators had asked Powell to come in again this week for follow-up questions, and there was speculation he would be interviewed Monday. But by Monday afternoon, he had not shown up at the West Valley Police Department.

JoVanna Owings told KSL-TV she had dinner with the Powells the afternoon of Dec. 6 and may have been the last person to see Susan Powell, other than Josh Powell.

"There was no indication that there were any problems, nothing that would indicate that anything was any different than any other day," Owings said.

There was no mention of camping that afternoon.

Owings told KSL she spoke with Josh Powell on his cell phone the following day before he came home, but she declined to talk about what was discussed.

Court records show Josh Powell filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2007 with nearly $188,000 in unsecured debt, including a nearly $60,000 debt for student loans and $90,000 owed to a collection agency.

Husband of missing Utah mom isn’t talking
But father of Susan Powell still hopes husband will cooperate with police

Although he has not been named as a suspect, the husband of a missing Utah mother of two has stopped talking to police and hired a prominent criminal defense lawyer as the mystery deepens over what happened to Susan Powell.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34428565/ns/today-today_people/

Susan Powell's Father on Son-in-Law: 'I Don't Know What to Think'
Joshua Powell, Husband of Missing Mom Susan Powell, Skipped Police Interview, Hired Lawyer (With video)

The father of a missing Utah mother who initially defended his son-in-law against suspicions that he might be involved in her disappearance said he's now not sure what to believe.

"I don't know what to think," Charles Cox told "Good Morning America" today. "This case is suspicious and, well, it's just unexplainable."

Susan Powell, 28, has been missing for more than a week. Her husband, Joshua Powell, told police he left his wife at home to take their young sons on a late-night camping trip in the woods and she was gone when they returned.

"I did ask him if he had any idea where his wife, my daughter Susan, could be. He said he didn't," Cox said of Joshua Powell. "He was sincere sounding."

MORE...


http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/missing-mom-susan-powell-suspicion-grows-husband-lawyers/story?id=9336078

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Neighbors also said Powell had spoken openly about seeking a divorce from her husband. One neighbor has been quoted as saying Powell was trying to save money to leave her husband.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351578/Bleak-holiday-for-Powells-boys.html

Images grabbed from the Today Show.

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Real concerned husband  ::MonkeyNoNo::

You would think he would want to help find her if he had nothing to do with it regardless of how uncomfortable it makes him.  This speaks volumes to me.  I feel so bad for the two boys.

Utah Police Say Missing Mom's Husband Hinders Investigation
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580262,00.html?test=latestnews

This is bull ... if the husband is innocent why not cooperate fully and eliminate himself as a suspect? What a POS.

It's called divorce, people. It's not pretty. But it's a hell of a lot prettier than murdering the mother of your children. Just sayin.

Unbelievable, this guy is a good for nothing bum, imo. Thank-you for the images from the Today Show Northern. What a pity for the little boys and the family.  ::MonkeyNoNo::

So very true!

When I considered the Sunday night timing and ... all the aspects of Josh's crazy explanation ... I was giving Josh the benefit of the doubt that whatever happened was not premeditated.  However ... when I read Susan's friends account of how she was so tired following dinner that she had to lie down ... I am not so sure.

Has anything been reported in regards to Monday daycare for the children?  Was there concern when the children were not dropped off?  What is the protocol?

Janet

There was concern about the kids not being dropped off at day care, I'm hoping someone has the article, I can't remember where I read it. There was also concern about the two adults not showing up at work also.

Thanks no rose colored glasses.

I was aware that Susan and Josh had jobs they should have been at on Monday but ... I had not read anything regarding daycare for the children.

Janet

Janet - here is the article regarding the daycare....

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351526/Missing-West-Valley-womans-husband-hires-attorney.html?linkTrack=rss-32

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On Dec. 7, Josh Powell's mother went to her son's house after the couple's employers called asking why they had not shown up for work, and their day care called asking why their children were not dropped off. The doors were locked, and there were no signs of forced entry, said West Valley police Capt. Tom McLachlan.

Police: Missing Utah mom's husband hinders search
By BROCK VERGAKIS (AP) – 24 minutes ago

SALT LAKE CITY — The husband of a missing Utah woman is hindering the investigation because he failed to show up for an interview on the advice of his lawyer, police said Tuesday. Josh Powell is not a suspect in the disappearance of Susan Powell, but his decision not to meet with detectives on Monday prevents them from moving ahead with the search for his wife, said West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan.

Despite the first public suggestion Josh Powell wasn't cooperating, photos taken of the family two days before Susan Powell's disappearance show a happy family.

Susan Powell, 28, was reported missing Dec. 7 when she didn't show up to work and her children weren't dropped off at day care.

Josh Powell told police he took his two boys, ages 2 and 4, camping around 12:30 a.m. that day, in freezing conditions, and returned in the evening.

McLachlan said police initially interviewed Josh Powell when he returned home and then again the next day. Police have also interviewed the Powells' older son.

Investigators said they haven't been able to verify the camping trip because snow had covered the site — Simpson Springs on the historic Pony Express Trail in Utah's west desert.

The Powell home was locked when police arrived and they broke in, fearing the family had suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning. They found no signs of forced entry.

Susan Powell's father, Charles Cox, has said police found a wet spot in the house being dried by two fans when they entered.

McLachlan declined to comment on that but said Josh Powell's refusal to speak with police again is costing authorities valuable time in the effort to find his wife.

"We are very disappointed in that because he is not a suspect and this delays the investigation — it slows things down," McLachlan said. "His stated purpose is he wants to find Susan and that is also our stated purpose on this missing persons case, and this complicates the issue."

Josh Powell hired Scott Williams, a Salt Lake City defense attorney who often represents high-profile defendants in criminal cases. Williams did not immediately return a message left at his office Tuesday.

Kiirsi Hellewell, Susan Powell's best friend, said she has been in contact with Josh Powell on a daily basis but hasn't asked him specific questions about Susan in an effort not to interfere with the investigation or to lose his trust as a friend.

"He doesn't do a lot of talking. He mostly looks upset and confused and is crying most of the time," Hellewell said.

She said she sat next to Josh Powell at church on Sunday and that he cried through most of the service.
It was at that same church on Dec. 5 that the last known pictures of Susan Powell were taken. The couple and their children attended a Christmas breakfast, where one picture shows a smiling Josh Powell with a camera hanging around his neck, talking with his children while his wife stands a few feet away reaching for food.

"Susan and her family were very normal and seemed all happy to be there. We actually talked to them quite a bit. Josh seemed really happy to be there and he asked me to take a picture of he and the family, and yes he has the picture," Mindy Kay Perry Guzman, who took the picture, wrote in a message to The Associated Press.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351526/Missing-West-Valley-womans-husband-hires-attorney.html?linkTrack=rss-32

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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Susan Powell, 28, still missing - husband hires attorney
December 14, 1:49 PMSeattle Family ExaminerIsabelle Zehnder

It was initially thought the family - Joshua, Susan, and their two sons, ages 4 and 2 - were all missing. Police had received a call from a friend that Susan never dropped the children off at day care on Monday morning and that she didn't call work to let them know she wasn't coming in. Joshua didn't call in to his work Monday morning, either.

When police went to the house and no one answered the door, they broke in, fearing carbon monoxide poisoning. No one was home. There was no forced entry. Instead, they found two fans blowing on a wet spot in the house. They initially believed the family may have gone to the emergency room.

http://www.examiner.com/x-22460-Seattle-Family-Examiner~y2009m12d14-BREAKING-NEWS-UPDATE-Susan-Powell-28-still-missing--husband-hires-attorney

Thanks Leroy.

I have been preoccupied and ... do not have a comprehension of all the details encompassing this case.

Merry Christmas

Janet

Janet - yes, it can be difficult keeping up with the details of these cases.  I've been following so many of these horrible stories lately that it is nearly impossible to remember all of them.

Merry Christmas to you & yours  ::ElfMonkey:: 

Thank-you Leroy

It would be interesting to know what prescription drugs were in the home and if any were missing...or I hate to think antifreeze.

Oh my, I didn't even think about antifreeze, certainly would not be the first time that was done.  ::MonkeyNoNo::

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Police say Joshua Powell is hindering search for missing wife, Susan Powell
December 15, 3:51 PM

ABC NewsSusan Powell, 28, has been missing for over a week. It’s a well-known fact that the longer she’s gone, the less chance she’ll be found alive.

Today – according to the Deseret News – her husband, Joshua Powell, declined to show up for an interview with police, based on the advice from his attorney.  "We had him scheduled. Up until the night before, everything was good to go," said West Valley Police Capt. Tom McLachlan. "We were a bit surprised he did not (show up). We're not very happy with it. It frustrates us. It slows down the investigation."

The police are still not calling Joshua a suspect. They wanted to interview him for a third time because they wanted clarification on some previous interviews.

There is no new information about his wife’s disappearance. Police say, "We have searched the house, the area around the house, the neighborhood. The fact is, we just don't have a specific area (to search). There are no new leads. She has not been sighted anywhere to mount a search in that area.”


http://www.examiner.com/x-22460-Seattle-Family-Examiner~y2009m12d15-BREAKING-NEWS-UPDATE-Police-say-Joshua-Powell-is-hindering-search-for-missing-wife-Susan-Powell

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thanks Klaas for that article, that about sums up that marriage pretty well  ::MonkeyNoNo::

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580337,00.html?test=latestnews

Attorney: Missing Utah Mom's Husband Cooperating With Authorities

Tuesday , December 15, 2009

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SALT LAKE CITY  —
The husband of a missing Utah woman has been answering questions from police on a daily basis and is not hindering an investigation into her disappearance, as police have alleged, his attorney said Tuesday.

Scott Williams told The Associated Press that he and Josh Powell met with West Valley City police on Tuesday. He said Powell is answering police questions in an effort to help find his 28-year-old wife, Susan.

Susan Powell was reported missing Dec. 7 when she didn't show up to work and her children weren't dropped off at day care.

Josh Powell told police he took his two boys, ages 2 and 4, camping around 12:30 a.m. that day and returned in the evening.

Investigators said they haven't been able to verify the camping trip because snow had covered the site — Simpson Springs on the historic Pony Express Trail in Utah's west desert.

The Powell home was locked when police arrived and they broke in, fearing the family had suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning. They found no signs of forced entry.

Susan Powell's father, Charles Cox, has said police found a wet spot in the house being dried by two fans when they entered.

West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan declined to comment on that, but said earlier Tuesday that Josh Powell was costing the police valuable time because he failed to show up for an interview on Monday.

"We are very disappointed in that because he is not a suspect and this delays the investigation — it slows things down," McLachlan said early Tuesday. "His stated purpose is he wants to find Susan and that is also our stated purpose on this missing persons case, and this complicates the issue."

McLachlan said police initially interviewed Josh Powell when he returned home and then again the next day. Police have also interviewed the Powells' older son.

Williams said the Monday interview was canceled at his request.

"We have been in contact with West Valley City police multiple times daily," he said. "The Monday afternoon possible interview was canceled by me that morning because I was new and because I needed more information to provide effective consultation and advice."

Williams is a Salt Lake City defense attorney who often represents high-profile defendants in criminal cases. He declined to specify exactly when he was retained by Josh Powell.

McLachlan said late Tuesday that he wasn't aware if police had met with Josh Powell on Tuesday.

"I'm going to have to wait to the morning to get briefed until I can make any statement," he said.

Kiirsi Hellewell, Susan Powell's best friend, said she has been in contact with Josh Powell on a daily basis but hasn't asked him specific questions about Susan in an effort not to interfere with the investigation or to lose his trust as a friend.

"He doesn't do a lot of talking. He mostly looks upset and confused and is crying most of the time," Hellewell said.

She said she sat next to Josh Powell at church on Sunday and that he cried through most of the service.

It was at that same church on Dec. 5 that the last known pictures of Susan Powell were taken. The couple and their children attended a Christmas breakfast, where one picture shows a smiling Josh Powell with a camera hanging around his neck, talking with his children while his wife stands a few feet away reaching for food.

"Susan and her family were very normal and seemed all happy to be there. We actually talked to them quite a bit. Josh seemed really happy to be there and he asked me to take a picture of he and the family, and yes he has the picture," Mindy Kay Perry Guzman, who took the picture, wrote in a message to The Associated Press.

Yeah right, I'm going to believe the defense attorney over the investigators  ::MonkeyNoNo::

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Police and person of interest staying silent in case of Susan Powell

My thoughts exactly Klaas!

I was just wondering, Susan's father had said he sent toys for the boys for Christmas. I don't know a lot about the Mormon faith, but we had neighbors that were Mormon, and they didn't celebrate Christmas with presents. Josh by all accounts is controlling, I wonder if they got into a fight about the Christmas toys? Silly maybe, but a person like that can go off pretty easily, and maybe that upset him?

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I read somewhere (and who knows where) that the mother was buying a few presents for the boys for Christmas. Josh looks like he could easily fly off the handle at anything.jmo

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580337,00.html

Missing Utah Mom's Husband A 'Person of Interest', Police Say

Wednesday, December 16, 2009


SALT LAKE CITY  —
Joshua Powell, whose wife disappeared from their West Valley City, Utah, home more than a week ago, is considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife, Susan Powell, said Assistant Police Chief Craig Black.

"We've been interested in what Josh has had to say all along," said Black.

Black said that detectives have met twice with Josh Powell. "He submitted to a search warrant and provided a DNA sample."

"I wouldn't characterize him (Joshua) as being cooperative."

Susan Powell was reported missing Dec. 7 when she didn't show up to work and her children weren't dropped off at day care.

Josh Powell told police he took his two boys, ages 2 and 4, camping around 12:30 a.m. that day and returned in the evening.

Investigators said they haven't been able to verify the camping trip because snow had covered the site — Simpson Springs on the historic Pony Express Trail in Utah's west desert.

The Powell home was locked when police arrived and they broke in, fearing the family had suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning. They found no signs of forced entry.

Susan Powell's father, Charles Cox, has said police found a wet spot in the house being dried by two fans when they entered.

West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan declined to comment on that, but said earlier Tuesday that Josh Powell was costing the police valuable time because he failed to show up for an interview on Monday.

"We are very disappointed in that because he is not a suspect and this delays the investigation — it slows things down," McLachlan said early Tuesday. "His stated purpose is he wants to find Susan and that is also our stated purpose on this missing persons case, and this complicates the issue."

McLachlan said police initially interviewed Josh Powell when he returned home and then again the next day. Police have also interviewed the Powells' older son.

Williams said the Monday interview was canceled at his request.

"We have been in contact with West Valley City police multiple times daily," he said. "The Monday afternoon possible interview was canceled by me that morning because I was new and because I needed more information to provide effective consultation and advice."

Williams is a Salt Lake City defense attorney who often represents high-profile defendants in criminal cases. He declined to specify exactly when he was retained by Josh Powell.

McLachlan said late Tuesday that he wasn't aware if police had met with Josh Powell on Tuesday.

"I'm going to have to wait to the morning to get briefed until I can make any statement," he said.

Kiirsi Hellewell, Susan Powell's best friend, said she has been in contact with Josh Powell on a daily basis but hasn't asked him specific questions about Susan in an effort not to interfere with the investigation or to lose his trust as a friend.

"He doesn't do a lot of talking. He mostly looks upset and confused and is crying most of the time," Hellewell said.

She said she sat next to Josh Powell at church on Sunday and that he cried through most of the service.

It was at that same church on Dec. 5 that the last known pictures of Susan Powell were taken. The couple and their children attended a Christmas breakfast, where one picture shows a smiling Josh Powell with a camera hanging around his neck, talking with his children while his wife stands a few feet away reaching for food.

"Susan and her family were very normal and seemed all happy to be there. We actually talked to them quite a bit. Josh seemed really happy to be there and he asked me to take a picture of he and the family, and yes he has the picture," Mindy Kay Perry Guzman, who took the picture, wrote in a message to The Associated Press.

Missing Utah Mom's Husband A 'Person of Interest', Police Say
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

SALT LAKE CITY  —  Joshua Powell, whose wife disappeared from their West Valley City, Utah, home more than a week ago, is considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife, Susan Powell, said Assistant Police Chief Craig Black ....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580337,00.html

Conflicting reports coming out on husband of missing West Valley woman

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – ABC 4 is hearing two different stories about what's happening in the investigation of a missing West Valley woman. Conflicting reports are coming out about whether or not Susan Powell's husband is cooperating with police.

On the one hand, police tell ABC 4 News, Josh Powell is not agreeing to any more interviews, but several reports now cite Powell's attorney which claims his client is cooperating with interview requests from police. In fact, a report from the Associated Press said Powell met with police Tuesday and has been answering their questions on a daily basis.

Tuesday ABC 4 made several calls to Powell’s attorney to confirm the reports, but our calls were not immediately returned.

This story of cooperation is not what ABC 4 is hearing from police.

Since his wife, Susan Powell, disappeared over a week ago, police said he spoke with officers several times, but later got advice from his attorney to cut off police interviews.

A prominent defense attorney, not related to the case, said it's actually smart idea.

"An attorney is smart when he or she tells his client you're not talking anymore to the police until we figure out if you're a suspect or where you are in the process," said Greg Skordas, Attorney.

So far police are suspicious of Susan Powell's disappearance, but her husband is not being named a suspect in this case. Right now ABC 4 is told he's simply one of several persons of interest.

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story/Conflicting-reports-coming-out-on-husband-of/v421aDA_LUiQ4lyAHbHTcw.cspx

I am not sure he was as religious as Susan was.  There was one article that stated Susan took the boys to church every week and it made it sound like it was without Josh and he was not happy about it. I am wondering if he had this planned and did not want her to get close to anyone so as not to send off warning bells.

