Missing Susan Powell : Part 2
THE HORRID FATE
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Feb 5,2012
A blazing house on fire,a social worker in a frenzy, trying to call 911,the fumes which wouldn't desist,the closed doors of the house,the rising fumes,with an elder and 2 kids inside the house.This was the horrid fate of Powell's family.Last week we talked about the circumstances around Susan's disappearance and Josh's disturbing past.This week we will talk more about the Powell family and the investigation into the case.
Steven Powell:the evil father in law
In 2012, thousands of pages of police reports — as well as video, audio, and written diary entries, most pertaining to Steve’s perverse obsession with Susan — were released by the police. Earlier that year, Steven had been found guilty of voyeurism after taking photographs and videos of young girls changing and bathing in their bathroom. He was serving his sentence in a Washington state prison when the documents were released.
In one diary entry, Steven wrote about Susan:
But Steven seemed to understand that what he was doing was sick, writing that his actions “might be considered sociopathic. I mean, who looks under the bathroom door with a mirror?” But what Steven Powell wanted, Steven Powell got.
In August 2011, Steven shocked the country when, during an ABC News interview, he stated that he and Susan “interacted in a lot of sexual ways because Susan enjoys doing that. I enjoy doing that.”Throughout his journals, Steven questioned if the 31-year age difference between him and Susan would pose a problem, and he cut out numerous newspaper articles about age gap relationships.
A delusional Steven Powell seemed to genuinely believe he had a shot at a romantic relationship with his daughter-in-law. He decided to sell his house after Susan said she thought it was too dark. He planned on buying another home if Susan one day agreed to marry him. The investigation into Susan Powell’s disappearance revealed that Steven had a stash of disgusting and exploitative items belonging to his daughter-in-law, including cotton balls that Susan had used to remove nail polish, pairs of her panties in Ziplock bags, toenail clippings, hair clippings, used sanitary napkins, and other horrific souvenirs, all dated with Susan’s name on them.
Susan was understandably disgusted by Steven’s advances, but Josh always defended his dad, saying that’s just how he was. However, soon after Steven confessed to Susan his love for her, Josh and Susan moved from Washington state to Utah, though this didn’t stop Steven from journaling about his lust for Susan.
In one of his last journal entries, Steven wrote that he would be “devastated” if he found out that Susan was dead, and that he was “so in love with her” that he could “barely function.”
The investigation into Susan’s disappearance:
Josh’s rental was searched and they find out that he had driven for around 800 miles and was M.I.A for 20 hrs. Josh’s dad Steven is also unaccounted for during this time. He hadn’t been to work, and his phone was turned off for these 20hrs (what is this family really up to?). The family’s minivan, along with the home, was searched multiple times. In late December, Josh lawyered up and stopped cooperating with the police, leading those involved to infer that he wasn’t interested in his wife being found.
They learn that the animosity between Susan and Josh went far beyond the normal marital spats. The situation was so dire that Susan had detailed the family’s struggles in journals and videotaped the family’s assets in case a divorce turned into World War III. She knew her family was in danger, though she never had a clue that her family’s demise would go down in history as one of the most chilling family annihilations in American history.
In June 2008, the mother of two wrote the following: “For family and friends of Susan. All except Josh Powell. I don’t trust him. I have been having extreme marital stress for 3–4 years now. For mine and my children’s safety, I feel the need to have a paper trail. He has threatened to skip the country and told me if we divorce there will be lawyers. If I die it may not be an accident. Even if it looks like one.”
Josh’s sister Jennifer was so convinced that Josh and Steven had something to do with Susan’s disappearance and so to prove this she wiretaps herself with the help of the police and visits her dad's house, where her brothers and Steven were having a dinner night. After dinner, she tries to get a confession out of Josh but Steven interrupts their conversation. So nothing comes from the wiretapping.
