Susan Powell Missing: Perv In Law Steven Powell Arrested For Child Porn and Voyeurism Powell Kids In Protective Custody
(Update 10:00AM EST Susan Powell’s children are in protective custody with Pierce County Child Services)
Pullyallup, WA- You knew it was coming. Steven Powell, unaffectionately dubbed Freak-in-law by www.blinkoncrime.com, was arrested yesterday after child porn and non-consensual hidden video and media files were found during the most recent search of his home by search warrant, related to the West Valley investigation into the disappearance of Susan Powell.
Powell is facing charges for possession of thousands of sexually explicit images and videotape of both minors and adult women apparently many appear to have been taken without their knowledge in the Powell home.
Pierce County prosecutors say among those images, are some of Susan Powell. Steve Powell, 61 was taken into custody late Thursday on 14 counts of voyeurism and one count of possession of depiction of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. It is believed the material was taped between 2006 and 2007 and may include Powell’s neighbors.
Pierce County prosecutors have not ruled out future additional charges.
Steven Powell, father of Joshua Powell, a person of interest in his wife Susan’s disappearance and all around dolt, was not seen fleeing the home in a midnight camping trip.
West Valley Police are referring all calls regarding the elder Powell’s arrest to the Pierce County Sheriff’s office and stress his case is unrelated to the ongoing investigation of Susan Powell’s whereabouts.
It is not known if as a result of Steve Powell’s arrest, Pierce County Child Services will be called to insure the safety and care of the two young Powell children, Charlie and Braden, as they spent a great deal of time with their 61 year old Grandperv (hint to Chuck Cox).
(Editors Note: Who did not see that coming with the whole “flirtatious relationship” BS- this dude is a seriously sick f*ck. If you had any doubt, read this- a John Jay undergrad could profile this guy in 2 pages )
Madeline Tanner and Jacqueline Beaufort, www.blinkoncrime.com contributing editors.
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OMG,OMG,OMG, just OMG…..
I apologize for my language in advance, i cannot stomach either of these two simps and I want those boys safe.
APPOINT AN EFFING GAL FOR BRADEN AND CHARLIE PIERCE COUNTY, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
B
Holy Moly- I would consider this a bombshell for sure-
It seems that LE could have the upper-hand in any conversations from here on out- will he tell them some information on his son now?
I guess we might soon find out if he was involved in any murder or coverup of murder…
Could he be the bad guy and his son the cleaner?
What happened to Susan?
I hope those little boys have not been touched by this mans sick twisted perversitions.
Nomatter what happens now, it seems he will have to be searching for a new home- spying on the neighbors?? Yikes, I would think they wouldnt take to kindly to that…
IRT the pics of Susan- were these pics he took while spying or other?
Thanks for keeping us updated Blink
AJMO
Yes, that creep was spying on his own daughter in law, and apparently children, I cannot get the taste out of my mouth, what I would not do to see that property inventory report. Lots of shady brown wrapped packages coming to that house fo schizz.
B
I am sitting here at my computer with my jaw dropped. Oh. My. God. That sick son of a bitch. The house of horrors is coming down and it is coming down hard and fast now. Joshua’s best bet for leniency is to come clean. Hear that Josh? You are going down. You will not have those kids. You might as well fess up and try to avoid the death penalty.
Thank God these kids are finally out of these creeps’ control.
I absolutely believe this will result in the recovery of Susan Powell, or at the very least, the knowledge of what happened to her.
This is what I meant, and I believe what Wildflower meant last week when I felt WVCPD was being innovative and using resources appropriately. He was under surveillance, as I alluded to previously, which led to the Topaz search. I truly believe they wanted to find her because this was coming down, and they do NOT want to be in a position to deal.
Not perfect, but I will take it.
B
Justice is sweet, heh?
Who can say how many women and/or children
may have been secretly videoed and abused by this
piece of scum if they hadn’t caught him now?
Say hello to Bubba, Steve!
There is a God, that’s all I can say.