???   ::MonkeyEek::

http://www.youtube.com/v/Xo1uUa_eCbU&hl=en_US&fs=1&

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Paper: DNA Sample Taken From Missing Utah Mom's Husband

SALT LAKE CITY - Police have obtained a DNA sample from the husband of a Utah woman now missing for 10 days, according to a newspaper report.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports police have obtained DNA samples from several people, including Josh Powell, and that it does not indicate he is a suspect.

Powell's attorney says his client has been answering questions on a daily basis and is not hindering the investigation into Susan's disappearance.

Attorney Scott Williams told The Associated Press that he and Josh Powell met with West Valley City police on Tuesday. He said Powell is answering police questions in an effort to help find his 28-year-old wife, Susan.

Susan Powell was reported missing Dec. 7 when she didn't show up to work and her children weren't dropped off at day care.
     
Josh Powell told police he took his two boys, ages 2 and 4, camping around 12:30 a.m. that day and returned in the evening.
     
Investigators said they haven't been able to verify the camping trip because snow had covered the site - Simpson Springs on the historic Pony Express Trail in Utah's west desert.
     
The Powell home was locked when police arrived and they broke in, fearing the family had suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning. They found no signs of forced entry.
     
Susan Powell's father, Charles Cox, has said police found a wet spot in the house being dried by two fans when they entered.
     
West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan declined to comment on that, but said earlier Tuesday that Josh Powell was costing the police valuable time because he failed to show up for an interview on Monday.
     
"We are very disappointed in that because he is not a suspect and this delays the investigation - it slows things down," McLachlan said early Tuesday. "His stated purpose is he wants to find Susan and that is also our stated purpose on this missing persons case, and this complicates the issue."
     
McLachlan said police initially interviewed Josh Powell when he returned home and then again the next day. Police have also interviewed the Powells' older son.
     
Williams said the Monday interview was canceled at his request.
     
"We have been in contact with West Valley City police multiple times daily," he said. "The Monday afternoon possible interview was canceled by me that morning because I was new and because I
needed more information to provide effective consultation and advice."
     
Williams is a Salt Lake City defense attorney who often represents high-profile defendants in criminal cases. He declined to specify exactly when he was retained by Josh Powell.
     
McLachlan said late Tuesday that he wasn't aware if police had met with Josh Powell on Tuesday.
     
"I'm going to have to wait to the morning to get briefed until I can make any statement," he said.
     
Kiirsi Hellewell, Susan Powell's best friend, said she has been in contact with Josh Powell on a daily basis but hasn't asked him specific questions about Susan in an effort not to interfere with
the investigation or to lose his trust as a friend.
     
"He doesn't do a lot of talking. He mostly looks upset and confused and is crying most of the time," Hellewell said.
     
She said she sat next to Josh Powell at church on Sunday and that he cried through most of the service.
     
It was at that same church on Dec. 5 that the last known pictures of Susan Powell were taken. The couple and their children attended a Christmas breakfast, where one picture shows a smiling
Josh Powell with a camera hanging around his neck, talking with his children while his wife stands a few feet away reaching for food.
     
"Susan and her family were very normal and seemed all happy to be there. We actually talked to them quite a bit. Josh seemed really happy to be there and he asked me to take a picture of he
and the family, and yes he has the picture," Mindy Kay Perry Guzman, who took the picture, wrote in a message to The Associated Press.

http://connect2utah.com/content/news/story/?cid=67432

 ::MonkeyShocked::


Friends and neighbors hold vigil for missing West Valley woman
December 10th, 2009 @ 10:15pm

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Neighbor talks about conversation with Josh Powell

Earlier in the day Thursday, the Powells' neighbor talked to KSL News about a conversation he had with Josh Powell Wednesday night.

Tim Peterson said Josh asked him for a ride to pick up his van, which police had searched. He said Josh's behavior was odd and he didn't know what to make of it.

"She's a friend of ours, and this is tearing us up," Peterson said.

Like many others, Peterson has a lot of questions about Susan's disappearance, and he didn't get any answers from Josh.

"He'd only had like six hours of sleep in two days, and so he was just kind of in a haze. He just really wasn't himself," Peterson said. "Anytime we mentioned Susan, he didn't, he wouldn't respond. He wouldn't talk about her."

But Peterson said Josh did talk about having to buy new clothes and a new quilt. He said Josh also told him he last saw Susan just after midnight Monday, when he left with his two young boys to go camping  ...

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=8986844

Klaas and I posted the same article at almost the exact same time.

Janet

LOL ok.  I was worried about you as it took you a while to post again.  Thought you got snowed in with that west coast weather or something like that.   ::snowmanlaugh::

 ::snowmanlaugh::

No snow since Monday evening.  Yesterday and today ... rain ... rain and ... more rain.  From a selfish point of view ... I hope the white stuff stays away until after Christmas.  Christmas activities and Christmas shopping implies I have to be behind that wheel and ... driving in the snow is not my thing.  Hubby is more confident.

Merry Christmas Northern Rose

Janet

Interesting Comments

Friend of the family | 1:39 p.m. Dec. 15, 2009
The friend Susan had dinner with, came to the house...they were working on a project together, so Susan and the woman ate in the other room (Right next to the kitchen).
I really hope Josh didn't do it...I know him personally, and he IS a jerk...but I don't see him capable of Murder. But I also don't see Susan leaving her boys...That being said, Josh sure isn't trying to clear his name...I don't understand why he's not cooperating.

This is just a tale... | 5:06 p.m. Dec. 15, 2009
Man gets enraged when his wife breaks the news...late at night after the young children are in bed...that she is filing for divorce. In his rage he kills her. Needing to dispose of the body, he places places her body in the car...maybe the back of a van. Then he goes back into the home to do a little cleanup. After getting the cleanup/fans going, he quietly takes the children out to the car. The children do not even awaken as he carries them from their beds to their car seats. They drive to their destination and the body is disposed of.

When the young children wake up the next morning, their dad explains he wanted to take them camping, although the weather outside is far below freezing. What he didn't explain is that this is just a ruse so that he could dispose of their mother's body.

Upon arriving back to the residence, the husband thinks everyone will buy this tale...

Fiction? Could be...but I don't think so.

http://www.deseretnews.com/user/comments/705351731/Susan-Powells-husband-Josh-meets-with-West-Valley-City-police.html?pg=2

Merry Christmas and God Bless.  I have relatives in the Fraser Valley and their attitutude when it snows is "god bring it and god will take it away"  .  They don't shovel!

Sorry for the O/T

That could be. And thanks everyone for all the articles. That timeline was very good. That sledding story gets to me also, not that kids that age can't go sledding, but it was so dark and cold, just seems inappropriate to me to take tiny kids sledding.

There we go, thanks. He was letting her buy some presents for the boys.  ::MonkeyNoNo::

My hubby does shovel and ... that worries me.  Son-in-law and/or son tell him to leave it and ... they will be over after work but ... he beats them to it every time.

Hey ... this guy was up on the ladder and walking on the roof putting up Christmas lights.

 ::MonkeyNoNo::

Janet

The youngest in some articles says he is 1 and other he is 2.  Regardless I am betting he is still in diapers.  Sledding with a child in diapers does not last long if that diaper has been used.

I read the older is 4...anyway how do you manage two children on a sled?

I would have no idea, but the four year old will certainly be able to do some major talking, kids that age don't miss a trick.

Josh Powell Called a 'Person of Interest' in Wife's Disappearance
David Wells Senior Web Producer
10:55 AM MST, December 16, 2009

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - West Valley City police say Josh Powell is a "person of interest" in the disappearance of his 28-year-old wife, Susan Powell, and police are now treating the case as a criminal investigation. Police say they have not discovered evidence of foul play in Susan Powell's disappearance, and Josh Powell is not being called a suspect. Susan was reported missing on Dec. 7, 2009 when she failed to appear at work and her children were not dropped off at day care. Josh Powell told police he took his two sons camping that day at about 12:30 a.m. and returned in the evening.

"Do we have evidence of an actual crime has been committed? We don't," said Assistant Chief Craig Black of the West Valley City police department. " I guess that's why we're not saying we have suspects in this case. Susan is a missing person at this time. And, we're concerned for her welfare. And, like Josh has stated, we have the same interest here. We would like to find Susan and see that she's brought back to her family."

After his initial interview with police, Powell retained a high-profile attorney, Scott Williams. Powell was scheduled to meet with police on Monday, but did not attend the meeting on the advice of his attorney. Powell met with detectives on Tuesday, and answered questions described as "very basic." Detectives say they are not ruling out the possibility of foul play, but they also say Susan Powell may have left at her own will. Family members say leaving her sons behind, however, would be out of character for Susan. A court order required DNA samples to be collected from Josh Powell and other family members.

"Strong interest is probably all I probably should say," said Chief Thayle Nielsen of the West Valley City police department when asked if Josh Powell is considered a suspect in Susan's disappearance.

http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-josh-powell-called-a-person-of-interest-in,0,2671348.story

I agree norose...I said that several days ago.

That scenario is what I was thinking ... she told him it was over and he snapped.

so, he is now a POI. I'd say he left enough evidence to hang himself.

morbeer666: has anyone else heard that Susan Powell has been found?
4 minutes ago from mobile web

http://twitter.com/morbeer666

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Oh, I wonder if that is true?  ::MonkeyShocked::

 ::MonkeyShocked::

This is just sooo sad!!!  Those poor kids!! ::MonkeyMad:: ::MonkeyWaa::

Police suspect foul play in missing Utah mom case
By BROCK VERGAKIS and JENNIFER DOBNER (AP) – 31 minutes ago

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah authorities say they suspect foul play may be involved in the disappearance of a 28-year-old mother.

West Valley City Asst. Police Chief Craig Black says Susan Powell's disappearance is so out of character that it's now a criminal investigation. ....

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jE-50f71E8ypwigW42nKuDx27hxAD9CKJAE00

TRANSCRIPT

On the Record w/ Greta - December 15, 2009

What Happened to Susan Powell?
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580241,00.html

First thing that caught my eye was the tweet name"morbeer666" sounds like a NOT so reliable source...jjmo ::MonkeyBike::

INSIDE STORY: Wife's Disappearance Has Shades of Laci Peterson

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20331267,00.html

Police Suspect Foul Play In Missing Woman's Disappearan...

SALT LAKE CITY - SALT LAKE CITY  - Police say they suspect foul play in disappearance of Utah mother reported missing Dec. 7.

Authorities also say the woman's husband Josh Powell is hindering the investigation and are now calling him a person of interest.

"I wouldn't classify him as being cooperative. Cooperative would be to work in partnership with us to find Susan. And we don't feel that that level of cooperation has been reached," said West Valley Police Asst. Chief Craig Black.

Black said Wednesday Susan Powell's disappearance is so out of character for her that police are treating the case like a criminal investigation.

MORE...

http://connect2utah.com/content/news/story/?cid=67432

Hi Everyone!  Long time no post!

Well, this case brought me back to the forums.  I am so certain the husband did it.  Why oh why don't people just get divorced?  Those poor children!

Thanks for assembling all of this great information on the case.  I'll keep following what you guys are finding!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!

Karen

 ::santawink::

Good to see you, oh yes, the husband in my eyes certainly did something to Susan. Merry Christmas

Hi and Happy Holidays to you too, Sparks  ::DancingSantaMonkey1::  It's so good to see you!

I think the husband is up to his eyeballs in this one...JMHO.

 ::MonkeyDevil::  love you guys!!!!

MEDIA RELEASE 12/16/09 11:30 AM PST from Shelby Gifford, Cox family spokesperson

The Cox family was informed this morning that Joshua Powell has been named a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife, Susan Powell. We appreciate the thorough work of the WVCPD and have not changed our position on granting interviews today as a result of this announcement.

Additionally, Susan's friends in the Salt Lake City area and in Washington are also refraining from granting media interviews today, aside from interviews that were already scheduled as of yesterday.

Please respect the privacy of the family. We will be holding a press conference tomorrow, Thursday, December 17th, in the Seattle area at a time TBA to make a statement and address your questions.

On behalf of the Cox family, we thank you for yoru patience and understanding.

Thanks NRCG...this guy scares me, he does not look like he would make in the jailhouse hotel...hope he does not do something stupid...wish the children were not in his custody. ::MonkeyNoNo::

He scares me also, and I also don't think he is as dumb as he appears  ::MonkeyNoNo::

wow, this guy definitely killed his wife and disposed of the body. and his story of camping and smores is just RIDICULOUS. i guess he didn't count on the daycare provider calling around and then contacting the police.  i do not feel comfortable with those kids being with him now, especially since hes a POI you would think there would be enough for CPS to step in and let the kids go with relatives...

i hope they are running heavy surveillance on him in case he tries to go back to where he put the body..im sure his lawyer has warned him about all this stuff tho.

wow. this is terrible  ::MonkeyMad::

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - It was "out of character" for a Utah mom to disappear and her husband refuses to tell investigators exactlywhere he went, so investigators on Wednesday said they are treating it as a criminal investigation. Susan Powell, 28, was reported missing Dec. 7. Her husband, Josh Powell, has not been named a suspect but authorities are highly interested in him, said West Valley City Asst. Police Chief Craig Black.

http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=11686480

Police treating missing Utah mom as criminal case
December 16, 2009 16:21 EST


SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Police in Utah say Josh Powell is showing an "unusual lack of cooperation for a husband looking for his wife."

They also say they're treating the search for Susan Powell as a criminal investigation.

The assistant police chief in West Valley says it was "out of character" for her to simply disappear -- and that's why investigators think "foul play is involved."

The woman was reported missing Dec. 7. Her husband hasn't been named as a suspect, but police say they're highly interested in him.

MORE...

http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.national/33d5dc6d-www.weartv.com.shtml

In April 2007 Joshua Powell filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and listed more than $200,000 in credit card, furniture, student loan, and other debts, putting a strain on the couple’s relationship.
 
Before the bankruptcy friends had suggested Susan Powell leave her husband. Friend Rachel Marini said it was because he was very, very controlling.
 
Friends said it was best to end the marriage because it was not worth going through that kind of heartache.
 
Susan did not want to give up on her marriage.
 
The Marini’s, Tim and Rachel, were close friends with the couple until Rachel had a falling out with Joshua. They kept in contact with Susan via Facebook.
 
Over the past year Susan confided in Rachel, telling her the relationship between her and Joshua was still pretty bad, but that for the first time, she had started standing up for herself.
 
Despite the fact that Joshua only went to church sporadically Susan insisted on taking the children to church weekly. Susan also bought her children a few Christmas presents though they were experiencing financial hardship. Josh didn’t like it, according to Rachel, but he let her do it.
 
Susan openly discussed her marital issues with women in her church.
 
Charles Cox, Susan’s father, said they were working on their marital problems and were doing better.
 
Joshua and Susan moved to Utah for a fresh start about five years ago, and to be closer to Joshua’s mother and two sisters.
 
Best friend Kiirsi Hallewell said there was no physical violence of any kind in Joshua and Susan’s marriage and that Susan would never walk away from her kids.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20331267,00.html

http://www.examiner.com/x-22460-Seattle-Family-Examiner~y2009m12d16-NEWS-UPDATE-Susan--Joshua-Powell-had-financial-issues-other-marital-problems

the bold type is interesting, hubby or someone else

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705351936,00.html?pg=1

Susan Powell notebook seized by West Valley police, sources say
By Pat Reavy

Deseret News

Published: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 3:39 p.m. MST
WEST VALLEY CITY — A notebook that Susan Powell kept in her desk at work, possibly containing information
about her relationship with her husband, was among the items seized by investigators last week, several
sources have told the Deseret News.

The notebook, according to one source, detailed threats allegedly made against the missing West Valley
City woman about a year ago.
Powell has been missing since Dec. 6. Police have not ruled out the possibility of foul play but also do
 not have any evidence pointing them in any one direction. Her husband, Josh Powell, meanwhile, has
remained the focus of media and public scrutiny.

Police confirmed Wednesday that they now consider Powell a "person of interest" in the case.

"We don't have any solid evidence at this time that a crime has been committed, but there is circumstantial
 evidence that foul play cannot be ruled out," West Valley Assistant Police Chief Craig Black said.

Black said Josh Powell was not the only person of interest. Black declined to discuss who the others were
 in the case.

"We're not focused in on one person at this point," he said.

Black is quick to point out, however, that a person of interest is not the same as a suspect. As an example,
he said that a neighbor who might offer important information about the case would be considered a
"person of interest." Everyone else who has been labeled as person of interest, besides Powell, however,
has been forthcoming with information, he said.

Powell was interviewed by police late Tuesday and submitted to a search warrant to collect DNA.

Despite voluntarily showing up for an interview, police say he is still not being completely forthcoming,
 refusing to answer specific detailed questions such as exactly where he was camping the night of Dec. 6
and whether his wife had any close friends with whom she might have confided.

"He's not being cooperative," said Black. "He's answering very general descriptive-type questions.
 He would not submit to questioning about specific questions we think would be helpful to finding his wife."

Josh Powell said he went camping about midnight on Dec. 6 with the couple's two children, ages 2 and 4.
They drove to an area in Tooele, where they slept in their mini-van, Powell told police. The temperature
that night was well below freezing.

The next day, Josh Powell returned to his home in the afternoon. Susan Powell was nowhere to be found.

Josh Powell talked to police that night and the following day. He was scheduled for a follow-up interview
Monday but did not show up for that meeting, based on the advice of his newly hired attorney, Scott Williams.

When Powell did meet with police Tuesday, Black said, investigators did not get many of the answers they
were hoping for and have requested to speak to him again.

"We're interested in what he has to say," Black said. "We expressed to him we would like to have a chance
to ask him more specific and detailed questions. He said he'd like to think about it. Right now, he's giving
us general ID questions, such as he was camping along the Pony Express Trail. That's 2,000 miles long. We
haven't been able to find anything."