Just as the case was going cold, an arrest warrant was issued to Steven’s house where Josh, his kids, and his siblings were living. The warrant came a day after Steven Powell’s disgusting ABC News interview in which he claimed he had a sexual relationship with Susan prior to her disappearance. This is when they find those disturbing videotapes, voyeur videos, and a stash of Susan’s belongings in Steven’s room. They also find 5000 photos of Susan and in some of them, he had morphed himself into the photos. Steven was found guilty of voyeurism after taking photographs and videos of young girls changing and bathing in their bathroom and was imprisoned in Washington state prison. The children are now taken into protective custody. Susan’s parents get temporary custody, but Josh was given the chance to regain custody if he proved to a court-ordered psychologist that he could raise the children in a healthy household.
Charlie and Braden:
“I feel like Josh did a really stupid thing and probably disposed of her body in a truly grotesque way. I think he probably went to some former industrial land just west of west valley city and cremated. Josh’s life with Susan was utterly miserable. Evidently, this tragedy is my answer to why Josh hung on. He wanted to do it his way, to avoid a messy, costly divorce.”
In my opinion, I feel that Josh killed Susan on their way to camping, dumped her body in the trunk of the family car, which the kids had seen. Micheal helps Josh in getting rid of evidence which was definitely in Micheal’s car, the one he was gonna destroy. He took that 400km drive in his rental, to revisit the site of Susan’s body. Josh probably confessed something to Steven and got rid of his kids as they had become his liability. In the end, this family had too many secrets related which they took to their grave.
Susan Powell’s body is out there, somewhere, maybe in a mine or maybe in a shallow grave. May be covered with leaves and bushes, just waiting for someone to finally stumble upon her remains but if there’s any comfort to be found in the tragic tale of the Powell family, it’s that Susan is with her boys. They’re safe now, and no one can ever hurt them again. Many viewed Josh as a good father, and while he may have done many fun activities with his boys, he was willing to rob them of their mother, starve them, and kill them to save his own behind. Josh Powell died a fiery death. I don’t know what you believe but I don’t believe he will ever stop burning. He ignited a fire he can never escape. The diabolical family annihilator sentenced himself to a lifetime of imprisonment and suffering. He annihilated himself. We believe that burning alive is the most painful death there can be. He lit a fire and turned the tables on himself, and I find that oddly comforting.
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| Susan and the boys - Source:Fox 13 |
Steven Powell:the evil father in law
Steven Powell was a man who viewed women as sex objects, not people. He was a porn addict who put his own needs and desires above everyone else. His daughter-in-law, Susan, was no exception. Steven saw his son’s wife as the ultimate prize. He had long been obsessed with her, believing that she deliberately flirted with him, despite her telling him that she just wanted to be his daughter-in-law, and Steven made no effort to hide his infatuation from Josh.
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| Steve Powell - Sorce:ABC4 |
In one diary entry, Steven wrote about Susan:
“What has driven me in the past year is primarily lust. I have never lusted for a woman as I have for Susan. I take chances sometimes to take video clips of her, which I watch regularly.”
Powell detailed how he went through Susan’s laundry and masturbated with her underwear and to photos of her, twice in her presence. He admitted to slipping a mirror under the bathroom door to spy on Susan while she went to the bathroom.
Powell detailed how he went through Susan’s laundry and masturbated with her underwear and to photos of her, twice in her presence. He admitted to slipping a mirror under the bathroom door to spy on Susan while she went to the bathroom.
He wrote:
“The fact is, I can hardly control myself when it comes to her.”
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| One of his audio journals - Source:KTAR News |
Dr. Chitra Raghavan, a professor of psychology and expert in abuse at John Jay College, explained: “He truly appears to believe that he is in love with her. He thinks his love is wholesome and pure, that he has a right to express his love, and that the erotic interest that he is having … is normal and healthy and beautiful. So, it is very delusional. He is a predator. He … invades her, he exploits her. And he has no difficulty with this.”