Sherlock
I saw this on the Today show this morning and all I could do was shake my head… they keep stressing that it is UNRELATED…and I get that but the news said they were there searching for Susan’s diary and came across all of this… it was TOTALLY related, they knew what they were doing… I’m thinking they needed an excuse to get freak-in-law and hold him and away from uncooperative son and get some answers…
I read in Steve/Josh’s family website about Susan that Josh’s sister/Steve’s daughter is estranged from the family and has been supporting The Powell Family. With this latest development, it makes me wonder whether Steve molested his daughter as well. I’ve thought all along that Steve/Josh were in this together – either Josh murdered her and Steve helped him get rid of her body or vice versa.
She has never said so, but that was also my first belief as well.
I applaud Jennifer Graves for taking the stand for Susan, as she did from day one.
B
Oops = that last post should have read that the sister is supporting SUSAN’s FAMILY!
Blink – you’ve always been a BIG proponent of a GAL anytime there is something going on and minor kids are involved. I don’t know what more these kids have to go through in order to get some protection? Mom disappears under highly suspicious circumstances, dad supposedly thinks its ok to take kids camping in sub freezing temperatures in the middle of nowhere, granddad (who they happen to be living with) comes out as a skeevy father-in-law, and now granddad has CHILD PORN on his computer!
Please place these kids with Cox’s now and give them a little dose of NORMAL. Lord knows they must need it.
Yes, I am, imo it is the short solution in appropriate cases and imo, would go along way investigatively as well.
B
I forsee there house off cards begin to fall..Freak in law will now be begging for a deal to sell out his son to ensure his own freedom.All knowlage he has on Susans murder will be given to L E .He will also attempt to place the kiddie porn an all wrong doings in his sons lap.
Maybe Susan caught on to the FIL and that led to her demise. Josh is certainly creepy but comes across as rather tame compared to his perverted father, albeit a tad slow in the mental area. I would not be at all surprised if this whole tragedy revolved around dear old dad.
Very possible.
B
Great line, Blink:
Steven Powell, father of Joshua Powell, a person of interest in his wife Susan’s disappearance and all around dolt, was not seen fleeing the home in a midnight camping trip.
Lacked a tad of professionalism, I know, but I have so had it with these two.
B
This has great potential to divide Josh and The Freak also. Divide and conquer. In comes the game theory. These little f**ks will flip on each other faster than Josh can flip a poison pancake.
Does anyone know if the children were ever allowed to be talked to with out Josh being present? If the children were removed from the home, will he still have a say so in regards to investigators talking with them now? Does anyone know if Josh was found to be involved in any of the activity that his perv father has been accused of?
Mom3.0 says:
September 23, 2011 at 9:17 am
God only knows what the kids have been exposed to or victims of! Lock this jerk (I’m just going to say it) off up and throw away the damned key, already! Never let him out!
Any guesses on how long it will take for both these birds to start singing, one against the other, Blink?
My heart just breaks for Susan and her children.
I agree with Lily. In fact, this should have been done the moment Joshua became suspect. Children should never be allowed to stay in the custody of a parent who is suspected in the murder of a co-parent, imo! Err on the side of caution. Had this happened, the kids wouldn’t be in the middle of this greater freaking nightmare, now.
JustJill says:
September 23, 2011 at 9:38 am
I agree. They were both in on this.
I am hoping Josh is not as frail minded as he seems, this could very well shake the core of his being and he could cause harm to himself before telling anyone anything. I agree with ecossie that JP’s perv Father would/will/probably has tried to at this point make a deal against his son. Regarding housing for pervs, SP’s “sexuality” is in for a treat when and if he goes to prison.
NO! WAY!
All I can say is HOLY SH*T. I can only think of those precious boys, Lord have mercy on them.
…and the smirk on that monster’s face is as sinister as it gets.
oh dear…that photo scares the *hit out of me.
-snipped-
all around dolt
NICE THROW, B….ROTFL. Much needed XO
What a complete dirtball, not like we didn’t know that already, but this just takes the cake. That photo and his skeevy expression is most fitting, all that is missing is the pig-pen dust cloud. This may be just the right amount of “slime” needed to grease the wheels of justice, as he will sure be in the need of some sort of deal at this point. I assume he will be ready to spill soon…
Men like Steve Powell are absolutely. unequivocally, the most terrified of prison. If he knows anything, and he has a halfway capable lawyer, this will be over soon.