"We'd appreciate some more detailed cooperation from him," Black said. "There's a lot of questions concerning
his camping trip, what Susan's state of mind was on Sunday (Dec. 6), has she ever talked to him privately
about leaving. Those are areas Josh could help with. We're not marriage counselors. If she wants to be away,
that's her business. We just would like to have information that helps us find her."

A friend of Susan Powell, Rachel Marini, told KSL Radio Wednesday that after the Powells moved to Utah from
Washington state, Josh Powell became very controlling.

"She had a lot of friends and family members telling her, 'Why just you don't end it?' But she was committed
to her marriage," she said. "I don't think that Josh is capable of hurting her, but I don't think she would
leave her kids. She never would have left her kids."

Black acknowledged investigators have heard accusations being made on Internet blog sites, in the media and
other second- and third-hand reports from friends and neighbors about possible marital problems between Josh
and Susan Powell. But Black said he was not aware of any specific threats that might have been made.

As of Wednesday, Black said, police would simply like to work more in a partnership with Josh Powell to find
 his wife and clear up some of the unanswered questions.

"If we all have the same interest, to find Susan, if that's the case, we'd like to work in conjunction.
 He has his own reasons for acting the way he has. As a community, we can hypothesize all we want. But if
his interest is to find Susan, we hope he would come in and help us out and answer questions that can give
 us further leads and direction," Black said.

Detectives returned to the Susan Powell's neighborhood, near 6200 West and 3900 South, Wednesday to once
again go over the area, knock on doors, and look for any possible leads in the case.

e-mail: preavy@desnews.com

I do not know how to "bold" but the statement of no physical violence.....verbal abuse can be as bad as physical abuse...believe me  I have lived thru both and one was as bad as the other.

Friend says missing woman had marriage trouble

WEST VALLEY CITY -- West Valley City police are now calling Josh Powell a person of interest in his wife's disappearance. A woman who is close friends with the couple says Josh's personality seemed to change over the last few years, and she encouraged Susan to divorce him.

For more than eight years, Rachel Marini and her husband were the best of friends with Josh and Susan Powell. Rachel Marini became friends with the Powells soon after the two were married in Washington State.

However, Marini said not long after the couple moved from Washington to Utah, Josh started becoming controlling of everything Susan did. She said the control problem reached a point that others started telling Susan to get out of the relationship.

"She had a lot of friends and family members telling her, ‘Why just you don't end it?' But she was committed to her marriage," said Marini. "I didn't like the way he treated her. I didn't think that she should stand for it."

Marini said after a road trip with the Powells she became so disgusted with the way Josh treated Susan that she didn't want to have anything to do with him anymore, but she kept in contact with Susan through Facebook and e-mail.

"We would just ask her, ‘How are things going?' She would tell us things were getting better, mostly because she was demanding that he let her do stuff," said Marini.

Marini said Josh's actions toward Susan were manipulative and out of line.

"She would tell him, ‘Even though you are not going to church I'm going to take the kids to church,' or ‘Even though you say we don't have the money I'm going to buy the kids presents for Christmas.' So she just started putting her foot down and demanding stuff from him," Marini said.

Marini said she last had contact with Susan a couple of weeks ago, and there wasn't any sign of distress or additional problems. She doesn't know what to think now that Susan is missing.

"I don't think that Josh is capable of hurting her, but I don't think she would leave her kids. She never would have left her kids," Marini said.

She also said that even though Josh was controlling, in his own way, he did love her.

Marini says she and her husband have tried to reach out to Josh Powell and offer their support, but he will not return their phone calls.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9054100&autostart=y

Police Suspect Foul Play in Disappearance of Utah Mom

SALT LAKE CITY  —  Police say they suspect foul play may be involved in the disappearance of a 28-year-old mother of two from Utah.

West Valley City Asst. Police Chief Craig Black said Wednesday Susan Powell's disappearance is so out of character for her that police are treating the case like a criminal investigation.

Joshua Powell, whose wife disappeared from their West Valley City, Utah, home more than a week ago, is considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife, Susan Powell, said Assistant Police Chief Craig Black.

"We've been interested in what Josh has had to say all along," said Black.

Black said that detectives have met twice with Josh Powell. "He submitted to a search warrant and provided a DNA sample."

"I wouldn't characterize him (Joshua) as being cooperative."

Susan Powell was reported missing Dec. 7 when she didn't show up to work and her children weren't dropped off at day care.

Josh Powell told police he took his two boys, ages 2 and 4, camping around 12:30 a.m. that day and returned in the evening.


Investigators said they haven't been able to verify the camping trip because snow had covered the site — Simpson Springs on the historic Pony Express Trail in Utah's west desert.

The Powell home was locked when police arrived and they broke in, fearing the family had suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning. They found no signs of forced entry.

Susan Powell's father, Charles Cox, has said police found a wet spot in the house being dried by two fans when they entered.

West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan declined to comment on that, but said earlier Tuesday that Josh Powell was costing the police valuable time because he failed to show up for an interview on Monday.

"We are very disappointed in that because he is not a suspect and this delays the investigation — it slows things down," McLachlan said early Tuesday. "His stated purpose is he wants to find Susan and that is also our stated purpose on this missing persons case, and this complicates the issue."


McLachlan said police initially interviewed Josh Powell when he returned home and then again the next day. Police have also interviewed the Powells' older son.

Williams said the Monday interview was canceled at his request.

"We have been in contact with West Valley City police multiple times daily," he said. "The Monday afternoon possible interview was canceled by me that morning because I was new and because I needed more information to provide effective consultation and advice."

Williams is a Salt Lake City defense attorney who often represents high-profile defendants in criminal cases. He declined to specify exactly when he was retained by Josh Powell.

McLachlan said late Tuesday that he wasn't aware if police had met with Josh Powell on Tuesday.

"I'm going to have to wait to the morning to get briefed until I can make any statement," he said.

Kiirsi Hellewell, Susan Powell's best friend, said she has been in contact with Josh Powell on a daily basis but hasn't asked him specific questions about Susan in an effort not to interfere with the investigation or to lose his trust as a friend.

"He doesn't do a lot of talking. He mostly looks upset and confused and is crying most of the time," Hellewell said.

She said she sat next to Josh Powell at church on Sunday and that he cried through most of the service.

It was at that same church on Dec. 5 that the last known pictures of Susan Powell were taken. The couple and their children attended a Christmas breakfast, where one picture shows a smiling Josh Powell with a camera hanging around his neck, talking with his children while his wife stands a few feet away reaching for food.

"Susan and her family were very normal and seemed all happy to be there. We actually talked to them quite a bit. Josh seemed really happy to be there and he asked me to take a picture of he and the family, and yes he has the picture," Mindy Kay Perry Guzman, who took the picture, wrote in a message to The Associated Press.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580337,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r2:c0.291357:b29390584:z10

Sad to say it, but I believe  (this is just my opinion) Susan was murdered and by her husband no less. I feel horrible for their kids. I hope her family gets answers.

That's so true! I have a four year old niece and she's a chatterbox. There's no turning that girl off.  ::MonkeyHaHa::

If the police interview the children the 4 year old will definitely be able to give info.

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top%20stories/story/Powell-family-friend-shares-inside-perspective/1B1tw3Lc2kqZi6DaWSpBVg.cspx


Powell family friend shares inside perspective

Last Update: 12/16 10:25 pm

New information tonight in the disappearance of Susan Powell.  The Deseret Morning News reports items confiscated by police last week include a notebook that might contain details about Susan's relationship with her husband, Joshua Powell.  According to the Salt Lake paper's sources, the notebook details threats allegedly made against the missing mother of two almost a year ago.

The investigation has moved from a missing persons to a criminal investigation.  We are for the first time today, hearing police say '’foul play’' is suspected.  Police say there's just no other way to explain what happened on the night of December 6th.  ABC4 asked a close friend of the Powells, the one who talked with Josh just days after Susan went missing, what he thought about Josh's alibi, recent silence and something now in the spotlight:  Josh and Susan's marriage.

Tim Peterson is a family friend of the Powells, who drove Josh to pick up his van from the police department three days after Susan went missing.  He says Powell seemed relatively calm.  Peterson then asked why he didn’t seem more distraught to which he says Powell replied, “The cops are taking care of that.”  Peterson says this response caught him off guard.  He says Josh also told him he frequently takes his boys out camping late at night.

Peterson told us that perhaps what's most startling to him now--the fact that Josh is staying so what he calls “uncharacteristically quiet.”  He says, “This much I do know about Josh.  Josh is extremely opinionated.”  Police, however, are saying they're having a hard time getting Josh to say much at all.  They say yesterday's interview with Powell was a bust with only brief general ID answers.

Peterson told us tonight that Susan would often confide in him about her marital woes.  He says, “She really did try in that relationship, she tried so hard…She had a very strict plan that come this Spring, if things weren't right between the two of them, that she was going to get a divorce.”

Police say they subpoenaed Powell to get a sample of DNA.  They say they wanted a clean sample from Josh on file in case they need it.

Police won’t talk about what kind of evidence they took out of Powell's house, but they do say they're waiting on the analysis from the state crime lab.

Notebook collected as evidence in missing woman case

WEST VALLEY CITY -- A notebook belonging to a missing West Valley City woman has been collected for evidence.

The Deseret News reports investigators last week seized the notebook 28-year-old Susan Powell kept at her desk at work. A source tells the Deseret News the notebook details threats made against Powell about a year ago.

The mother of two has been missing for a week and a half, and now police are going door to door in her neighborhood looking for new information that may help in the case. Police now are saying foul play "isn't a solid conclusion" but a "likely possibility."

Susan Powell was last seen by a friend on Dec. 6 and was reported missing the next day. Police on Wednesday said her husband Josh Powell is one of several persons of interest in the case.

Much public speculation has focused on Josh Powell and his story that he took his children camping in a remote and isolated area the same day Susan disappeared.


Susan Powell's disappearance has frustrated police and been a terrible ordeal for her family.

Kirk Graves, the husband of Josh Powell's sister, told NBC's "Today" show Thursday that his brother-in-law could be controlling, and was an "interesting person" with a "different" personality.

Asked whether he thought his brother-in-law had something to do with Susan Powell's disappearance, Graves said he's avoided analyzing the question.

"Too many emotions, too many family members. I just pray no," he said.

Jennifer Graves, Josh Powell's sister, says her sister-in-law's disappearance has turned her family's world upside down. She says she believes something terrible has happened to Susan because she never would have left her two boys behind.

Graves says she hopes her brother is not involved in Susan's disappearance. She says she has nightmares about what may have happened.

"I see her face in my mind, in my dreams. I'm sure that he does, too," Graves said.

Susan Powell's family has expressed thanks to the West Valley City Police Department for all its hard work in trying to find Susan. They've also thanked the public for its support.

The family has planned a news conference in the Seattle area on Thursday, according to a posting on the Friends and Family of Susan Powell Facebook page.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=9062334

Family Of Missing Utah Woman Expects The Husband To Be ...

(West Valley City, UT) -- The focus of a missing person investigation in Utah is turning to the victim's husband, Joshua Powell.

Kirk Graves, an extended family member, told ABC News he wouldn't be surprised if Powell gets arrested in the next week.

Police have said the husband has been uncooperative in answering questions about his wife, Susan Powell, who vanished on December 7th.

West Valley City police said the case is about to turn from a missing person case into a criminal investigation.

Joshua maintains he went camping with his two kids, only to find his wife missing when he returned home.

http://mystateline.com/content/fulltext/?cid=123281

Susan Powell Disappearance: Relatives Preparing for Husband's Arrest

Family members say they wouldn't be surprised if Joshua Powell gets arrested in the disappearance of his wife, missing Utah mom Susan Powell.

Relatives of Joshua Powell spoke out as police in West Valley City said they now believe foul play is a "likely possibility" in her disappearance. Police say they now consider Powell a person of interest in the case.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he gets arrested in the next seven days," Joshua Powell's brother-in-law Kirk Graves told ABC News. "Even if he's innocent, there's more than he's telling us."

West Valley City Assistant Chief Craig Black told "Good Morning America" today that it was a "likely possibility" that Susan Powell's disappearance involved foul play.

"Josh's reasons for not wanting to approach the police department or come and work with us in a little more forthcoming manner have kind of generated some controversy among the officers," Black said. '"And it's something that's been questioned by the community members who have been following the case."

CLICK HERE for more information on how you can help the search for Susan Powell and others that have gone missing.

Powell has refused to answer direct questions and, police said, he would not take investigators to the remote camp site where he told police he tooks his two young sons in the middle of the night of Dec. 7, the last day Susan Powell was seen alive.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/susan-powell-disappearance-relatives-expect-husband-arrested/story?id=9359781

Videos from Friends and Family of Susan Powell: MISSING: Susan Powell Slide Show [HQ]

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=198478842187#/video/video.php?v=1279605026930&oid=198478842187

Thank-you for all the updates, I guess it would be to much to ask if some family members could get Josh to speak, and tell the police what he has done to Susan  ::MonkeyNoNo::

Police: Missing mom’s husband acts ‘abnormal’
His wife disappeared Dec. 6; he has been named person of interest in case

Police have said the behavior of a Utah man who has refused to cooperate in the search for his missing wife is not normal and have named the man a person of interest in the mysterious disappearance of 28-year-old Susan Powell.

“[I would] describe him as abnormal under the circumstances,” West Valley City, Utah, Assistant Police Chief Craig Black said of Susan’s husband, Josh Powell, Thursday during an interview with TODAY’s Matt Lauer. “This is not normally what we see happen.”

Usually the families of missing persons are eager to help police, Black has told reporters. But after talking to police on Dec. 7, the day relatives reported Susan missing, Powell has hired a defense attorney and declined to talk to authorities further.

‘Uncomfortable’ questions
“We feel that Josh, probably more than anyone else, could provide us information and insight into what has happened to Susan, whether it be foul play or not at this point,” Black told Lauer. “We would truly like to visit with him, interview him and, frankly, ask him some questions about things he may even be uncomfortable talking to us about that would help lead us to find her.”

So far, Black said, Powell has given only information that would help police identify Susan if they do find her. He also did not give specific information as to his own whereabouts when his wife disappeared.

Powell said that he decided to take his two sons — Charlie, age 4, and Raden, age 2 — camping on the night of Sunday, Dec. 6. They left sometime near midnight and he said they camped in the west desert on the old Pony Express trail, sleeping in their minivan in subfreezing temperatures.

Even Susan’s family members acknowledge that such a trip at such an hour was not out of the ordinary for Josh. Josh told police that Susan didn’t feel well and stayed home.

When the boys didn’t show up at day care the next day and Susan didn’t show up for work, police were notified. They broke into the house, where they found Susan’s cell phone and purse and two fans trained on a wet spot on the living room carpet.

When Josh Powell returned later that afternoon with the boys, he said he did not know what happened to Susan. Because of an overnight snowstorm and Powell’s vague description of where he was, police said they have not even been able to locate the campsite.
“Where he described he went camping is just a vast area. It covers desert terrain and mountain terrain,” Black said.

Clues in a notepad?
Utah newspapers have reported that police in West Valley City, a Salt Lake City suburb, have taken a notebook from Susan’s desk at work as evidence. The papers have reported that the notebook may contain clues about marital problems the couple is said to have been experiencing. But Black declined to talk about any evidence that his department may have collected, instead continuing his public request that Josh Powell submit to questioning.

Meanwhile, Susan’s family continues to refrain from publicly suspecting Josh of being involved in Susan’s disappearance.

Susan’s brother, Kirk Graves, also talked with Lauer Thursday. Speaking from his home in Las Vegas, Graves said the family hopes that Josh will speak to police to help their investigation. At the same time, though, Graves said, “We understand his desire to get an attorney.”

Lauer said it’s hard to imagine a husband who would not want to give police every bit of information he could to find a wife at a moment when time is of the essence.

“I would agree with that,” Graves said without elaboration.

Graves said he has seen Josh and spoken to him, but has not had a chance to ask him specific questions. “He’s quiet. We haven’t had a chance to have any conversations on specific questions, such as where is Susan?” he told Lauer. “He’s just very stressed, he’s concerned, but nothing more than that.”

‘I just pray no’
Local newspapers have reported that Josh had become more controlling after he and his wife moved to Utah from Washington state. The couple had filed for bankruptcy in 2007, and money may have been a problem.

Graves said that his wife, Jennifer, and Susan were close and talked about the state of the marriage.

“Josh is an interesting person,” Graves said. “He’s a little different personality. I think ‘controlling’ is a safe word to use, but I also don’t think it should be overused.”

Lauer ended the interview by asking Graves, “In your heart of hearts, do you think Josh had anything to do with Susan’s disappearance?”

“Wow,” Graves said before continuing. “I’ve very carefully avoided analyzing that question. On my part, there’s too many emotions, too many family members. I just pray no.”

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34460904/ns/today-today_people/

http://www.fox13now.com/

I was watching the local news at this link above and they said the family presser will be in about 2 hours from now.  I'm hoping it will be live at this link but not sure.

Thanks. 
So far, Black said, Powell has given only information that would help police identify Susan if they do find her.  ::MonkeyEek::  ::MonkeyEek:: Now that sent chills down me, maybe it was phrased wrong, or I took it wrong, but OMG.

I don't think it was phrased wrong. 

My first thought was info like what she was wearing when he last saw her but you are right, the wording of that is disturbing  ::MonkeyShocked:: 

Susan Powell's brother says Josh Powell could be arrested soon

WEST VALLEY CITY — Susan Powell's brother, who originally seemed to be sticking up for her husband, now says he believes Josh Powell could be arrested within a week.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he gets arrested in the next seven days," Kirk Graves told ABC News. "Even if he's innocent, there's more than he's telling us."

That statement comes on the heels of a different message Dec. 12 when Graves stood next to Josh Powell during a press conference. Josh Powell did not speak to reporters that day. Instead, Graves read a statement asking the public to keep the focus on finding Susan Powell and less on his brother-in-law.