But Steven seemed to understand that what he was doing was sick, writing that his actions “might be considered sociopathic. I mean, who looks under the bathroom door with a mirror?” But what Steven Powell wanted, Steven Powell got.
In August 2011, Steven shocked the country when, during an ABC News interview, he stated that he and Susan “interacted in a lot of sexual ways because Susan enjoys doing that. I enjoy doing that.”Throughout his journals, Steven questioned if the 31-year age difference between him and Susan would pose a problem, and he cut out numerous newspaper articles about age gap relationships.
A delusional Steven Powell seemed to genuinely believe he had a shot at a romantic relationship with his daughter-in-law. He decided to sell his house after Susan said she thought it was too dark. He planned on buying another home if Susan one day agreed to marry him. The investigation into Susan Powell’s disappearance revealed that Steven had a stash of disgusting and exploitative items belonging to his daughter-in-law, including cotton balls that Susan had used to remove nail polish, pairs of her panties in Ziplock bags, toenail clippings, hair clippings, used sanitary napkins, and other horrific souvenirs, all dated with Susan’s name on them.
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| Underwear and other items of Susan's collected by her father-in-law Steve Powell - Source:The Cold Podcast |
In one of his last journal entries, Steven wrote that he would be “devastated” if he found out that Susan was dead, and that he was “so in love with her” that he could “barely function.”
The investigation into Susan’s disappearance:
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| Josh Powell - Source:KSL news radio |
Josh’s rental was searched and they find out that he had driven for around 800 miles and was M.I.A for 20 hrs. Josh’s dad Steven is also unaccounted for during this time. He hadn’t been to work, and his phone was turned off for these 20hrs (what is this family really up to?). The family’s minivan, along with the home, was searched multiple times. In late December, Josh lawyered up and stopped cooperating with the police, leading those involved to infer that he wasn’t interested in his wife being found.
They learn that the animosity between Susan and Josh went far beyond the normal marital spats. The situation was so dire that Susan had detailed the family’s struggles in journals and videotaped the family’s assets in case a divorce turned into World War III. She knew her family was in danger, though she never had a clue that her family’s demise would go down in history as one of the most chilling family annihilations in American history.
A video Susan made documenting her and Josh's assets in case they got a divorce - Source: youtube
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| Susan's Jounal entry - Source:The desert news |
She also had told friends that Josh had been watching shows like forensic files an would make weird comments about the murderer’s mistakes. Saying that ‘if I were to kill someone I would make sure that I would put their body in a place where nobody would find it, like a mine’ and guess what? a search of the family computer showed that Josh had indeed looked up mines in nearby places.
The police learn Josh and Michael were very close so the lead investigator starts digging into Micheal’s emails. They find a mail to Apollo mapping in Boulder, Colorado asking for a super-high-resolution photo of a wrecking yard in Oregon. He specifically wanted a view of Lindell Auto salvage yard, where his car had been towed. This is weird because the day after Susan’s disappearance Michael and Alaina came over to Utah to stay with the boys for 2 weeks.then when they were driving home they broke down, but instead of getting the car fixed, Micheal had it taken to a salvage lot in Oregon (as he wanted the car to be destroyed). The investigators find out about this and send canines (cadaver dogs: they can detect any human remains) out and they immediately go to Micheal’s trunk indicating the presence of dead human remains at some point of time but after the forensic testing it comes back as insufficient and there was not enough evidence to make an arrest.
The police learn Josh and Michael were very close so the lead investigator starts digging into Micheal’s emails. They find a mail to Apollo mapping in Boulder, Colorado asking for a super-high-resolution photo of a wrecking yard in Oregon. He specifically wanted a view of Lindell Auto salvage yard, where his car had been towed. This is weird because the day after Susan’s disappearance Michael and Alaina came over to Utah to stay with the boys for 2 weeks.then when they were driving home they broke down, but instead of getting the car fixed, Micheal had it taken to a salvage lot in Oregon (as he wanted the car to be destroyed). The investigators find out about this and send canines (cadaver dogs: they can detect any human remains) out and they immediately go to Micheal’s trunk indicating the presence of dead human remains at some point of time but after the forensic testing it comes back as insufficient and there was not enough evidence to make an arrest.
