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Chuck Cox, grandfather of Powell boys and Susan Powell's father

Chuck Cox: Steven Powell 'complicit' in Susan's disappearance

Susan Powell's father told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that he believes Susan's father-in-law, Steven Powell was complicit in her presumed death and that he may have been "the one who did it." Chuck Cox spoke after reports revealed that Steven Powell told a co-worker he planned a camping trip ...

Steven Powell's daughter says he 'belongs behind bars'

Steven Powell's daughter said her father's failed motion to suppress evidence in the voyeurism and child pornography case against him means the truth about his behavior will finally be revealed. Jennifer Graves, the sister of Josh Powell and the most outspoken member of Steven Powell's family, has said she ...

Experts: Utah prosecutors had enough to convict Josh Powell

According to legal experts, Utah prosecutors had enough evidence to convict Josh Powell with his wife’s murder, even though her body was never recovered. Josh Powell was never arrested when his wife, Susan Powell, disappeared in December 2009 from their home in West Valley City, Utah. Josh Powell ...

New evidence: Pierce Co. prosecutors would have charged Josh Powell in wife's disappearance

A search warrant unsealed this afternoon has provided a series of revelations about Josh Powell's apparent involvement in his wife's disappearance, including that blood was found at the couple's Utah home after Susan Cox Powell disappeared. The revelations raise more questions about why Powell wasn't charged in the 2009 disappearance ...

According to the Friends and Family Of Susan Powell Facebook page, this photo was taken at a Christmas party Susan attended right before her disappearance.

Utah police chief defends handling of Powell case

A Utah police chief is defending the way his department handled the disappearance of Puyallup native Susan Powell and accusations that they could have prevented the murders of her two young sons. The boys died in February when their father, Josh Powell, committed suicide by torching his Pierce County home. ...

Co-worker: Steve Powell spoke of Utah camping trip

A co-worker of Steve Powell says the father-in-law of Susan Powell planned to travel to Utah for a camping trip shortly before she disappeared in 2009, according to an attorney. Lawyer Anne Bremner said Thursday she has spoken to the co-worker in recent days and reviewed the statement ...

Blessing service held at site of Powell home

A special blessing service was held Saturday at the Graham home where Josh Powell killed his two sons and himself. Several people, including local pastors and residents, gathered at the site to say their prayers for Charlie and Braden Powell, and the site itself. During the service, water ...

400 cartoon sex and incest images found on Josh Powell's computer

Josh Powell had hundreds of images of disturbing cartoon sex and graphic depictions of incest on his home computer, something Utah authorities investigating his wife's disappearance kept private for more than two years. A psychologist who had previously said Powell's strong parenting skills should allow him to continue ...

Plan to bury Josh Powell near sons blocked by Crime Stoppers

Family members of Joshua Powell are attempting to have him buried near his murdered sons in a Puyallup cemetery, but in a surprise move, Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers has purchased the plots next to the boys and given at least one to Susan Cox Powell, Pierce County Detective Ed Troyer ...

Secret computer files may hold clues about Susan Powell's disappearance

Detectives investigating the Josh Powell case believe he may have left behind some information about Susan Powell's disappearance hidden in computer files, but they don't have the expertise to find it, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported. Detective Gary Sanders of the Pierce County Sheriff's Department said Josh Powell was good ...

Detective: Josh Powell's Graham home was a 'prop'

A Pierce County Sheriff’s detective told KIRO 7 on Tuesday that the Graham home Josh Powell destroyed in a double murder-suicide that also took the lives of his two sons was no more than a place to stage supervised visits with his sons to satisfy a court order. “We ...

Utah woman says she saw Powell, father in mountains before Susan disappeared

A Utah woman said she saw Josh Powell and his father, Steven, in the mountains three months before Powell’s wife, Susan Cox Powell, was reported missing. She told KTVX-TV they were in the Topaz Mountains and that they were not looking for crystals. The woman, who ...

Comforter found at Powell storage unit tests positive for blood

A stain on a comforter found at a storage unit owned by Josh Powell tested positive for blood in initial exams, the Associated Press reported Friday afternoon. "Our test just shows that it has blood markers," Pierce County Sheriff's Detective Ed Troyer said. "It doesn't tell you sex, it ...

Hundreds gather to remember Charlie and Braden Powell

A memorial service for 7-year-old Charlie and 5-year-old Braden Powell was held Saturday morning at the Life Center Church in Tacoma. The two boys were killed Sunday in a house fire explosion that was intentionally set by their father, Josh Powell, who was also killed in the fire. The ...

Were ‘incestuous' images on Powell’s computer alarming enough to prevent boys’ murders?

Inappropriate sexual images found on a computer in Josh Powell's Utah home two years ago have some questioning whether the images were alarming enough to prevent the murder of the two Powell boys. Ed Troyer of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office described the images on Thursday as ...

Police piecing together timeline of Powell’s movements before explosion

Police are piecing together what Josh Powell did and where he went in the days leading up to Sunday, when he killed his two boys and committed suicide in a massive explosion. Investigators obtained a surveillance photo from a Bank of America in Puyallup at 11:20 a.m. on Saturday ...

Before boys’ murders, local authorities not told that Utah police believed Susan Powell was killed

Though Utah authorities believed six months ago that missing mother Susan Cox Powell had been murdered, authorities in Washington state were not notified. On Sunday, Josh Powell, who has been under suspicion in his wife’s disappearance since 2009, killed himself and the couple’s two children when he blew up ...

Westboro Baptist Church may not show up to Powell boys' funeral

The Westboro Baptist Church may not picket the funeral of Charlie and Braden Powell after all. In a call to the syndicated radio program The Bobby D Show on Friday morning, church member Fred Phelps Jr. indicated that the church may not show up to the Saturday memorial if ...

Caseworker: Josh Powell said he had 'surprise' for son

The caseworker who brought Josh Powell’s two young boys to his home Sunday before Powell blew up the home, killing himself and the boys, told ABC News on Thursday that Powell said he had a “big surprise” for the boys. Elizabeth Griffin Hall had supervised the visits for about ...

Police search landfill for Josh Powell paperwork

Officials searched a landfill Thursday near where Josh Powell lived for paperwork he may have dumped off there a day before the fire, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office told KIRO 7's Kevin McCarty. Investigators combed through a huge pile of paper in search of the documents, but didn't find anything, ...

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