"There's a lot of speculation," Graves said at the time. "Unfortunately, that doesn't do Susan any good. It's destructive and damaging to what's going on."

Susan Powell's family, meanwhile, has scheduled a press conference Thursday afternoon in their hometown of Puyallup, Wash. Seven members of Susan Powell's family are expected to meet with the media. The reason for the press conference is unclear, but family members are expected to field questions after a brief statement is read.

MORE...

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705352238/Susan-Powells-family-to-speak-out.html

That was a disturbing sentence  ::MonkeyEek::

Family Member Says Arrest May be Possible for Husband of Susan Powell

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - A family member of a 28-year-old missing Utah mother, Susan Powell, said he would not be surprised if her husband, Josh, is named as a suspect in the case. "I wouldn't be surprised if he gets arrested in the next seven days," said Josh Powell's brother-in-law Kirk Graves in an interview with ABC News.

Authorities are now highly suspicious and are calling the case a criminal probe due to Josh Powell's "lack of cooperation." Police have named him a person of high interest, but are not calling him a suspect. Susan's family is expected to give a press conference from Seattle at about 2:00 p.m. MDT, where more details may come forward.

MORE...

http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-family-member-arrest-josh-powell,0,1379045.story

Does anybody know what time the press conference is?

Thanks

Janet

Hi Janet!  2pm MDT

Thanks Northern Rose.

You answers my question prior to it being asked.  You are absolutely amazing.

  ::DancingSantaMonkey1::

Is 1:00 PM PT?

Janet
11:31 AM PT

Thanks Leroy.

Janet

Sorry I got in your box.  While I was there I left you some Nanaimo bars and cleaned your chimney.   ::DancingSantaMonkey1::

Thank you Northern Rose

Papa and I are TOC (Teachers on Call) today for home schooled grandsons (10/11).  Lunch break will be shortly and those yummy brownies will be much appreciated.

Thanks for cleaning that chimney.  A rip roaring fire is planned for this evening while a mini Scrabble tournament (4 couples) is happening.  Left over Northern Rose brownies and Tim Horton's coffee will conclude the evening.

 ::snowmanlaugh::

Janet
11:55 AM PT

 

Help me Leroy  ::ElfMonkey:: 1:00 MT= ? EST

nevermind ::MonkeySkate::

Updated video from the noon news and article.

http://www.fox13now.com/news/thesearchforsusanpowell/kstu-family-member-arrest-josh-powell,0,3143871.story

Press conference is 2:00 MDT, 1:00 PT   ::ElfMonkey::

Hi Lovin!   :smt111 

The family of Puyallup native Susan Powell, missing in Utah, has set up a Facebook page in her honor.
This afternoon, her family is having a press conference in Puyallup.
We will be covering it.

http://puyallup.komonews.com/content/susan-powells-family-establishes-facebook-page

Hey Leroy!  ::HelloKitty:: For any monkeys in EST (like me who apparently is a ditzbrain) the press conf will be at 4:00 EST.  Someone take notes please?  I have no speakers.  TIA. Lovin ::MonkeyKiss::

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Also Thursday, police admitted they had interviewed the Powells' 4-year-old son and he told investigators that he did go camping with his dad. But McLachlan declined to answer any other questions regarding that interview, such as whether the boy clarified whether they went camping on the day Josh Powell said they did or if he meant a different time, or where they went.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705352238/Family-Josh-Powell-could-be-arrested.html

Q13 will be streaming the press conference

www.q13fox.com

http://www.komonews.com/live

Also live here

Thank you (and also Northern!).

Did I miss the press conference?

Not started yet.

Thanks

Here we go.  I have video and sound on

http://www.komonews.com/live

I'm picking it up here

http://www.kirotv.com/video/21995218/index.html

Susan's sister.

Susan's parents Judy and Chuck Cox

Thank-you, the grief on Susan's parents faces  ::MonkeyNoNo::

Susan's family is not surprised that Josh is a person of interest based on his actions

Susan would not have tolerated her children to go out camping after midnight and in those weather condidtions

Primary family focus is to remind everyone that Susan has not yet been found

Fund has been set up to help Cox family with cost of searchs, travel etc.

Cuck returned to WA as Judy his wife's health is not good

Thank-you, and if Judy's health is not good, this could kill her. I'm just furious.

This woman, the friend/spokesperson for Susan's family is wonderful.  She's excellent at directing these press conferences. 

There is no one from Susan's side of the family that think she left on her own especially without her boys. 

Yes she is.  She is also familiar with some of them as she has called them by their first names.

more images of Susan's parents Chuck and Judy Cox

Cox Family photo

Family of missing Utah mom speaks out on husband
By MANUEL VALDES (AP) – 6 minutes ago

PUYALLUP, Wash. — The family of a Utah mother who has been missing for 10 days said Thursday they are saddened but not surprised that her husband has been named a person of interest in the investigation.

Susan Powell, a 28-year-old mother of two young children, was reported missing Dec. 7 when she didn't show up for work. She was last seen a day earlier.

Her husband, Josh Powell, said he went camping with the couple's boys, ages 2 and 4, in subfreezing temperatures about 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 7 and returned in the evening.

At a press conference Thursday in Puyallup, Wash., Shelby Gifford, a spokeswoman for Susan Powell's family, said they weren't surprised authorities named the husband a person of interest "given the events and his reactions to them in the past week.

"We know that Susan is an excellent mother and would not have tolerated her children being taken out of the home after midnight to go camping in dangerously cold conditions," Gifford said.

Authorities said Josh Powell's actions have made them increasingly suspicious of him, although he has not been named a suspect.

"Josh's unusual lack of cooperation for a husband looking for his wife with the police department, you know, it certainly causes us to ask questions as to why would he do things to exclude the resources that we can bring to the table to find Susan," West Valley City Asst. Police Chief Craig Black said Wednesday.

But Josh Powell's attorney, Scott Williams, disputed allegations made by police that his client had been uncooperative.

"Despite our continued invitation to be contacted with questions we received no contact from the police today (Wednesday) and as to the nature of prior information, we have answered all questions posed to us since Monday morning," he said. "Josh continues to favor attention on finding Susan and has been cooperating and providing information to that end."

Josh Powell did provide a DNA sample Tuesday to police, as did several other family members. Williams, a defense attorney who often defends high-profile clients, described the DNA testing as routine in such cases.

The Powell home was locked when officers initially arrived and they broke in, fearing the family had suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Susan Powell's father, Charles Cox of Puyallup, Wash., said police found a wet spot in the home being dried by two fans, but police have declined to comment on that.

Investigators said there were no signs of forced entry at the home and they found Susan Powell's purse and cell phone there.

Susan Powell was last seen by someone other than her husband on Dec. 6 — a family friend who ate dinner with her at the couple's home following church.

Kirk Graves, the husband of Josh Powell's sister, told NBC's "Today" show Thursday that his brother-in-law could be controlling, and was an "interesting person" with a "different" personality.

Asked whether he thought his brother-in-law had something to do with Susan Powell's disappearance, Graves said he's avoided analyzing the question.

"Too many emotions, too many family members. I just pray no," he said.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jE-50f71E8ypwigW42nKuDx27hxAD9CLADUO0

 ::MonkeyCool:: Those two tables of Susan's family need to go corner Joshua and make him talk!!! ::MonkeyMad::

Susan's album updated:

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Susan%20Powell/



Northern Rose, may I add your family shot?

You can add any screen shot I grab on any of the threads.

Thank you for keeping these out there in the public.   ::MonkeyAngel::

Susan Powell's family is between a rock and a hard place.  Family members are walking a fine line.  Josh is the father of those children and ... a continued connection with those two boys if Josh should not be held accountable for the death of their mother ... dictates an intact relationship.

The Susan and Josh Powell story has given me flashbacks.

Our daughter was in a controlling relationship for one year when she was 21.  This guy was very good looking and very charming.  They both shared a mutual faith.  He was a graduate from the local Christian University and ... had been accepted into a prominent accounting firm in Vancouver, BC.  He came from a very loving close family.

However ... this young man was so insecure with the relationship and ... he didn't have to be.  Our daughter was in love.  It seemed our daughter had to account for her every minute ... what she was doing ... who she was talking to.  He was jealous of her friendships.  He was jealous of her family relationships.

Right from the getgo ... this wannabe detective ... sensed that something was not right.  When I voiced my concern ... my daughter would staunchly defend him and ... continued to appease him to keep the peace.  It was so sad.  Our daughter had been such an independent young lady.  I learned to keep quiet and ... cry at night.  I reasoned if the relationship ended in marriage ... I would be the loser.  I did not want to be alienated from my daughter and future grandchildren.

Thankfully our daughter came to her senses ... ended the relationship when she realized there was nothing she could do to change the situation.  Although this guy had never been physically abusive ... I was concerned in regards to a possible backlash.  Thankfully ... it never happened and a short time later our daughter went to Thailand on the mission field on a two year commitment.  My hubby and I missed her terribly but ... everything is relative  We rathered she was half way across the world than in a controlling relationship.

Janet   

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Thanks a bunch. (I do it with love, most times)

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I understand that. 

Susan has such a beautiful smile..you can just feel the warmth of her personality in every picture of her.

It was obvious that she was loved by her family and that they are very close from the press conference today.  They will need to lean on each other through this. 

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top%20stories/story/Forensic-crews-ramp-up-crime-investigation-at/pVZEv2JFnUmBSQZpGuBVpg.cspx


Forensic crews ramp up crime investigation at Powell home
Written by: Dan Metcalf Jr.

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Crime scene investigators re-entered the home of Josh and Susan Powell on Thursday, as the street surrounding a West Valley neighborhood was sealed off.

Forensic teams were seen entering the home and leaving with evidence to be taken in for analysis.

Crime scene tape and several vehicles blocked access to the cul-de-sac where the Powell family lives.

Susan Powell has been missing since December 6, and her husband Josh has been named as the only person of interest in the case, which police now consider a crime.

West Valley Police Captian Tom McLachlan later confirmed to ABC 4 News that investigators di serve a new warrant at the Powell home on Thursday, but would not elaborate on what prompted the new search.

Several investigators were seen leaving the home carrying bags of evidence.

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http://tinyurl.com/yh4upv6

Cops: Missing Utah mom's son confirms camping trip

  By MANUEL VALDES and JENNIFER DOBNER, Associated Press Writers Manuel Valdes And Jennifer Dobner, Associated Press Writers   – 7 mins ago

PUYALLUP, Wash. – Police searched the home of a missing Utah mother on Thursday as family members held a tearful news conference in which they expressed their sadness that the husband has been named a person of interest in the investigation.

Susan Powell, a 28-year-old mother of two young children, was reported missing Dec. 7 when she didn't show up for her stockbroker job at a bank. She was last seen a day earlier.

Her husband, Josh Powell, said he went camping with the couple's boys, ages 2 and 4, in subfreezing temperatures in the middle of the night Dec. 7 and returned in the evening.

West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan on Thursday said the 4-year-old boy was interviewed within "a day or two" after his mother was reported missing. The son told police his family went camping — an event his father has said coincided with her disappearance.

"I think the verification of the camping trip is important to the timeline on this," McLachlan said, cautioning against placing too much importance on the child's statement.

Meanwhile Thursday, Susan Powell's family members held a news conference in Washington state, where her parents live.

Eight members of Susan Powell's family were present, including her mother, two sisters, grandparents and a brother-in-law. As family friend and spokeswoman Shelby Gifford spoke about Powell's life, several members broke down in tears and embraced each other.

"Helpless, it just comes to mind. Totally dependent upon others. Impatient. I want my daughter to be back. I'm heartbroken she is gone," Susan Powell's father, Charles Cox, said in an interview with The Associated Press in Puyallup.

The husband is not a suspect, but authorities said he has demonstrated a frustrating lack of cooperation that has only increased their suspicion of him. Police suspect foul play.

Investigators searched the Powell home for a second time in nine days Thursday, but would not disclose what was taken. Police have also searched Josh Powell's van.

Court records show that the family filed for bankruptcy in 2007, but Gifford declined to talk about the couple's financial history. She characterized their marriage as normal, with ups and downs.

McLachlan declined to comment on whether police had obtained a notebook or journal from Susan Powell's office, which reportedly detailed an alleged threat made by her husband about a year ago. Cox said police found a wet spot in the home being dried by two fans, but police have declined to comment on that.

Investigators said there were no signs of forced entry at the home and they found Susan Powell's purse and cell phone there.

Gifford said friends and family members weren't surprised authorities named the husband a person of interest "given the events and his reactions to them in the past week."

"We know that Susan is an excellent mother and would not have tolerated her children being taken out of the home after midnight to go camping in dangerously cold conditions," Gifford said.

Meanwhile, police said investigators have discussed conducting a polygraph test of Josh Powell, but no such interview has occurred.

"He is not allowing us the opportunity to interview him at length in order to verify his statements and also to get more specifics," McLachlan said. "His statements are absolutely vague."

Josh Powell's attorney, Scott Williams, disputed allegations made that his client had been uncooperative. Josh Powell has spoken to police and provided a DNA sample this week, as did several other family members. Williams, a defense attorney who often defends high-profile clients, described the DNA testing as routine in such cases.

Police have not sought to restrict Powell's movements by asking him to surrender a passport, because they don't have sufficient information to make that request, McLachlan said.

When asked what his reaction was to his son-in-law being named a person of interest, Cox replied: "I hope it's not true. I hope it's not true."

He added he believes his daughter is alive.

"As a father I can't give up the hope that she is still alive," Cox said.

Gifford said the couple's two boys — Charlie and Braden — are staying with Joshua Powell and at his sister's home at the moment. She said the family has access to the children, and Cox said he feels his grandchildren are safe with Josh Powell.

Josh Powell's brother-in-law, Kirk Graves, said the family is "not doing well," and struggling to deal with Susan's Powell's disappearance. He said Susan Powell's young boys — ages 4 and 2_ have asked about their mother's whereabouts.

"It's coming up on Christmas and this is about the worst time of year to have the very worst thing happen to you," Graves said.

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Jennifer Dobner reported from Salt Lake City.

Susan Powell's family speaks as police serve a search warrant at her house

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - The family of Susan Powell talked with reporters Thursday from their hometown of Puyallup, Washington. At the same time, police in West Valley City, Utah were back at the Powell home with another search warrant.

Detectives and forensic investigators arrived around 1:30 p.m. and didn't leave until just before 4:00 p.m. They took swabs of something on the front steps and a window sill. They removed brown paper sacks of items from the home.
What were they looking for? And did they find it? A police spokesman isn't saying. But this was at least the 3rd visit by a crime scene investigation unit to the home since Susan Powell disappeared a week ago Sunday and it comes as Joshua Powell, Susan's husband, has been named as a person of interest in her disappearance.

Reacting to that, Cox family spokeswoman Shelby Gifford said, "It breaks our hearts, but we're not surprised."

Gifford said that since Susan has been gone, her two young children have been spending time with their paternal grandparents, an aunt and uncle and their father. Reporters asked if they were concerned for the children's safety when they're with Joshua.  She said no. She said Josh has been a good father.

And yet, they dispute his account of the night Susan disappeared.

He claims around midnight on Sunday, December 6th, he took the kids on a camping trip. That Sunday night a major winter storm was blowing into Utah. Speaking for the Cox family, Shelby Gifford said Susan would never have let her kids go camping on such a night. "That's a huge red flag to the family. Susan is an exceptional mother and those boys are her whole life. She is as nurturing and protective of a mother as I've ever met."

Despite the time elapsed, members of the Cox family say they remain hopeful that Susan will be found alive.

http://www.abc4.com/mostpopular/story/Susan-Powells-family-speaks-as-police-serve-a/NfKznDTU8kWl1-KA6JRyiw.cspx

the dad could have taken the kids "somewhere" and perhaps started a fire and said, isn't it fun camping? and that could be why the 4 yr old said what ever he said about being camping..know what I mean?
he could have disposed of Susan along the way to "camping"..imo..He did something to her...
perhaps he had put something in her food to make her so tired that she had to go take a nap while her friend was there visiting...very odd since it wasn't late in the evening when Susan wanted to take a nap..that drugging may have made her unable to defend herself or made her unconscious or maybe even killed her..then he took her somewhere to hide her body?  ok..I know that I am being a monkey sleuth here but my hinky meter is really up with this guy...

I wonder if the evidence brought out included a peice of carpet?????

Skirting in on Cookies coat tails...He gets in the back of the minivan while the kids are in their carseats.  Kids are strapped in so tight in car seats now days they can't turn around to see what's happening.

I'm sure they've processed the van?

BBM, this would be a very very difficult situation to be in especially without solid physical evidence....  ::MonkeyNoNo::

IIRC the took his van for 1 day or for a night and his BIL took him to go pick it up... let me see if i can find the link... brb

That is exactly what I'm thinking, and the four year old would just think they were camping  ::MonkeyNoNo:: this guy just gives me the creeps.

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top%20stories/story/Powell-family-friend-shares-inside-perspective/1B1tw3Lc2kqZi6DaWSpBVg.cspx


Powell family friend shares inside perspective

Last Update: 12/16 10:25 pm

......Tim Peterson is a family friend of the Powells, who drove Josh to pick up his van from the police department three days after Susan went missing.  He says Powell seemed relatively calm.  Peterson then asked why he didn’t seem more distraught to which he says Powell replied, “The cops are taking care of that.”  Peterson says this response caught him off guard.  He says Josh also told him he frequently takes his boys out camping late at night.

snipped from klaas post on page 10 near top...

So a family friend not BIL

My Hinky Meter exploded and fell off the shelf the first time he opened his mouth/day 1. She may not be found until spring...with all the storms/snow around  ::MonkeyNoNo::

me too Nut...