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| The cadaver dog sinffs Micheal Powell's Ford1997 Taurus - Source: the cold podcast |
Anyone who thought Josh might be a beleaguered, grieving husband changed their mind when, in January 2010, Josh packed up his and the boys’ belongings in preparation to move back to Washington state to his dad’s house. On January 11, just a month after his wife disappeared, Josh recruited friends and neighbors to help him load a moving van and trailer.
Josh further eroded his own credibility on February 26, 2010, when he along with his father, launched the website susanpowell.org. The creation of the site led to a feud between the Cox and Powell families. The site may have been launched as a ruse for trying to find Susan, but it was mostly a platform for the Powell family to disparage Susan and defend themselves against attacks from Susan’s family. Earlier that year, in December, a year after Susan vanished, Josh accused his wife of leading a double life and plotting to divorce him. He linked Susan to Steven Koecher, another Utah man who went missing in December 2009. Josh used the website to further accuse Susan of having an affair.
Josh further eroded his own credibility on February 26, 2010, when he along with his father, launched the website susanpowell.org. The creation of the site led to a feud between the Cox and Powell families. The site may have been launched as a ruse for trying to find Susan, but it was mostly a platform for the Powell family to disparage Susan and defend themselves against attacks from Susan’s family. Earlier that year, in December, a year after Susan vanished, Josh accused his wife of leading a double life and plotting to divorce him. He linked Susan to Steven Koecher, another Utah man who went missing in December 2009. Josh used the website to further accuse Susan of having an affair.
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| The Website created by Josh - Source:The desert news |
Josh’s sister Jennifer was so convinced that Josh and Steven had something to do with Susan’s disappearance and so to prove this she wiretaps herself with the help of the police and visits her dad's house, where her brothers and Steven were having a dinner night. After dinner, she tries to get a confession out of Josh but Steven interrupts their conversation. So nothing comes from the wiretapping.
Just as the case was going cold, an arrest warrant was issued to Steven’s house where Josh, his kids, and his siblings were living. The warrant came a day after Steven Powell’s disgusting ABC News interview in which he claimed he had a sexual relationship with Susan prior to her disappearance. This is when they find those disturbing videotapes, voyeur videos, and a stash of Susan’s belongings in Steven’s room. They also find 5000 photos of Susan and in some of them, he had morphed himself into the photos. Steven was found guilty of voyeurism after taking photographs and videos of young girls changing and bathing in their bathroom and was imprisoned in Washington state prison. The children are now taken into protective custody. Susan’s parents get temporary custody, but Josh was given the chance to regain custody if he proved to a court-ordered psychologist that he could raise the children in a healthy household.
Charlie and Braden:
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| Charlie and Braden with Chuck and Judy Cox - Source:Daily herald |
Josh Powell had told the police that Susan stayed home in bed that night and did not go on the camping trip, but Charlie did not back up his dad’s story. When interviewed, Charlie told investigators that he went camping at “Dinosaur National Park” and that his mom, dad, and little brother were with him. He said the family took flowers and crystals with them, but when it was time to come home, Charlie explained: “My mom stayed where the crystals are cause it has so much pretty where the crystals grow.” When confronted with his son’s testimony, Josh told the police: “She was not with us. They know that’s not true.” Charlie and Braden were removed from Josh’s custody in 2011 and placed in the care of Susan’s parents. Josh was only allowed supervised visits. A judge ordered that the boys remain with Chuck and Judy Cox (Susan’s parents) until Josh went underwent a psycho-sexual evaluation and took a polygraph test.