I would not be surprised if it is even in the realm of possibility to be believable, that Josh blames him.
Let them light each other on fire, I don’t care, I just want Susan found and her babies safe from these freaks.
I cannot imagine how awful it must have been for her to try to function in that mess.
B
@ mayhem – re: the photo scare – you’re right. Some people just totally LOOK the creep. Something about the sight of him makes my skin crawl!
and Freak-in-law was worried about embarrassing “journals”?
Can you imagine being a neighbor and frantically trying to recount the times your children may have been a victim?
I doubt dad was the perv and his son uninvolved. I am suspicious that Susan may have been “community property.” That would help explain why both “men”, probably not an accurate term for either one, seem focused on painting Susan as a slut. I wonder if a DNA analysis of the kids would be appropriate.
My real question is: Why did it take LE so long to find these images? Were they well hidden? Was LE waiting for the right time? Did they not have enough evidence to search step-monsters home?
It is beyond imagining, and I feel a certainty that Susan was aware of what was going on and was making a move to get herself out of there when one or both of those pervs did her in. But I am also fairly certain that she was trying to extricate herself WITH her children as she doesn’t seem the type to abandon them… I feel sad about these children who need the normal life Susan’s parents can offer… let’s all intend that they are placed there because the court is able to see NORMAL this time.
The look on the Lady interveiwers face as Freak in Law spews his fantasist lies about Susan says it all.. Horror an Disbeleif…VT of his arrival at police station in handcuffs smirking away provided by Lilly via the Hinky Meter http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/child-porn-charge-father-law-missing-mom-14587900
OMG I remember.. Blink waves hi to Lilly from HM!
Not to be glib, but did y’all catch that Powell is being led away in pink handcuffs, lol?
B
Blink, Blink, Blink ~
A ‘win’ in the good guy’s column today w/ ‘freak-in-law’ arrest ….
I’ve got my fingers crossed that Susan’s dad will seek GAL for Susan’s young sons, like yesterday … and call in the psych eval on ‘freaks’ son’ … IF the SISTER is ‘wondering” IF ‘her brother has tendencies’ … wouldn’t THAT be enough to get children services involved ???
“Steven Powell’s estranged daughter Jennifer Graves told ABC News she was not surprised by last night’s arrest.”
“I knew what his character was,” she said. “He’s had issues in the past with pornography and unfaithfulness in his marriage. I knew that there were problems there, and I’m glad they finally came to the surface and that they arrested him. Hopefully it will prevent him from harming innocence in the future.”
“Graves, who has two children with her husband, Kirk, said she is thankful she broke off her relationship with her father years ago.”
“Right now, the thing I am most grateful for is that I never let my children develop a relationship with him. I knew from the beginning there were problems and I didn’t want them exposed to that,” Graves said.”
“She said she did not know whether Josh Powell had seen the tapes or had similar tendencies, but would not be surprised if he did.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/susan-powells-father-law-arrested-child-porn-voyeurism/story?id=14590503
A side benefit of prisons: They serve out the “justice” duly deserved by the pervs.
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“The photographer focuses on the women’s buttocks, breasts,” Lindquist said in a statement. “Many images were of minor females.”
The images included shots of two girls who were as young as 8 and 10 years old at the time, the prosecutor said.
Pierce County authorities determined those girls lived near Steven Powell from June 2006 to August 2007.
Pierce County Sheriff’s DETECTIVE Ed Troyer told CBS affiliate KIRO in Seattle, “We found a ton of photographs of kids in parks, kids – where kids congregate. A lot of them are close-up pictures of their body parts … which are inappropriate. Also, we found pictures of Susan Cox Powell. He’s creepy. And I think this just kinda proves that.”