 ::MonkeyShovel:: (minus the monkey and the smile) He is digging him self quit the hole....

how would this statement jive with his belief she may have been abducted....

and what makes him think she is somewhere that the snow will burry her or hinder finding her....

unless..... HE DID IT DUHHHH he is not a smart murderer thats for sure

There was an article that said the 4 year old told police they went camping but when the reporter asked police if it was on the night Susan disappeared the police would not say, all they would say is that 4 year said Dad took them camping.  IMO the camping trip the 4 year old was recalling could have been from a different time.  I don;t think he took them camping, built a fire, had smores and slept with them in the van all night as he claims.  IMO he did take the kids and Susan somewhere and either drugged the kids so they would sleep until the next day or because it was really late they slept through the whole thing and when they woke Josh told them they had been camping.  He did not get back till 5:30 the next day yet he said nothing about what he made for them camping in the morning on the fire or for lunch all he talks about is smores.

Husband of missing Utah woman gives fishy story, suspicions mount

Susan Powell is the wife and mother of two who has been missing from her West Valley City, Utah residence since December 7th.

Her husband, Josh Powell, has been named a person of interest in the investigation. He has not been very cooperative with authorities, refusing to provide necessary details to fill in the story of what may have happened that night.

Now, Susan's family has said Josh's claim that he took their children camping the night Susan disappeared raises a "huge red flag". Josh claimed he took the two children, ages 2 and 4 to the Pony Express Trail to camp in the family van at 12:30 in the morning on a frigid winter night. Yesterday, family friend Shelby Gifford said "Susan ... would not have tolerated her children being taken out of the home after midnight to go camping in dangerously cold conditions."

The fact that Josh Powell has been named a person of interest saddens Susan's family and friends, but apparently it is "not a surprise, given the events and his reaction to them in the past week," Gifford said.

Authorities have found Susan's phone, purse and keys inside the Powell residence. This is also suspicious. Shelby Gifford's husband, Michael, said "She would never leave her home without her ... cell phone, especially if her children were gone camping in the kind of conditions that they had gone camping."

Family and friends have said the marriage of Susan and Joshua Powell has been strained lately, citing financial and emotional stresses.

We hope she is safely found soon.

http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20091218/Husband-of-missing-Utah-woman-gives-fishy-story-suspicions-mount

also, I thought that I had read somewhere that dad could not recall where they had gone camping at? and that the police could not confirm the camping trip because of the weather?? did I read that? pretty sure I did...

wouldn't there be supplies in the van from the "camping trip"?

Joshua Powell "Very Intelligent" Former Associates Say

His responses in a 2News interview last week were slow, but Joshua Powell is being cast as an intelligent man by several former business associates.

"I definitely think he's intelligent, a very bright guy," said Charles Sipes, a real estate broker at a firm where Powell once worked. "I would say he was masterful in creating a marketing presence."

According to Sipes, Powell launched a multi-faceted approach to drum up real estate business, with a website, grocery store ads, even magnets with his name and number that went out in Yellow Books across the Salt Lake Valley.

Powell's expertise was echoed by a person for whom he did web work, through a company know as "Polished Marketing."

The individual called him "very smart" and said, "He completely changed our website...which resulted in more positive feedback."

Their descriptions may belie Joshua Powell's televised persona since his wife Susan disappeared.

But Sipes told 2News Powell often spoke in a halting fashion at the real estate office, calling the speech pattern "typical Josh."

Powell apparently still maintains a real estate site, and lists the same address as his former employer, though he has not worked there in a year.

What's more, the site may have been updated a couple of days after Susan vanished. A link on the site directs users to a link for a real estate article, dated December 9, 2009.
Further, while Joshua Powell declared bankruptcy in 2007, listing more than $187,000 in unsecured debt, his real estate site offers "credit repair tips."

http://connect2utah.com/content/news/story/?cid=67802

You are correct Cookie.  Josh could not (or would not)  tell them exactly where he went camping and because of the winter storm between the supposed trip and discovery of Susan being missing , everything was covered in fresh snow so no possibility of finding tire tracks or campsite. 

'Breaks our hearts' — Susan Powell's family concerned about the actions of her husband

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705352238/Susan-Powells-family-saddened.html

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I totally agree, he would have been better off keeping his mouth shut to the public.

This question about the wet floor may have been answered.....

I keep thinking about it because I use two box fans to dry my wood floor (in the kitchen) after I mop.  The floor is completely dry after an hour.

For the police to find a wet spot with two fans blowing on the spot makes me think that they were positioned sometime within the hour....unless the fans were very small.

Does this bother anyone else? 

Horribly, and I believe the wet spot was on the living room carpet  ::MonkeyNoNo::

Investigators Seize More Evidence in Search for Missing Utah Mom (with video)

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Investigators have retrieved more evidence during a second search of the home of a Utah woman missing for nearly two weeks. Susan Powell, a 28-year-old mother of two young children, was reported missing on Dec. 7, 2009 when she failed to appear at work and her children were not dropped off at day care. Her husband, Josh Powell, told police he took his two sons, ages 2 and 4, camping that day at about 12:30 a.m. in subfreezing temperatures and returned in the evening.

Police have now issued five search warrants in the case, including three searches of the Powell home, a search of the family van and one of Josh himself, looking for a DNA sample. Police are not releasing any details on the evidence seized in the case.
Authorities call Josh Powell a "person of interest" in the case and his "lack of cooperation" and actions have made them increasingly suspicious, but he has not been named a suspect in the case.

At a press conference Thursday in Puyallup, Wash., spokeswoman for the family of Susan Powell, Shelby Gifford, said they were not surprised authorities named the husband as a "person of interest."

"We know that Susan is an excellent mother and would not have tolerated her children being taken out of the home after midnight to go camping in dangerously cold conditions," Gifford said.

A local newspaper reported on Thursday that officers retrieved a notebook from Susan's workplace, Wells Fargo, that allegedly chronicles threats made to her by her husband. Reports also say that police found a wet spot in the home being dried by two fans. Police have not yet confirmed the notebook or the wet spot as evidence in the case.

After his initial interview with police, Powell retained a high-profile attorney, Scott Williams, who is famous for representing clients in high-profile cases.

Susan's father, Charles Cox, said at the family press conference that he is not concerned about the children being with their father.

"From the time I've known Joshua and his interaction with the children, he has always been a super father to them and there is no doubt in my mind that they are safe with him," said Susan's father, Charles Cox.

http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-evidence-seized-missing-utah-mom,0,54500.story

Police request media keep footage of missing woman's husband

WEST VALLEY CITY -- Friday morning police asked all news agencies not to destroy video of Joshua Powell. They would not say why they've made that request.

Thursday, police searched the home of Susan Powell for a second time, looking for evidence that may explain her disappearance 11 days ago.

Police have said Powell's husband Josh is their only person of interest in the case, but they are not calling him a suspect. Officers also questioned neighbors of the Powell family.

Members of Susan Powell's family say they had no indication she would have felt threatened in the marriage.

Family spokesperson Shelby Gifford said, "If we felt like Susan was in danger, as a family we would have taken steps to get her out of that situation. So some of the things you are learning this week, we are learning with you."

What role the evidence seized will play in the case is unknown as the investigation continues.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9077062

Josh does not look happy about the latest search warrant

Campsite search

Thanks, that pic of him, he looks just nasty.  Friday morning police asked all news agencies not to destroy video of Joshua Powell. They would not say why they've made that request.   ::MonkeyEek:: Interesting

Yup, I am going to start looking at old video to see if there are scratches, bruises, etc.  That would almost be too obvious but not sure what else to look for.

Josh Dec 12 video if anyone else wants to see if they can find anything.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=9011381

Thanks, I see nothing on his face, and the little I saw of his hands I didn't see anything unusual. I want to find that video where he spoke and made no sense.

Josh at Candle Vigil Dec 11

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=8986844

The one were he ended it by saying he had to do something with his boys?

I just watched the one from page one, I think his first interview, I'm not sure if I saw the one that he had to do something with his boys.

Dec 10 Josh speaks in front of his house.

http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-wvc-woman-missing,0,1741948.story

Thats the first time I have ever heard LE make a request like that...I wonder if Josh was tested for drugs he acted like he was spaced out on something to me in the beginning.

This is the video where he ends the interview saying he has to go see his boys.  As he walks away he has one hand in his pant pocket and the other in his coat pocket.  I find that odd.  Usually you have both in your coat or both in your pant but not one in each and continue to walk that way.  Am I searching too hard?

Ok here is the full weird interview.  He says he has to go, heads to the house but instead of going up the stairs goes past them to where his house number is , glances over his shoulder at the cameras, kicks or covers something up with snow right under the house number, glances over at cameras again, then goes into the house.

Thoughts?

http://www.fox13now.com/videobeta/?watchId=9e25538d-d839-400a-8b3a-6797d6ef0121

Thanks, he looks so fake and guilty as sin.

Here are stills of him walking past his stairs and kicking something in the snow first.

What an azz, I'm not sure what he was doing, maybe pretending to be all disoriented from grief.

I am off to go sledding with the kids.  BBL

Northern - without reading back, is the campsite search from today or the last couple days?  TIA

Old footage from before. 

Have fun ::hohohosanta::

Would Susan not have questioned Josh as to why he was taking the boys camping when he had to be reporting to a new job in a matter of hours.

Getting his days mixed up??  I don't think so.

Janet

+++++++
 
Susan Powell's husband Josh meets with West Valley City police
Authorities are still not calling him a suspect in the case
By Pat Reavy

Deseret News
Published: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 10:16 p.m. MST
 
... . Josh Powell has told police he left with his boys, ages 2 and 4, about midnight on Dec. 6 to go camping in Tooele. The temperature that night was about 10 degrees. He said all three slept in their minivan.

On Monday, Dec. 7, a concerned family member went to the Powell home after being notified that neither Susan nor Josh Powell had shown up for work and their children had not been dropped off at day care. Josh Powell later told reporters he didn't show up for work because he got his days mixed up and thought it was Sunday. ....

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705351731/Josh-Powell-skips-police-interview.html?pg=1

No way do I believe he had his days mixed up, and no way would I think Susan would allow two tinys boys to camp in those conditions, what an absolute ridiculous story.

 ::MonkeyShocked::

Friends and neighbors hold vigil for missing West Valley woman
December 10th, 2009 @ 10:15pm

<snipped>

Neighbor talks about conversation with Josh Powell

Earlier in the day Thursday, the Powells' neighbor talked to KSL News about a conversation he had with Josh Powell Wednesday night.

Tim Peterson said Josh asked him for a ride to pick up his van, which police had searched. He said Josh's behavior was odd and he didn't know what to make of it.

"She's a friend of ours, and this is tearing us up," Peterson said.

Like many others, Peterson has a lot of questions about Susan's disappearance, and he didn't get any answers from Josh.

"He'd only had like six hours of sleep in two days, and so he was just kind of in a haze. He just really wasn't himself," Peterson said. "Anytime we mentioned Susan, he didn't, he wouldn't respond. He wouldn't talk about her."

But Peterson said Josh did talk about having to buy new clothes and a new quilt. He said Josh also told him he last saw Susan just after midnight Monday, when he left with his two young boys to go camping  ...

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=8986844

I don't see anything in particular on the ground.  This guy is a freak IMO. 

(http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o100/klaasen3/Sub7/JoshatHouse2.jpg)

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He is a freak, I agree, and I would love to know why he felt it necessary to tell the neighbor he needed to buy new clothes and a quilt, was he dropping a hint about a quilt and where his wife is somewhere in a quilt?

Josh enjoys antagonizing people I think he said that to him for a reaction..jmo ..I have a feeling he may have placed Susans body where it will never be found....he reminds to much of Drew Peterson in his own way.

You could be right, waiting to see a reaction. I see a combination of a couple of husbands that killed their wives in Josh  ::MonkeyNoNo:: I sure hope that isn't the case, that Susan won't be found.

I think Susan's body will be found.  Josh is smart but I don't think that smart.  They will find her out in the woods near where they were "camping". 

By now his vehicle has a GPS unit attached, his phones are tapped, his freedom is short.
His friends are also Susans friends and they will pass on what they know.

Who is caring for the children?

During Susan's family presser yesterday that was asked.  They stated the kids are going between Josh and Josh's sister house to be cared for right now.  His sister has kids in the same age range as the boys.

Oh thanks NR....sounds like a great idea that his sister and BIL are over-seeing the kids and that the kids are with family. 

 ::ElfMonkey::

In my opinion ... damage control was where it was at.

Maybe Josh realized that he might have been caught on security cameras purchasing a quilt to wrap Susan in.  Maybe the new clothes replace those he was wearing when something bad happened and/or ... when he was disposing of her body.

On the other hand ... maybe the quilt was puchased to replace one taken from the home.

It would be interesting to know if a quilt was in his vehicle when he returned home.  It would be interesting if his original clothes were in the vehicle.

Janet

That makes sense. Also I'm sure that LE has checked all of Susan's coats, because she wouldn't have left the home without a coat. Since the purse and cell phone were still there, I'm sure Josh didn't think to take a coat along.

Police still puzzled over Utah mom's disappearance
By BROCK VERGAKIS (AP) – 1 hour ago

SALT LAKE CITY — Josh Powell says he packed up the family van in the middle of a freezing night on Dec. 7 and took his two young boys on an impromptu camping trip in the snow-covered wilderness. He said his wife stayed home and went to bed.

She has not been heard from since. Susan Powell never showed up at her stockbroker job the next morning — her keys, purse and cell phone all left at home. The husband was a no-show at work as well, saying he lost track of what day it was during the camping excursion.

Police are mystified by Josh Powell's story and have named him as the sole person of interest in his wife's disappearance. Authorities suspect foul play, and they say the husband's reluctance to provide basic information about his whereabouts that night has only fueled their suspicion.

"Usually something will surface within a few hours or a day, and everybody goes home happy and singing Kumbaya," said Tom McLachlan, a police captain in West Valley City, a suburb of Salt Lake City. "On this one, that's not happening, and we're very concerned about that."

Police have twice searched the Powell home and the family van, but have not said what they found. They also took DNA samples from Josh Powell and other unidentified family members. Susan Powell's father said police found a wet spot in the home being dried by two fans, but investigators have declined to comment on that.

Susan Powell's family has spent days giving interviews to media outlets around the country to keep her face in front of the public. Josh Powell, 33, has barely spoken publicly and has hired a criminal defense attorney who often defends high-profile clients. And when he has appeared in public, he often looks haggard and downcast.

"I didn't do anything. I mean I, I don't know where she's at. I, I don't even know where to start looking," Josh Powell told KUTV in Salt Lake City on Dec. 10.

Powell's story for the timeline of events the evening of Dec. 7 has baffled authorities.

He said he took the boys, ages 2 and 4, on the camping trip after midnight, even though he had to be at work a few hours later at his trucking company job. He said he forgot what day it was when he went camping because he did not go to church the day before.

Powell said the campsite was in a vast, mountainous area on the Pony Express Trail, making it difficult for authorities to search the area. Police say Powell has not said exactly where on the trail he spent the night in his van, although his attorney said Friday he's never been asked to take police to the site.

His kids never made it to day care that day, prompting workers at the center to call family members asking where the children were.

When he returned home on the evening of Dec. 7, he found his window broken in by police and his 28-year-old wife missing.

Authorities feared the Powells might have been poisoned by carbon monoxide after they all vanished on the same day.

Police have said the couple's 4-year-old told investigators the three did go camping, but police have been unable to verify the trip because the campsite area has been covered in snow.

Family and friends say it would be completely out of character for Susan Powell to wander off without contacting anyone, particularly without her purse, cell phone and keys. Each of those items was found in the Powells' locked home when police entered.

Charles Cox, Susan Powell's father, says it's not uncommon for his daughter and her husband to go to bed late. He also says Josh is known to lose track of time and show up hours late to events.

"He gets lost in what he's doing," he said. "And he would think nothing of, 'Oh, let's go get something.' If he could do something in the middle of the night and thought he'd wanted to do it, he'd do it. Does it sound totally out there? No, not based on his personality."

However, family and friends have said Susan Powell never would have let her children go camping at that hour.

"We know that Susan is an excellent mother and would not have tolerated her children being taken out of the home after midnight to go camping in dangerously cold conditions," said Shelby Gifford, a family friend who is acting as spokeswoman for Susan Powell's parents.

Gifford's comments about the late-night camping trip hint at what other friends have said — that Susan and Josh's marriage was strained.

Court records show that the family filed for bankruptcy in 2007. Police have reportedly obtained a notebook or journal from Susan Powell's office that describes an alleged threat made by her husband about a year ago.

"I just know that every family and every couple has stress. I do know that there have been points where she has felt controlled, but I know in the last year, she has kind of freed herself from some of that," said Mindy Guzman, a friend who took some of the last known photos of Susan and Josh at a church breakfast on Dec 5.

Susan Powell went to Mormon services the next day without her husband. That night, she had dinner with family friend JoVonna Owings at the house. Powell disappeared the next day.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jE-50f71E8ypwigW42nKuDx27hxAD9CM0OP00

Full uncut interview mentioned in teh article above

http://connect2utah.com/content/video/?cid=67882

Slideshow
Susan Powell WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) – Police are building a case to help solve the disappearance of Susan Powell.

But authorities won’t say who they’re targeting.

Yesterday, police searched the home of her husband Josh Powell for the second time. In addition, police also used a search warrant to look at Powell’s van last week.

But credit card transactions and cell phone records may offer clues for police.

Police won't say if those records they’re seeking belong to Josh. But historically those kinds of record searches help police.

"What that does especially a financial account or a cell phone record it allows us to get a better picture of what went on at what time and what amount was spent at what locations,” said police Captain Tom McLachlan.

He did acknowledge that surveillance videos at convenience stores in West Valley are also being gathered by investigators.