While in the care of Chuck and Judy, the boys became increasingly vocal about what happened on the night of that bizarre camping trip. Susan’s parents’ lawyer Steve Downing said: “They were beginning to verbalize more. The oldest boy talked about that they went camping and that Mommy was in the trunk. Mom and Dad got out of the car, and Mom disappeared.”
Charlie made a drawing showing him and his brother in the family minivan with Josh at the wheel. When asked where Mommy was, Charlie replied, “In the trunk.” He added that Mommy and Daddy got out of the minivan and Mommy didn’t come back. Recently on Christmas, the boys told their grandparents, "Mommy’s in the mine. If we go to the mine, we’ll find Mommy."
Josh Powell realized he had a serious problem on his hands. Josh was known as an eccentric, controlling, know-it-all, but most friends and family, unfamiliar with the inner workings of the family, agreed that he was a good father. Maybe he did love his boys, but he loved himself first and foremost, and he wasn’t about to let his own flesh and blood rat him out for murdering his wife.
The Last Sighting of Susan Powell?
An employee at a local Flying J gas station claims to have seen the Powell family on the night Susan disappeared. A minivan pulled up in the parking lot of the gas station in the midst of a fierce winter storm and out walked who the employee would later recognize as Josh, Susan, Charlie, and Braden.
The clerk, known only as Denise, remembers how out of place the family looked at that time of night in such bad weather. A man walked in holding a toddler and he was chasing after another young boy, calling out, “Hey, Charlie!” and that he was wearing a leather jacket. He had dark hair and a goatee. It would be weeks before she recognized the man: It was Josh Powell. The woman, whom she eventually recognized as Susan, looked well put-together for someone who was about to go camping. Denise recalls she had red rings around her eyes like she’d been crying. The couple brought rescue tape, crackers, and licorice to the register and the man called out, “Hang on a minute. Let me buy this and then we’ll go camping,” to a little boy waiting by the door.
Denise found the exchange incredibly odd. Who goes camping in the middle of the night? Who goes camping in a snowstorm? Who goes camping in the middle of the night in a snowstorm in a minivan? Shouldn’t the family have been in an RV, or at least an SUV? The man paid in cash and used the change to top off the gas tank. Then, the family was out of sight and out of mind until weeks later when Denise recognized their faces on the TV news. Sadly Denise’s account of her interaction with the Powell family could not be confirmed, as they paid in cash and left no paper trail, and the Flying J had already taped over surveillance footage from that night.
An Explosive Development:
During the custody battle, police find some disturbing child pornographic videos (like simulated videos) in his hard drive, and Josh was ordered to take a polygraph test and undergo a psycho-sexual evaluation. In the meantime, he is granted supervised visitations with the kids.
The date was February 5, 2012, and Charlie and Braden Powell were scheduled for a supervised visit with their father, Josh Powell. When caseworker Elizabeth Griffin-Hall pulled into Josh Powell’s driveway, the boys emerged from the car first, followed by Griffin-Hall. The boys jumped out of Griffin-Hall’s car and ran to the house, with Griffin-Hall just a few steps behind — just far enough to allow Josh to slam the door before the caseworker could enter the home. Griffin-Hall pounded on the door and pleaded with Josh to let her in, but he ignored her pleas. From inside the home, she heard Josh say, “Charlie, I’ve got a big surprise for you!” followed by the sounds of Braden crying. The bewildered caseworker was already frantic when the odour of gasoline began to waft from the house.
Fearful she dials 911. The call was answered by dispatcher Dave Lovrak. He didn’t grasp the seriousness of the situation, even though Griffin-Hall told him it could be a life-threatening emergency. He told The Salt Lake Tribune that even though he was familiar with Josh Powell’s name, he didn’t immediately connect the dots when Griffin-Hall told him whose house the police needed to respond to.