"I'm sure that that has been done what results are I'm not aware of,” he said.

Mitzi Dodge said the Powell's came to the store she manages often and she's anxious to help out.

"The surveillance tape is available, the cops can come and pick that up if they need to look at the surveillance tape,” she said.

Police won't say what or who they're looking for on those tapes.

But police subpoenaed ABC4 news for an interview with Josh Powell.

"We need that to review and not have the edited information,” he said.

Josh Powell claimed he went camping with the boys late Sunday night while Susan was sleeping at the home.

It wasn't until three o'clock Monday afternoon that Susan's friend Kiiri Hellewell called him to say she's missing.

And she told ABC4 News Josh showed up at the house two hours later.

Those bank and cell phone records could tell police where a person who disappeared for nearly a day actually went.

And when asked if police were building a case against Josh Powell McLachlan answered this way: “We are building a case.”

http://www.abc4.com/mostpopular/story/Police-building-case-to-solve-missing-mom-mystery/SQsurPy820CQZwWdoCrDlw.cspx

ABC4 interview from Dec 11

http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story/Police-say-husband-Person-of-Interest/Betj-Tpn5kOnRDFMiGeogQ.cspx

article from Dec 9

WEST VALLEY CITY Utah (ABC4 News) – It’s been three days and there is still no sign of Susan Powell.

The married mother of two disappeared Sunday night and police remain puzzled over her disappearance.

“We don’t even know if a crime has been committed,” said Captain T. McLachlan of the West Valley police department.

But her close friends fear the worse.

"We just know something bad has happened because she would never leave her children,” said Kiirsi Hellewell.

Hellewell said she last saw Powell Sunday walking home from church.

The next day she was gone.

“We can't get any sleep,” she said. “We're all sick to our stomachs."

Hellewell said Powell was last seen Sunday night during a family dinner with other friends.

But the next day she said Powell failed to drop her kids off with daycare.

And then she didn't show up for work as well.

"She would never go anywhere without notifying her work,” Hellewell said. “She would told them, called in sick would have called her daycare provider who is very close they're good friends."

Police came to the Powell home Monday morning and when no one answered they feared carbon monoxide poisoning.

They busted out a window to look inside but there was no sign of anyone.

"We're very, very worried, trying to get the word out as much as we can,” Hellewell said.

Monday afternoon at three, she spoke with Josh by phone.

She said he was driving around with the kids.

Hellewell told him about Susan and that he needed to come home.

According to Hellewell it took him two hours to get home.

"There's no words to describe what’s happening,” she said. “You hear about this stuff happening and it’s awful but at least it’s not us until it’s your best friend.”

Hellewell said the Powell family moved into the neighborhood five years ago.

Police said there have never been any calls of domestic violence.

But Hellewell said Susan Powell confided in her last year that she was thinking about a divorce.

“But she said things have been working out lately,” Hellewell said.

http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story/West-Valley-woman-missing/a7vyloVCmkmkg_qSEhv08w.cspx

Josh said he was on his way home when he got a call that Susan was missing.

The friend said she got ahold of Josh at 3:00 on Monday and it took him 2 hours to get home (5:00)

Josh said in the interview he got home at went to bed at 5:30. 

Your wife is missing and you go to bed?

When I googled from their home to Pony Express Tooele there are two routes.  The Northern route is 61.3 miles estimated driving time is 1 hour 50 minutes

The East route is 74.5 miles estimated drive time 2 hours 7 mins.

Either way getting home in two hours would fit regardless of the route he took if in fact he was telling the truth about where he went.  What does not make sense is that he said he was already on his way home when he got the call.  How much further away was he truly then?  Anyone know that area and the campsites down in that area?

Here are the two possible routes, not saying these are the only ones.

The east route gets pretty close to Utah Lake.

Thanks for all of the information Northern Rose!   ::MonkeyCool::

How the heck do you not know where you went camping?

I found the following and will map them and see what happens

Settlement Canyon

South on Tooele’s Main St. and turn left onto Settlement Canyon after 500 So. RV pads reserved by calling 435-882-9041 Tents first come first serve

 

Middle Canyon

From Tooele City’s Main St. turn east onto Vine. Proceed one mile passing Oquirrh Hills 18 hole Golf Course. Continue East. No hook ups or bathrooms available. There are tables and barbecue pits.

 

Grantsville Reservoir

Located approx three miles south of Grantsville on a sloping plain east of the Stansbury Mt. foothills. There is no fee at the reservoir.

 

South Willow Canyon

West on Grantsville’s Main St. and turn left onto Mormon Trail Road. Drive four miles west. Upper Narrow can be reserved in advanced at $30.00 for 30 people or $55.00 for up to 50 people. Small groups pay $8.00 per night.

 

Clover Springs

From Tooele tale SR-36 south for 15 miles Turn right on Hwy SR-199 and proceed west toward Dugway Proving Grounds. Drive eight more miles and campsite is on your left. Camping is free.

Little Valley

This is a favorite of four-wheelers. From Tooele take SR-36 (Main St.) South for 35 miles. Turn right on Lookout Pass Road (also called Pony Express Road) Go seven miles to campsite.

 

Simpson Springs

From Little Valley continue west on Lookout pass Road for approx 20 miles.

 

Silver Mountain/Floating Island

Camp among the many caves of Silver Island Mountain. Ancient Fremont people reportedly lived in these caves. Take Exit 2 off 1-80 near Wendover and head toward Danger Cave State Park. Take a right after a couple of miles look for the Silver Mt. Loop 30 miles.

 

Vernon Reservoir

This reservoir has a reputation for good fishing. This site is on the southern end of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Take SR-36 (Main St.) south of Vernon. As you leave Vernon the road curves to the east. Turn right after and the curve, go south on a road called Benmore. Continue seven miles. Take a left to head east for about one mile.

 http://www.tooelechamber.com/tooele-utah-chamber_tooele-utah-camping.html

Settlement Canyon

South on Tooele’s Main St. and turn left onto Settlement Canyon after 500 So. RV pads reserved by calling 435-882-9041 Tents first come first serve

Distance 29.2 miles 49 minutes travel time. Very close to a resouvior.

Thanks Northern Rose  ::MonkeyCool:: Who goes to bed when their spouse is missing?

Apparently Josh does.   ::MonkeyNoNo::

Middle Canyon

From Tooele City’s Main St. turn east onto Vine. Proceed one mile passing Oquirrh Hills 18 hole Golf Course. Continue East. No hook ups or bathrooms available. There are tables and barbecue pits.

30.1 miles est travel time 55 mins.  Drives alone a river and close to a lard and small pond.

Grantsville Reservoir

Located approx three miles south of Grantsville on a sloping plain east of the Stansbury Mt. foothills. There is no fee at the reservoir.

31.9 miles est travel time 59 minutes.  Yup more water.  In doing this one I noticed that there are old mines around there.  Specifically the Brigham Canyon Mine.

South Willow Canyon

West on Grantsville’s Main St. and turn left onto Mormon Trail Road. Drive four miles west. Upper Narrow can be reserved in advanced at $30.00 for 30 people or $55.00 for up to 50 people. Small groups pay $8.00 per night.

33.9 miles 59 minutes.  Water there as well.

Police serve subpoena at ABC 4 studios

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Early Friday evening a detective with the West Valley Police Department served a subpoena to ABC 4 News Director Matt Malyn. The subpoena's language broadly asked for video related to the Susan Powell missing person case. But detectives only seemed interested in one tape containing the original interview with Josh Powell conducted last week on the steps of the Powell family home in West Valley. In fact, police also delivered similar subpoenas at the other TV news organizations in Salt Lake City seeking raw tape of their interviews with Powell.

Police would not say why they want to hear everything Powell said to the media. Powell has been called a "person of interest" in the disappearance of his wife, Susan Powell.

Josh Powell claims he last saw her late Sunday night, December 6. He said she went to bed and he took camping their two young sons -- ages 4 and 2. Susan's family has questioned that story saying Susan was too good a mother to allow the boys to go camping in freezing temperatures as a major winter storm was hitting Northern Utah.

A family friend said she called Josh Powell that next day to ask where he was and to say his wife was missing. He returned home with the children around 5:00 p.m.

Detectives and forensic teams have twice searched the Powell home. The latest search warrant was executed Thursday afternoon. An ABC 4 camera recorded detectives removing something in brown paper sacks, but they would not say what was in those sacks.

On Friday a police spokesman reiterated their desire to question Josh Powell again. But, he said the manner of questioning proposed by Powell's criminal defense attorney is unacceptable. ABC 4 has also learned that Powell was asked to take a polygraph test.

Meanwhile friends of Susan continue to talk to the media. JoVonna Owings and Kiirsi Hellewell both appeared on ABC 4 Friday in an interview with Marti Skold. Though Facebook, Hellewell has assembled a small army of people willing to volunteer to do whatever it takes to find Susan. But for now, there is little for them to do other than pass out flyers and say prayers. With no clues to Susan's whereabouts, at this point a search is impractical.

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top%20stories/story/Police-serve-subpoena-at-ABC-4-studios/49hPU70Ynk2DyPCbEJpQsg.cspx

http://www.bing.com/maps/explore/#5872/style=auto&lat=40.815685&lon=-111.654311&z=9&pid=5874/5003/0.6002=
q:west+valley+city+utah:lat:35.9372419489596:long:-75.7101110000013&1.6002=
q:north+carolina:lat:41.3481432647339:long:-82.103720639386&o=&a=0:1&p=c

what if he said i went west, but really went north or east
dont know how many of you, have been to that area around, salt lake
its very unforgiving, even in good weather it would take some heavy
duty searching to find a body. all heavy wilderness, around, salt lake
and the salt lake burbs, within 25 mile, you could get into trouble,in good
weather, im thinking josh knows the area well enough, to.....

http://connect2utah.com/content/news/story/?cid=67911

Subpoenas, Lack Of Timeline, In Powell Case
Reported by:
Friday, Dec 18, 2009 @07:57pm

WEST VALLEY CITY - Subpoenas have been issued for video of Joshua Powell, since his wife Susan vanished. West Valley Police Captain T. Mc Lachlan said investigators want to hear all the statements Powell has made to the press.

Channel 2 was served late Friday, and in advance of the subpoena, posted an entire interview with Joshua on its website, connect2utah.com.

Joshua has been named a "person of interest" by police in his wife's disappearance. He agreed to provide a DNA sample to investigators, the Powell's home has been searched, as has the family's van.

But as days have dragged on, there has been no sign of Susan.

Friday, 2News asked about a more complete timeline of Joshua's movements when Susan went missing, the period when he said he left the family home around midnight, December 7th, and did not return until roughly 5 pm the same day.

Joshua told reporters and police he went camping in frigid weather with the Powell's two young sons, in a remote area of Tooele County.

But his exact movements during the 17 hour span remain unknown.

"His timeline is still unverified," Capt. Mc Lachlan told 2News Friday, while hinting Powell's lawyer Scott Williams has objected to that line of questioning.

"His attorney has proposed a method of questioning that is totally unacceptable to us," he said.

A message left with Williams' office was not returned.

Meantime, 2News video of a campground, in the area where Joshua said he took his boys, captured the desolate nature of the area. To get there, photographer Jerry Merrick said you must travel more than 20 miles on a dirt road.

A campground visitor register did not have Joshua Powell's signature.

Investigators took police dogs to the area, but it's unknown what, if anything, they found.

2News also asked about whether Joshua Powell made cell phone calls or had financial transactions, during the time he was away from the family home.

Mc Lachlan would not comment, saying those matters were important to the investigation.

I disagree. IMO, Josh isn't that 'bright'.

bump lol ;)

Friend defends husband of missing Utah woman

SALT LAKE CITY — A friend is speaking out in support of Josh Powell, the man police consider the sole person of interest in the disappearance of his wife.

Wayne Hamberg of Salt Lake City says Josh and Susan Powell had problems like any other couple, but he never saw any signs of domestic violence or serious issues.

He says Josh Powell hired a defense attorney because he "felt so overwhelmed." Hamberg says he does not believe that's an admission of guilt.

Susan Powell has been missing since Dec. 7. Josh Powell says he last saw her early that day when he took their two young sons on a camping trip and left the home.

Meanwhile, two Salt Lake City television stations confirmed that West Valley City police have asked for copies of the stations' interviews with Josh Powell.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jE-50f71E8ypwigW42nKuDx27hxAD9CMISRO0

TV stations subpoenaed in Susan Powell case

WEST VALLEY CITY — Authorities have requested all video footage of the husband of missing Utahn Susan Powell from local television stations.

West Valley Police Capt. Tom McLachlan declined to elaborate what they're looking for in the footage. Most Salt Lake City-area TV stations received the subpoenas Friday.

Susan Powell was last seen Dec. 6 at her house, 6254 W. Sarah Circle. Her husband, Josh Powell, told police he went camping about midnight that night with his two sons, ages 2 and 4, in a remote part of Tooele County along the Pony Express Trail. He failed to show up to work the next day.

Police have named Josh Powell a person of interest in her disappearance.

McLachlan declined Saturday to discuss the investigation. He confirmed that prosecutors twice filed warrants to search the Powell house, one warrant to search the family's car and one search warrant to obtain DNA from Josh Powell.

Meantime, family members have scheduled a candlelight vigil for Susan Powell in her Tacoma, Wash. area hometown.

The vigil will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Ridgecrest building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 12407 Military Road East, Puyallup, Wash.

"We invite everyone to join us and request that those in attendance bring a candle or two to light in Susan's behalf," said Shelby Gifford, spokeswoman for Susan Powell's father. "We will be meeting outdoors so we encourage you to dress warmly."

Gifford confirmed Saturday that Susan Powell's father, Chuck Cox, has only spoken to his son-in-law twice since the 28-year-old broker for Wells Fargo Financial went missing — once on the telephone and once in person when Cox flew to Utah to assist in the investigation.

Susan Powell was a devoted mother to her two young sons, and would not intentionally leave the family, Gifford said.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705352732/TV-stations-subpoenaed-in-Susan-Powell-case.html

Friend: Joshua Powell 'Emotionally Drained' over Missing Wife

Ten days after his wife, Susan, went missing, Joshua Powell knocked on a friend's door in tears. For the next hour, he sat on Wayne Hamberg's living room sofa, sobbing, but saying nothing about Susan's mysterious disappearance on Dec. 6.

"He was so distressed, so despondent, so overwhelmed," says Powell's friend Wayne Hamberg, who met the 29-year-old Web site programmer about a year ago at a Salt Lake City computer club gathering.

"The reason he's not talking to police is he's just shut down," Hamberg, 49, a software engineer says about Joshua. "He's so emotionally drained and everybody's attacking him, making him out to be a Mark Hacking or a Scott Peterson. The Josh I know is not some kind of evil guy. I don't believe that's he's suicidal or anything like that, but right now, I don't think he's capable of doing much more than tying his own shoelaces."

Powell, whom police consider a person of interest (there have been no suspects named) in the case, has been under intense scrutiny since he told police he went on a midnight LINK "/people/article/0,,20331686,00.html" "desert camping trip"] in freezing conditions with his two sons, ages 2 and 4, on the night Susan Powell was last seen. Thus far, he has refused to retrace his whereabouts or give investigators an in-depth interview about the night's events.


Family Against Him
"I told him Tuesday night, when he came to see me, not to say anything to me about the circumstances, only to talk to his attorney," says Hamberg. "I want to be his friend, not somebody snooping around for a scoop. I'm there to support him and I'd like to think that he's innocent. I'd like to think that of all of my friends."

Hamberg noticed that Powell was thin and pale, as though he hadn't eaten in days. "I offered to make him dinner, but he refused, saying he just had no appetite for food – that it was tasteless," Hamberg says. "I gave him a hug, then he just sat on the couch and cried. He said the only thing keeping him going right now was his two boys. He's latched on to them as his sole mental support because even some of his own family members have turned on him now."

Although Hamberg has never met Susan Powell, he says Joshua talked about her occasionally during their twice-monthly club gatherings. "Usually, when he had something to say, it was nice," he says. "I do know, though, that he thought Susan was overspending. So there were some financial problems. But that happens to a lot of families."


Needs Support
During their visit at Hamberg's house, Joshua Powell told his friend that he'd been fired from his job because of all the bad publicity, and that the only reason he'd hired an attorney was because "he was so overwhelmed and needed some help."

"He didn't feel that anybody was sticking up for him," says Hamberg. "I've never seen a guy look so beaten down and withdrawn. I think the reason he's not commenting is because right now, he's just incapable of it – not because he has something to hide."

Whether Powell had something to do with his wife's disappearance or not, "he needs some emotional support right now and I'm there for him," says Hamberg. "I don't want to think about whether he could have done the unspeakable. I don't even go there. But I'm worried about Josh as a person. He could really use some friends right now."

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20332053,00.html

Thanks, that Wayne guy is making comments defending him on one of the comment sections I have noticed. I thought it was Josh, pretending to be a friend, guess not.

This case is so frustrating.  So many aspects of Josh Powell's story is unbelieveable.  There is no way he lost track of what day it was.  If Susan Powell was alive when he made the decision to leave the home after midnight with his sons for the "camping" trip in below freezing condition ... she would have reminded him that they both had to be at work in a few hours.  In other words ... the "camping" trip would not have happened.

Do those in charge of the investigation belong to the Mormom church?  In the Mormom faith ... what is a woman's role in a marriage?  What consequences are justified if she fails to conform to that role.

If this investigation was being held anywhere but Utah ... I would not have this hinky feeling.

Why was Josh's vehicle returned to him within three days.  Confiscated vehicles in other missing person cases on the SM forum required so much more time for forensic testing?

Also ... I realize that Susan Powell's father is between a rock and a hard place in regards to Josh Powell ... the father of his grandsons.  However ... it is beyond me how Cox can uphold Josh to the extent that he does.  In my opinion ... when all is considered ... it is a  betrayal to his daughter.

Maybe my perspective is all wrong.

Janet

Geraldo is covering this tonight and has the Cox's on.

Nothern Rose

I do not receive the Fox Channel.  Could you please provide an overview.

Thanks

Janet

I caught it over half way in as hubby was going through channels.  What I caught was

Josh is sole person of interest
Police required a judges order for Josh to submit DNA as he refused to do it willingly
Josh declined going out to camping area as well as search for Susan
Chuck Cox is holding out hope that Susan will be found.

Geraldo summed it up as Josh made up the story on the fly as a sane person would not come up with the bull story he did.

I will watch the later broadcast of Geraldo to see what else I may have missed

I want to add one more thing from Geraldo, they dug into the bankruptcy filing and they found that Josh made very little money in previous years, one year he barely made $3,000.

Police Still Puzzled Over Utah Mom's Disappearance

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Josh Powell says he packed up the family van in the middle of a freezing night on Dec. 7 and took his two young boys on an impromptu camping trip in the snow-covered wilderness. He said his wife stayed home and went to bed. She has not been heard from since. Susan Powell never showed up at her stockbroker job the next morning -- her keys, purse and cell phone all left at home. The husband was a no-show at work as well, saying he lost track of what day it was during the camping excursion.

Police are mystified by Josh Powell's story and have named him as the sole person of interest in his wife's disappearance. Authorities suspect foul play, and they say the husband's reluctance to provide basic information about his whereabouts that night has only fueled their suspicion.

"Usually something will surface within a few hours or a day, and everybody goes home happy and singing Kumbaya," said Tom McLachlan, a police captain in West Valley City, a suburb of Salt Lake City. "On this one, that's not happening, and we're very concerned about that."

Police have twice searched the Powell home and the family van, but have not said what they found. They also took DNA samples from Josh Powell and other unidentified family members. Susan Powell's father said police found a wet spot in the home being dried by two fans, but investigators have declined to comment on that.

Susan Powell's family has spent days giving interviews to media outlets around the country to keep her face in front of the public. Josh Powell, 33, has barely spoken publicly and has hired a criminal defense attorney who often defends high-profile clients. And when he has appeared in public, he often looks haggard and downcast.

Powell's story for the timeline of events the evening of Dec. 7 has baffled authorities.

He said he took the boys, ages 2 and 4, on the camping trip after midnight, even though he had to be at work a few hours later at his trucking company job. He said he forgot what day it was when he went camping because he did not go to church the day before.

Powell said the campsite was in a vast, mountainous area on the Pony Express Trail, making it difficult for authorities to search the area. Police say Powell has not said exactly where on the trail he spent the night in his van, although his attorney said Friday he's never been asked to take police to the site.

His kids never made it to day care that day, prompting workers at the center to call family members asking where the children were.

When he returned home on the evening of Dec. 7, he found his window broken in by police and his 28-year-old wife missing.

Authorities feared the Powells might have been poisoned by carbon monoxide after they all vanished on the same day.

Police have said the couple's 4-year-old told investigators the three did go camping, but police have been unable to verify the trip because the campsite area has been covered in snow.

Family and friends say it would be completely out of character for Susan Powell to wander off without contacting anyone, particularly without her purse, cell phone and keys. Each of those items was found in the Powells' locked home when police entered.

Charles Cox, Susan Powell's father, says it's not uncommon for his daughter and her husband to go to bed late. He also says Josh is known to lose track of time and show up hours late to events.

"He gets lost in what he's doing," he said. "And he would think nothing of, 'Oh, let's go get something.' If he could do something in the middle of the night and thought he'd wanted to do it, he'd do it. Does it doesn't sound totally out there? No, not based on his personality."

However, family and friends have said Susan Powell never would have let her children go camping at that hour.

"We know that Susan is an excellent mother and would not have tolerated her children being taken out of the home after midnight to go camping in dangerously cold conditions," said Shelby Gifford, a family friend who is acting as spokeswoman for Susan Powell's parents.

Gifford's comments about the late-night camping trip hint at what other friends have said -- that Susan and Josh's marriage was strained.

Court records show that the family filed for bankruptcy in 2007. Police have reportedly obtained a notebook or journal from Susan Powell's office that describes an alleged threat made by her husband about a year ago.

"I just know that every family and every couple has stress. I do know that there have been points where she has felt controlled, but I know in the last year, she has kind of freed herself from some of that," said Mindy Guzman, a friend who took some of the last known photos of Susan and Josh at a church breakfast on Dec 5.

Susan Powell went to Mormon services the next day without her husband. That night, she had dinner with family friend JoVonna Owings at the house. Powell disappeared the next day.

http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-police-puzzled-utah-moms-disappearance,0,3590060.story

Thanks Northern Rose 

Janet

The video with the article states that police found a carpet cleaner in the home and early on in the investigation Josh rented a car and disappeared for 24 hours., police have no idea where he went.

http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-police-puzzled-utah-moms-disappearance,0,3590060.story

News Nightline Video coverage of Susan Powell's disappearance

December 19, 2009 - If you've been following the Susan Powell "missing persons" case, you'll want to see ABC News Nightline's "Mom Vanished Without a Trace" video.

Excerpts:

"It's a story line that's become tragically familiar. A young mother vanishes leaving behind her belongings and her loving children."

"And as the investigation develops it’s her husband who soon becomes a person of interest."

"Now friends and family of Susan Powell, the mother of two young boys, are being forced to confront the possibility that she might never come back and the reason may be very close to home."

"Susan Powell vanished without a trace. As the facts come out the family is overcome with emotion, saying, 'Our reaction is it breaks our hearts but we want support'."

"The young mother known as loving and loyal left behind clues that have done little more than baffle friends and family and even police."  More (Video) » http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1O8GQSagC8

Susan Powell has been missing since Dec. 7. Native of Puyallup, Washington, Susan most recently lived in West Valley City, Utah. Her many friends and family members have tirelessly passed out fliers and are doing everything they can possibly think of to help find her.

While their hopes may dwindle as time passes, they are not giving up hope of finding Susan alive. Susan's family will hold a candlelight vigil tomorrow night in Puyallup, Washington. Friends and neighbors in West Valley, Utah, hope they can organize a vigil there to coincide with the vigil in Washington.

Frustration mounts as Susan's husband, Joshua Powell, the last person to see her, is not cooperating with police and is not forthcoming with information about his missing wife. Actions police say have hindered their search in finding Susan.

His actions over the past two weeks have made even his supporters question whether he knows more than he's saying.

Police are now considering this case a crime. Susan's brother-in-law, Kirk Graves, believes Joshua could be arrested as early as next week in the case of Susan's disappearance.

http://www.examiner.com/x-22460-Seattle-Family-Examiner~y2009m12d19-Susan-Powell--Nightline-video-coverage-of-her-disappearnce-Mom-vanished-without-a-trace

Susan Powell Update: Carpet cleaning machine found, husband rents car then disappears, more

New information has surfaced in the case of missing Utah mom, Susan Powell, 28 (detailed below). Susan's husband, Joshua Powell, was the last person to see her before she disappeared after midnight Dec. 7. She's been missing for nearly two weeks and hopes of finding her alive are dwindling.

West Valley City Police Captain, Tom McLachlan, said, “Usually something will surface within a few hours or a day, and everybody goes home happy and singing Kumbaya … on this one, that's not happening, and we're very concerned about that.”

Josh Powell is the only person of interest in this case and police suspect foul play. Josh’s actions seem to speak louder than words these days – though his words have been few, according to police.

Carpet cleaning machine found: Police found a carpet cleaning machine inside the house last week when Susan first went missing and during the early stages of the investigation. While police could not comment about the reported wet spot they did confirm a carpet cleaning machine was found in the home, according to Fox 13 News.

Josh rented a car, then went missing for 24 hours: Josh rented a car and briefly disappeared himself, according to Fox 13 News. Detectives said Josh wasn’t seen or heard from for nearly 24 hours. They will not go into detail about the car rental but did say that Josh rented the car when they seized the van to search it. They would not comment when asked how many miles were put on the rental car, which, Fox News reported, could be significant.

Police have not asked Josh to take them to the campsite: The campsite where Josh reportedly took his two sons on an overnight camping trip has yet to be found. Fox News reported that Powell told police the campsite was in a vast, mountainous area on the Pony Express Trail, making it difficult for authorities to search the area.

Police say Powell has not said exactly where on the trail he spent the night in his van, although his attorney said Friday he's never been asked to take police to the site.

Joshua’s behavior peculiar? Some say yes, some say no: Susan Powell’s father, Charles Cox, said it wouldn’t be uncommon for Josh to lose track of time or to do something at the spur of the moment. He said, “If he could do something in the middle of the night and thought he'd wanted to do it, he'd do it. Does it doesn't [sic] sound totally out there? No, not based on his personality."

However, family and friends continue to say that Susan Powell never would have let her children go camping at that hour.

Shelby Gifford, a family friend and spokeswoman for Susan’s parents, said, "We know that Susan is an excellent mother and would not have tolerated her children being taken out of the home after midnight to go camping in dangerously cold conditions," hinting, according to Fox News, that Susan and Josh's marriage was strained.

Joshua’s friend, Wayne Hamberg, doesn’t think Josh appeared to be evading police in video coverage of the case, as others had alleged.

Testing for blood in Powell home: Police were asked if lights or chemical were used in the house to detect blood. McLachlan responded, “I would assume that would occur. I cannot say whether that did or did not occur”.

Five search warrants served in the case: Five search warrants have reportedly been served in this case - three on the Powell home, one for Josh’s DNA, and one for the family van. Police cannot be specific about the search warrants or what they have found.

Susan’s notebook or journal found: According to Fox News, a notebook or journal was reportedly found at Susan’s work with entries describing an alleged threat made by her husband about a year ago.

Friends hope to spread word outside Utah and Washington: Susan’s best friend, Kiirsi, said they are going to see if they can get fliers into the hands of truckers that are traveling across state lines so they can post them in rest areas.

Support for friends and family: Tomorrow night, Sunday Dec. 20, Susan’s family is planning a candlelight vigil in Puyallup, Washington, Susan’s home town. Friends and neighbors are trying to schedule one in West Valley, Utah to coincide with the family candlelight vigil in Washington.

Support for Joshua Powell: Wayne Hamberg, has spoken out in support of his friend, Josh Powell. Hamberg told Fox News he feels no one is supporting Josh and that everyone has “beaten him up so badly lately.”

Hamberg doesn’t believe seeking legal counsel is an admission of guilt and doesn’t find it peculiar that Josh forgot what day it was.

Holding out hope Joshua is not guilty: Kiirsi said of Josh, “We just have to keep being his friend and being there for him. We believe he’s innocent until proven guilty so he’s still our friend, he’s still the same guy we’ve always known and we still love and care about him”.

http://www.examiner.com/x-22460-Seattle-Family-Examiner~y2009m12d19-Susan-Powell-Update-Carpet-cleaning-machine-found--husband-rents-car-then-disappears-more-gtgt

 


BLOCKED WEBSITE

 ::MonkeyShocked::

24 hours!!!

Thanks Northern Rose

Why was this guy not under surveillance?

Something is not right.

Janet

I know.  I hope they seized the rental car. 

A gratefulness candle has been started to pray for Susan's safe return

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Susan

Geraldo 12/19/09 - Susan Powell Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/v/Q0USU_Fj1kE&hl=en_US&fs=1&

http://www.youtube.com/v/BjV7k_uSEJY&hl=en_US&fs=1&

In the Geraldo interview they state Josh said he went to this area to camp

Simpson Springs

From Little Valley continue west on Lookout pass Road for approx 20 miles.

Simpson Springs Campground, Utah

Description: Elevation 5100 feet. Campground at the foot of the low (8200 feet) and remote Simpson Mountains. Horse corral with water .25 mile west of the camprgound-- horses not allowed in the campground proper. There is running water in the campground but it is not potable unless treated.

Location: From Vernon, go 5 miles north to the Pony Express Trail (still a dirt road), then about 25 miles west southwest.

http://www.publiclands.org/explore/site.php?id=1413&SID=1239357866.1464

http://www.publiclands.org/explore/quadrant_map.php?id=1413&site_name=Simpson%20Springs%20Campground&quad=UT_Q11

Map showing house to Simpson springs

Travel time 2 ours 45 mins, 91 miles


http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=6254+Sarah+Cir,+Salt+Lake+City,+UT+84128&daddr=Simpson+Springs,+Dugway-Wendover,+Tooele,+Utah,+United+States&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=40.046146,-112.788219&sspn=0.87255,1.573792&ie=UTF8&ll=40.390489,-112.478027&spn=0.868132,1.573792&t=h&z=9

Campground

I also hope they seized the rental car. Although I am pretty sure that she was dead and disposed of before then. I wonder if he thought about doing away with himself and was too self centered to do it?  It would fit what I have heard of his personality. I feel bad for her parents. Her dad sounds like he really did not like Josh but wanted to keep the lines of communication open in case she came to her senses. I wish they would at least require someone to stay with him and the kids - I am afraid that his selfish nature may make him act like a cornered animal -If I can not have the kids because I am caught, I will just take all of us out.  ::MonkeyNoNo::

I found it odd in a good way that the daycare phoned the family when the children didn't show up...Is this usual? unless it was a smaller daycare, but still, to have the insight to phone Susan's family...otherwise, how many days would have passed before the news of her disappearance was made public???

http://www.deseretnews.com/user/comments/705352732/TV-stations-subpoenaed-for-video-footage-in-Powell-case.html

Wayne Hamberg | 6:11 p.m. Dec. 19, 2009
To Mary:

I'm a good friend of Josh as well and this is what I have I told the media and the police.

1) I don't want to mess up anything that the WVCPD my be working on. The WVCPD will solve this case and I am withholding judgement. I want to believe Josh is innocent and Susan is alive and well.
2) I am worried about the safety of my family because I have come out and stated I'm friends of Josh and that my experience with Josh is different than is presently being reported.
3) KSL and Channel 4 has both been to my house today and CBS-National has called. Imagine the pressure I would get if I knew more details than just being Josh's friend.

If I new anything, I would contact the WVCPD immediately and I would be speaking only to them. I have told everybody that I told Josh only to speak to his attorney and the WVCPD and nobody else.

Everybody let the WVCPD do their jobs as they will solve this case.

Then this response to Wayne:


Anonymous | 7:15 p.m. Dec. 19, 2009
Wayne - you have been speaking to everyone, and advertising yourself all over the place. Sounds like you want the media to contact you by putting your name out in every media source there is. Are you sure you are there to support your man, Josh, or are you just wanting your 15 minute of fame.


Wayne Hamberg | 8:29 p.m. Dec. 19, 2009
I talked to Deseret News and they posted the story on the AP. People Magizine lied and said they were from the Deseret News following up on the story. KSL & Channel 4 both came by asking for a video story which I declined. CBS-National wanted me to do a live broadcast at 4am Monday morning which I have also declined. If I wanted my 15 minutes of fame, I wouldn't be turning down interview requests 3 times in one day would I.

Let the WVCPD do their job and continue to investigate because I have all the confidence the WVCPD will resolve this situation.

My hopes and prayers along with most people is that Susan is still alive.

Mary | 9:03 p.m. Dec. 19, 2009
Wayne

With all due respect. If you are so worried about your family's safety you should not be using your real name on the internet discussing what you say you don't want to discuss.

Thank-you for all the updates.              Chuck Cox said he bought his daughter a cell phone when she moved to Utah so she could use it for emergencies. Joshua Powell knew about the phone, he said, but he and Judy paid the bill each month to ensure his daughter had a way to call them.   ::MonkeyEek:: The parents knew Josh was trouble, and they also knew that in order to keep the relationship with their daughter and grandchildren, they had to tolerate this fool their daughter married. My prayers to the Cox family  ::MonkeyAngel::

IMO they need to look closer to home for her.

I don't believe she is anywhere near that route. The info is posted by NR to show how far from home in a storm the trip is. I say......look closer to home for her. I don't know much about Utah, but I'd check around the ponds close to home. Do the Kennecott Tailings Pond's (# 1 and # 2) freeze over/solid this time of year? Salt would inhibit freezing....no?

Kennecott Tailings Pond Number One -
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&num=50&newwindow=1&q=kennecott%20tailings%20pond&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Kennecott Tailings Pond Number Two -
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&num=50&q=Kennecott+Tailings+Pond+Number+Two,+Magna,+Salt+Lake,+Utah&ie=UTF8&oi=georefine&ct=clnk&cd=2&geocode=FXu7bQIdpIlQ-Q&split=0

IMO his words or lack thereof are leading them in the wrong direction. If she is found close to home he can say she was taken from the house.

December 20, 2009 Sunday 
 
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TV stations subpoenaed for video footage in Powell case
 

WEST VALLEY CITY
Authorities have requested all video footage of the husband of missing Utahn Susan Powell from local television stations. West Valley Police Capt. Tom McLachlan declined to elaborate what they're looking for in the footage.

Most Salt Lake-area TV stations received the subpoenas Friday. KSL received an electronic subpoena after business hours Friday and has yet to review it, said Con Psarras, vice president of KSL News. Because almost everything recorded in the case has already been published online, the station is likely to comply with the request, he said. "We don't have much," he said. "With a person of interest, it's logical for the police to want to know." The news and radio station will follow established policy for dealing with recordings, Psarras said. 
http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100020825&docId=l:1095543664&start=1

http://newsblaze.com/story/20091220075129kays.nb/topstory.html      Another good article  ::MonkeyEek::

Nothing has been said about Susan's FIL Steven. Hopefully the police have interviewed him.