Griffin-Hall then called her supervisor and told her that “something terrible is happening here.” Before she could get the words out of her mouth, there was an explosion and the Powell home went up in flames. It would take approximately 22 minutes for help to arrive. By then, Josh, Charlie, and Braden Powell were long dead.
According to the boys’ autopsies, both children died from carbon monoxide poisoning with “chopping injuries” as a secondary cause. Josh seemed to have attacked his boys with a hatchet — enough to knock them down but not kill them. Then, as his children bled out, he poured gasoline on them and exploded the house. Charlie and Braden Powell experienced unimaginable pain, terror, and heartbreaking betrayal as they took their last breaths.
While in the care of Chuck and Judy, the boys became increasingly vocal about what happened on the night of that bizarre camping trip. Susan’s parents’ lawyer Steve Downing said: “They were beginning to verbalize more. The oldest boy talked about that they went camping and that Mommy was in the trunk. Mom and Dad got out of the car, and Mom disappeared.”
Charlie made a drawing showing him and his brother in the family minivan with Josh at the wheel. When asked where Mommy was, Charlie replied, “In the trunk.” He added that Mommy and Daddy got out of the minivan and Mommy didn’t come back. Recently on Christmas, the boys told their grandparents, "Mommy’s in the mine. If we go to the mine, we’ll find Mommy."
Josh Powell realized he had a serious problem on his hands. Josh was known as an eccentric, controlling, know-it-all, but most friends and family, unfamiliar with the inner workings of the family, agreed that he was a good father. Maybe he did love his boys, but he loved himself first and foremost, and he wasn’t about to let his own flesh and blood rat him out for murdering his wife.
The Last Sighting of Susan Powell?
An employee at a local Flying J gas station claims to have seen the Powell family on the night Susan disappeared. A minivan pulled up in the parking lot of the gas station in the midst of a fierce winter storm and out walked who the employee would later recognize as Josh, Susan, Charlie, and Braden.
The clerk, known only as Denise, remembers how out of place the family looked at that time of night in such bad weather. A man walked in holding a toddler and he was chasing after another young boy, calling out, “Hey, Charlie!” and that he was wearing a leather jacket. He had dark hair and a goatee. It would be weeks before she recognized the man: It was Josh Powell. The woman, whom she eventually recognized as Susan, looked well put-together for someone who was about to go camping. Denise recalls she had red rings around her eyes like she’d been crying. The couple brought rescue tape, crackers, and licorice to the register and the man called out, “Hang on a minute. Let me buy this and then we’ll go camping,” to a little boy waiting by the door.
Denise found the exchange incredibly odd. Who goes camping in the middle of the night? Who goes camping in a snowstorm? Who goes camping in the middle of the night in a snowstorm in a minivan? Shouldn’t the family have been in an RV, or at least an SUV? The man paid in cash and used the change to top off the gas tank. Then, the family was out of sight and out of mind until weeks later when Denise recognized their faces on the TV news. Sadly Denise’s account of her interaction with the Powell family could not be confirmed, as they paid in cash and left no paper trail, and the Flying J had already taped over surveillance footage from that night.
An Explosive Development:
During the custody battle, police find some disturbing child pornographic videos (like simulated videos) in his hard drive, and Josh was ordered to take a polygraph test and undergo a psycho-sexual evaluation. In the meantime, he is granted supervised visitations with the kids.
The date was February 5, 2012, and Charlie and Braden Powell were scheduled for a supervised visit with their father, Josh Powell. When caseworker Elizabeth Griffin-Hall pulled into Josh Powell’s driveway, the boys emerged from the car first, followed by Griffin-Hall. The boys jumped out of Griffin-Hall’s car and ran to the house, with Griffin-Hall just a few steps behind — just far enough to allow Josh to slam the door before the caseworker could enter the home. Griffin-Hall pounded on the door and pleaded with Josh to let her in, but he ignored her pleas. From inside the home, she heard Josh say, “Charlie, I’ve got a big surprise for you!” followed by the sounds of Braden crying. The bewildered caseworker was already frantic when the odour of gasoline began to waft from the house.