Neighbor Talks About Noise At Powell Home

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http://connect2utah.com/content/news/story/?cid=67992

is this new the vid mentions a search warrant

West Valley Woman Missing, Police Search House for Clues

http://www.fox13now.com/videobeta/?watchId=b9cb10db-3053-43d2-af94-34cc290b738a (http://www.fox13now.com/videobeta/?watchId=b9cb10db-3053-43d2-af94-34cc290b738a)

This is one of the Josh creepy videos:

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http://connect2utah.com/content/news/story/?cid=68001

Police Think Husband Of Missing Mom Has Left Utah
Reported by:
Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 @03:33pm

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Police say they believe the Utah man considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife is now in Washington state.
     
West Valley City police Capt. Tom McLachlan said Sunday that neighbors of Josh Powell say he left Utah either Friday or Saturday, presumably to be with family in Washington.
     
His wife Susan has been missing since Dec. 7. Josh Powell told police he last saw her at 12:30 a.m. that day when he took his two young sons on a camping trip and left her at home.
     
Police have called Josh Powell a person of interest and said he was not forthcoming in interviews with detectives.
     
McLachlan said there are no restrictions on Josh Powell's movements.
     
Meanwhile, Susan Powell's family and friends are planning a candlelight vigil Sunday night in Puyallup, Wash.

hmmm, I just dont think he is that smart to think ahead and be able to say someone else took her since she is close to home.  I think he took her very far from the house.  And not at all where he says he went camping.  Who knows I guess - I just dont think he that bright.

BOTTOM LINE!  Utah authorities do not know the whereabouts of the person of interest in the disappearance of Susan Powell and ... this is not the first time.  Surveillance is not an option?

 ::MonkeyNoNo::

Could it be that somewhere behind the scenes there are church connections between relatives of Josh Powell and ... someone in Law Enforcement  ... pulling strings ... deterring the justice process?

Janet

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He wouldn't have to 'think ahead'. If she is found close to home, he could simply say it. One thing we can agree on is that she is not in the direction he speaks of.

And I'm assuming the children left the state with this creep?  ::MonkeyEek::  ::MonkeyNoNo::

I feel like I am in the Twilight Zone.  It is something akin to the tail wagging the dog.

 ::MonkeyMad::

Janet

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Lawyer: Husband of missing mom has left Utah
(AP) – 18 minutes ago

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife has left the state with the couple's two young children, his attorney said Sunday.

Josh Powell's attorney, Scott Williams, said in a text message to The Associated Press that his client went to his father's house in Washington state for the holidays with his sons

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West Valley City police Capt. Tom McLachlan on Sunday said there are no restrictions on Josh Powell's movements.

"He can come and go as he pleases," McLachlan said, adding that police would still like to speak with him again.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jE-50f71E8ypwigW42nKuDx27hxAD9CNAP402

Oh geeeeeeezeeeeee  ::MonkeyEek::  what if he takes her to WA? Naaaaa....nevermind...

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Thanks Northern Rose, so he took the kids with him, and how easy is it to cross over into Canada? 
Susan's parents can have a judge draw up emergency, temporary custody papers, and hope they do so immediately. Only problem is what if they don't know where he is with the kids? My biggest fear, is this sick SOB could kill his children and himself.

His parents live only about 2 miles from Susan's parents in Washington state.  He's probably going to visit with them for Christmas.  I imagine it was a planned trip although I could be wrong.  Just seems that it would be pretty expensive purchasing tickets at the last minute.

I agree NR and it would not surprise me. I wish they could arrest him NOW. I know they don't have enough, but geeeeeeeezeeeeeeeeee.....it is so obvious.

no rose colored glasses

You are right!!

If there are no restrictions on Josh's comings and goings ... there are several entries into Canada ... into the Fraser Valley of British Columbia ... by driving the Interstate 5 directly from the Seattle area.

It could be that Josh Powell is attempting to avoid the death penalty.  Extradiction from Canada is only a possibility if Utah takes it off the table.

 ::MonkeyNoNo::

Janet

Yes, and maybe it was a planned trip, he is obviously unstable, I don't trust him, and I just hope that is all he is doing is visiting for Christmas.

It's only about a 3hr drive from Puyallup Washington to Vancouver Canada.

Thank-you Janet, I wasn't sure how easy it was to go into Canada, I knew about the extradition and the death penalty having to be taken off the table, just like with Mexico.

It appears that Josh Powell's parents are divorced.  His mother lives in Utah and his father lives in Washington.

Janet

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You are welcome.

Approximately three times a year you will find this Canadian in the Seattle area.  Depending on washroom and coffee/tea breaks ... it is approximately a 3 1/2 hour drive from the Fraser Valley.

Janet

 ::MonkeyNoNo::

That thought has crossed my mind too.

Janet

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Isn't the new law now where you have to have a passport to go into Canada and back to the US? Maybe I have misunderstood that, I thought that is what is needed now.

Wouldn't be the first time I have heard a family say something like that, Josh is just Josh. Well that is fine if it is little issues which make him unique, but this guy does not seem to have little issues  ::MonkeyNoNo::

I just remembered.  My eldest son who lives in Vancouver Island often takes a passenger ferring from Victoria, BC (Capital) to Seattle.  There is another passenger/car (?) ferry that departs from Victoria to Port Angeles, Washington.  If Josh does not have a vehicle this would probably be his choice of entry into Canada.  A vehicle could be rented in Victoria.

Up until this year ... proof of residency (driver's licence) was all that was required by Americans and Canadians who wished to drive cross the border.  Now passports and birth certificates is where it is at ... unless you are Tamikosmom.  I was on a mission to pick up a newly released book in Bellingham ... a 20 minute drive from the border and ... forgot my documents.  The guard waved me through with only a driver's licence for identification.  I think he though I was going to cry and didn't want to deal with me.

 ::snowmanlaugh::

Janet

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Thank-you Janet for your answer about passports  ::MonkeyCool:: Northern Rose, from the latest article you posted.  Susan's mother and father walked by Joshua and did not stop to talk to him.   ::MonkeyEek:: Josh is lucky that is all they did, not talk to him. They show real class, because I'm afraid my husband and I would not have been so decent.

"One of the biggest problems Susan had was that (Josh) talked to his dad for hours, more than he talked to her," said Tim Peterson, a friend and member of the Powells' ward who has been vocal in the past about Josh Powell and once called police on him.
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Joe Trujillo, who talked to Josh Powell often when he would come visit two doors down the street, said Josh told him only a month ago that some family problems stemmed from how busy and active Susan was with her ward, which Josh Powell started attending again a few months ago because of marriage counseling.

"(Josh) mentioned the church was putting a burden on their marriage," Trujillo said.

Other ward members described a similar scenario.

Peterson said he went with the Elders Quorum presidency last September to offer Susan a blessing when she was feeling sick, and said that Josh Powell talked to them for 45 minutes while his wife sat there sick.

"Not in any part of the time did he show any concern for his wife," Peterson said.

"(Susan) told me that a couple times he would say to the kids, 'You can go to church or have this cake,' " Peterson said. "She had to do everything."

Hellewell said he knew Josh struggled with pressure from his family, especially his dad, Stephen Powell, about church.

"His dad is very against the church," Hellewell said. "His dad is always sending him anti-Mormon literature and I've heard stories from Josh and Susan that (Josh's) dad was always trying to break up their marriage."

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...Utah.html?pg=1    Here is the link

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705352897/Husband-of-missing-West-Valley-woman-has-left-Utah.html?pg=1    I hope this link works.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9097273

Husband of missing Utah mother attends Wash. vigil
December 20, 2009

WEST VALLEY CITY -- A Utah man considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife was among more than 60 people who attended a vigil for her Sunday night in her parents' hometown in Washington state.

Meanwhile, Susan Powell's friends and neighbors held another vigil for her in West Valley City.

"We have not given up, and we will not give up until Susan comes home," said Kiirsi Hellewell, Susan's best friend.

Susan Powell's friends and neighbors gather at the Utah vigil Sunday night

Susan's husband Josh suddenly left Utah over the weekend. Although he's been called a person of interest by police, Josh Powell is legally free to leave the state.

He told friends he just wanted to get away from the media attention, but he missed an outpouring of support here for his missing wife.

They came with candles and messages of support promising prayers and hymns around the world.

"We join Susan's family and friends at this moment in Puyallup, Washington to light a candle of hope for Susan," Hellewell said.

In many places they promised to sing Susan's favorite hymn, "Silent Night". Mixed in with all the songs and prayers was an undercurrent of worry about whether the case will ever be resolved.

"We ask Father that hearts may be softened, that whoever may know what has happened to her may have the courage to step forward and speak up," said James Hofheins, coordinator of the Susan Powell Friends and Family Facebook page.

Josh Powell evidently left Utah either Friday or Saturday and traveled to Washington to stay with his father. Friday and Sunday, a KSL news camera captured scenes of large items being removed from his home by friends or relatives.

One neighbor spoke with him by phone just before the vigil.

"He just told me he needed to get away from all the press and publicity. He wants to keep his kids away from it," said John Hellewell.

Powell also said he'd been fired from his software job.

Hellewell said, "He just made a comment to me that he wasn't going to be able to pay any more of his bills because he doesn't have any money now."

Neighbors were surprised he had left Utah so suddenly.

"I don't know what his motives are. Maybe he just wanted to be with his family for a while but that was surprising to me," Kiirsi Hellewell said. "His story is already strange. It's already something that's hard to believe, so the whole circumstances around that are strange."

At the Utah vigil, suspicions were set aside as dozens of people hoped to make a difference with prayer and song.

"I just hope wherever she is that she's safe and that she knows how much everyone loves her," said friend Rachel Marini.

The Washington vigil was held at a church near the homes of Josh's father and Susan's parents. Besides Josh Powell, the event was attended by Susan's grandparents, parents and siblings.

Police said his distance from Utah will make it more difficult to speak with him, but they do not have him under surveillance.

Police also said there were no new developments in the investigation

An ongoing relationship with those little boys ... if Josh is not held accountable for the death of Susan ... must be the reason that her family does not go up one side of Josh and down the other.

Janet

Agreed.  This is a time to think long term.  If Josh did it (I think he did), it could be a long time before he is charged.  Meantime the little boys welfare is first consideration.   

I am so very afraid for them!

Chi-M

Chuck Cox We estimate 200 people attended the vigil in the pouring rain, I counted at least 5 News trucks, I know there were more. Talk about determination and support. Shortly after the vigil as people began to disperse, I heard that Joshua (the husband) had arrived. I saw this brother doing an interview, I couldn't really understand why Josh was there. I saw that Josh had brought Charlie,(4 yrs old) but I felt it would have been inappropriate for me to barge in on the Powell family umbrella fort they created to guard against Media. It was well known that the Media would be there.....I just hope being here will encourage Josh to help with the search. Thank everyone, including the Media for showing up in the Pouring rain. We are taking it one day at a time.

http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?v=wall&ref=search&gid=198478842187

Friend: Missing Utah mom was mulling divorce (with video)
‘She talked of escaping, but there’s no way she would have left her boys’

A woman who has known a missing Utah woman and her husband since the couple were married eight years ago is not surprised that Josh Powell has been named a person of interest in his wife Susan’s disappearance, saying that his increasingly controlling behavior had put the couple’s marriage on the rocks.

“His story just doesn’t add up,” Rachel Marini told TODAY’s Ann Curry Monday from her home in American Fork, Utah. “I think it was only a matter of time before it came to this.”

It has been two weeks since Josh Powell told police he took the couple’s two boys on a late-night camping trip, leaving Susan behind in their suburban Salt Lake City home. When he came home, she wasn’t there, he told police.

Since then, Josh has hired a prominent local defense attorney and has not responded to police efforts to interview him further. Last week, he took sons Charlie, 4, and Raden, 2, back to his parents’ home in Puyallup, Wash., for the holidays. On Sunday evening, he attended a prayer vigil for Susan with his older son but did not acknowledge his wife’s parents, Chuck and Judy Cox, who stood just a dozen or so feet away from him.

Marini said that behavior seemed strange. “Her parents are hurting just as much as he is. I would have hoped that he would have been comforting to them, as I know they would have been to him,” she said.

Debts and deterioration
Marini said that what had been a happy marriage began to deteriorate several years ago when the Powells moved from Washington to Utah. The couple had financial difficulties and filed for bankruptcy in 2007, citing nearly $200,000 in debts.

“Josh became more and more controlling, and it was harder for her to remain herself, or remain the happy person that she was,” Marini said.

“Josh was very controlling. He controlled everything in their marriage, from the money that Susan spent to what groceries she could buy to what she could eat. There was a lot of fighting and belittling on his part. It just reduced her to a very unhappy and different person than she was when he first met her,” Marini told Curry.

Marini said that Susan had spoken about her unhappiness and had even discussed leaving her husband. But, she said, it’s unthinkable that her friend would have gone without her children.

“Susan talked many times about escaping her unhappy marriage, but there’s no way she would have left her boys,” Marini said.

Credible story?
Police have focused on Josh’s account that he decided to go camping near midnight on Sunday, Dec. 6. He said he went to a park in the desert west of Salt Lake City, despite sub-freezing temperatures and a snowstorm moving in. He and the boys slept in the family van, he said.

Police have said that Josh was vague about the exact location of his campsite. An overnight snowstorm also eradicated tracks and made it impossible for police to check Josh’s story.
 
When the children didn’t show up at day care and Susan didn’t go to work, concerned friends called police, who broke into the house. They reportedly found Susan’s purse and cell phone. In the living room, fans were trained on a wet spot on the carpet

Curry asked Marini whether Josh’s story about an impromptu camping trip is credible.

“I don’t know, but I do know that if he had told Susan, ‘Hey, I’m going to take the boys out camping, and it’s 10 degrees out, it’s a blizzard, and we have school the next day,’ she would

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34508240/ns/today-today_people/

I understand it would be best not to speak to Josh looking at the long term consequences, it would just be very hard not too. And LE isn't really watching his movements  ::MonkeyEek:: either they really are, which I hope, and aren't saying that, or this would not be a good move by LE considering Canada is right there to go and disappear. But it sounds like he has very little money, but family members could help him with money.

It would have been a good thing if Josh had been under surveillance in that 24 hour period he went missing.  Could he have been insuring Susan's remains would never be found.

Considering there is no restriction in regards to Josh's comings and goings ... could police surveillance observe him crossing the Canadian/American border and ... not have any authority to intervene?

Janet

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Susan Powell Update: Carpet cleaning machine found, husband rents car then disappears
December 19, 2:28 PM

Josh rented a car and briefly disappeared himself, according to Fox 13 News. Detectives said Josh wasn’t seen or heard from for nearly 24 hours. They will not go into detail about the car rental but did say that Josh rented the car when they seized the van to search it. They would not comment when asked how many miles were put on the rental car, which, Fox News reported, could be significant.

http://www.examiner.com/x-22460-Seattle-Family-Examiner~y2009m12d19-Susan-Powell-Update-Carpet-cleaning-machine-found--husband-rents-car-then-disappears-more-gtgt


Husband of missing mom attends Wash. vigil
Wife's side of the family also is at service; he’s a ‘person of interest’

West Valley City police Capt. Tom McLachlan said Sunday there are no restrictions on Josh Powell's movements.

"He can come and go as he pleases," McLachlan said, adding that police would still like to speak with him again.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34503052/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZuvLyygRK70&hl=en_US&fs=1&

“Josh was very controlling. He controlled everything in their marriage, from the money that Susan spent to what groceries she could buy to what she could eat. There was a lot of fighting and belittling on his part. It just reduced her to a very unhappy and different person than she was when he first met her,” Marini told Curry.  ::MonkeyEek:: In this creeps sick and controlling mind, Susan must have done something that pushed him over. I'm sure he has justified whatever happened in his mind.

4 year old Charlie at vigil.

  ::MonkeyNoNo::  ::MonkeyNoNo::

Janet - I agree with you on how easy it is to get across the border to Canada .  When I lived in the Fraser Valley it was normal to go across shopping in Bellingham for the weekend.  When the passport restrictions came in effect I was discussing with my Aunt that it must take her more time now then when we used to scoot across the border and she said at first it did, now no.  There have been times when she was asked if she had a passport, went to get it from her purse, and just got waived through before she even got them out. 

As well, as the Ferries you can take from Victoria, there are ferries from Sidney, right by the airport on the island that go to Anacortes, Lopez, Orcas and Friday Harbour Washington.

http://www.youtube.com/v/gPKeOYB4FU0&hl=en_US&fs=1&

http://www.youtube.com/v/OBXltNRvOos&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Josh ran home to be with his daddy, and I'm sure it isn't a stretch to think that daddy will help Josh with what ever it takes, to help him out  ::MonkeyNoNo::

The last video I posted states that even Josh's own family in Utah did not know that Josh had left the state until they heard it on the news.  They had no idea he had gone to WA  ::MonkeyEek::  This brother-in-law is the family that was sharing time looking after the boys.  I am wonder if the boys were talking too much and Josh needed to get them away?

This video when they zoom in on Josh he mutters "wow" and shakes his head back and forth - no.  He is mad the media is there?  How in the world would he not expect the media there and be happy that they are to keep Susan in the news?  Right after that he is kneeling down by Charlie and pulling the little boys hood until he gets a really good grip on it.  It disturbs me to see that.

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Husband-of-missing-Utah-woman-attends-vigil-in-Puyallup-79816897.html

Thanks no rose colored glasses

You are right.  I can hear it now.  "Susan made me do it.  If only she ... "

Could it be that an insecure/possessive/controlling Josh anticipated Susan would be more reliant on him if he moved her to Utah ... away from Seattle ... away from her family ... away from her friends ... away from negative influences in regards to her choice of a husband ... ?

Janet

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Friend: Missing Utah mom was mulling divorce
‘She talked of escaping, but there’s no way she would have left her boys’
By Mike Celizic
TODAYshow.com contributor
updated 5:46 a.m. PT, Mon., Dec . 21, 2009

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34508240/ns/today-today_people/