Fearful she dials 911. The call was answered by dispatcher Dave Lovrak. He didn’t grasp the seriousness of the situation, even though Griffin-Hall told him it could be a life-threatening emergency. He told The Salt Lake Tribune that even though he was familiar with Josh Powell’s name, he didn’t immediately connect the dots when Griffin-Hall told him whose house the police needed to respond to.
Griffin-Hall then called her supervisor and told her that “something terrible is happening here.” Before she could get the words out of her mouth, there was an explosion and the Powell home went up in flames. It would take approximately 22 minutes for help to arrive. By then, Josh, Charlie, and Braden Powell were long dead.
According to the boys’ autopsies, both children died from carbon monoxide poisoning with “chopping injuries” as a secondary cause. Josh seemed to have attacked his boys with a hatchet — enough to knock them down but not kill them. Then, as his children bled out, he poured gasoline on them and exploded the house. Charlie and Braden Powell experienced unimaginable pain, terror, and heartbreaking betrayal as they took their last breaths.
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| Josh Powell's house in flames - Source:Social Workers Speak |
Minutes before Charlie and Braden’s arrival, Josh sat at his computer and composed farewell messages to friends, relatives, and his pastor. He informed them of where he kept his money and how to shut off his utilities. He claimed in one e-mail that he had decided to commit suicide because he couldn’t live without his boys.
He said: “I am not able to live without my sons, and I’m not able to go on anymore. I’m sorry to everyone I’ve hurt. Goodbye.”
Aftermath:
Aftermath:
Soon after Steven was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his crimes of voyeurism and was released from prison in 2017 but he wasn’t a free man for long. In July of the following year, the 68-year-old died in a Tacoma, Washington, hospital of heart problems after serving his 30-month sentence. A year after the trial, on Feb 2013, Josh’s brother, Michael Powell, jumped to his death from a building in downtown Minneapolis. When Michael Powell jumped to his death, he’d already lost his brother and his nephews, and his father was in prison. Whether he was afraid of getting arrested for helping his brother get rid of Susan or he was wracked with guilt and grief we will never know but he went to his grave a coward. In the journals of Steve they later found that he wrote on the day after Susan disappeared :
“I feel like Josh did a really stupid thing and probably disposed of her body in a truly grotesque way. I think he probably went to some former industrial land just west of west valley city and cremated. Josh’s life with Susan was utterly miserable. Evidently, this tragedy is my answer to why Josh hung on. He wanted to do it his way, to avoid a messy, costly divorce.”
In my opinion, I feel that Josh killed Susan on their way to camping, dumped her body in the trunk of the family car, which the kids had seen. Micheal helps Josh in getting rid of evidence which was definitely in Micheal’s car, the one he was gonna destroy. He took that 400km drive in his rental, to revisit the site of Susan’s body. Josh probably confessed something to Steven and got rid of his kids as they had become his liability. In the end, this family had too many secrets related which they took to their grave.
Susan Powell’s body is out there, somewhere, maybe in a mine or maybe in a shallow grave. May be covered with leaves and bushes, just waiting for someone to finally stumble upon her remains but if there’s any comfort to be found in the tragic tale of the Powell family, it’s that Susan is with her boys. They’re safe now, and no one can ever hurt them again. Many viewed Josh as a good father, and while he may have done many fun activities with his boys, he was willing to rob them of their mother, starve them, and kill them to save his own behind. Josh Powell died a fiery death. I don’t know what you believe but I don’t believe he will ever stop burning. He ignited a fire he can never escape. The diabolical family annihilator sentenced himself to a lifetime of imprisonment and suffering. He annihilated himself. We believe that burning alive is the most painful death there can be. He lit a fire and turned the tables on himself, and I find that oddly comforting.
Stay tuned
Until next time,Stay snoopy and Stay spooky
Goodbye..
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