STILL PHOTOS of arrest in VIDEO
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Some of the videos found in Steven Powell’s Puyallup, Wash., home were apparently shot through the window of two neighbor girls, ages 8 and 10 at the time, as they were taking a bath, using the toilet or dressing, prosecutors said.
Police emphasized that Powell’s arrest Thursday night was unrelated to Susan Powell’s disappearance.
There were new developments there, too: Police in Utah who have been searching the desert about 30 miles from where Powell’s husband allegedly went camping on the night of her disappearance have found some burned wood chips that may have been used to incinerate human remains, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Reportedly looking for Susan Powell’s journals, police in August removed computers, digital media, recordings and photos from the house. Detectives in Utah examined them and notified authorities in Washington of what they contained.
Investigators “found thousands of images of females being videotaped without their knowledge, including Susan Powell. The photographer focuses on the women’s buttocks, breasts and genital areas. Many images were of minor females,” said a statement from Pierce County prosecuting attorney Mark Lindquist.
All are Class C felonies punishable by up to five years in prison.
Some of the photos and videos, organized in folders with names such as “Taking bath-1″ and “Open window in back house,” contained images zooming in on the private parts of the 8- and 10-year-old girls who lived next door to Steven Powell in 2006 and 2007, the statement said.
“When contacted by law enforcement, the mother of the victims identified her daughters in the images. She explained that she sometimes left the blinds open in the upstairs due to the heat. Crying, she said that she never thought someone would be watching and photographing her daughters,” it said.
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Some of the images and videos saved to compact disc were organized into subfolders, including “Neighbors,” “Taking bath-1,” “Taking bath-2,” and “Open window in back house,” prosecutors allege. In these subfolders there are images of two girls who were as young as eight and ten-years-old at the time of the recording. The girls are unclothed and taking a bath, using the toilet, and getting dressed or undressed, the statement said
Steven Powell’s bedroom window faces the side of the victims’ residence and the line of sight matches the camera angle seen in the videos, the statement said.
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I swear to Christ above in that eff ever took a shot of my daughter I would cap his ass.
Who wrote that? I apologize but I cannot condone that type of language or sentiment on here, please refrain.
B
Woot, Woot! The Powell perversion camp is blowing up. Love it and those boys FINALLY out of their grimy filthy hands.
Even if Josh whimpers that his dear old dad is responsible for Susan’s death..prove it and try to explain all else.
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However, Steven Powell’s estranged daughter, Jennifer Graves of West Jordan, indicated her father’s arrest and the allegations against him made her increasingly suspicious of her father’s possible involvement in Susan Powell’s case.
He could be “responsible or helped things along,” she told KSL News in an interview aired Friday morning.
Graves said she both laughed and cried when she learned of her father’s arrest. She did not know he may have been taking inappropriate pictures, she said, but was aware that “he definitely collected magazines and things” of a sexual nature.
“He’s got a pretty sick problem there,” Graves said, adding that she was relieved to have learned her two nephews were removed from their grandfather’s home. “I know my dad’s character,” she said.
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Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer described some of the images seized: “We found many pictures of young girls as young as, we believe, 7 years old in explicit positions, pictures that he shouldn’t have taken. Pictures of girls in showers, on toilets, taking a bath.”
Troyer said some of the girls featured lived near Steven Powell.
“We have photos from the neighbors’ houses of little girls in bathrooms and naked and wholly inappropriate pictures with high-end lenses and we have identified the rooms. We know who the victims are,” he said.
Troyer said investigators are still going through the images and that more victims may have to be identified “unfortunately.”
http://www.kgoam810.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=118&itemid=29729113
“Well those close to Susan knew for a long time what kind of a person he was,” said Kiirsi Hellwell on the arrest of Steven Powell. “And so in a way it’s not shocking, but on the other hand, when I hear that there’s thousands of pictures and there’s little girls and other women, all of these victims that didn’t even know about it. I’m really horrified by that.”
Hellewell says she is also horrified about the pictures Steven allegedly took of Susan. She also told Fox 13 that
===>Susan’s children are now in protective custody.<===
"Neighbors witnessed the police taking the boys away and Susan's father Chuck Cox told me that they're in protective custody," said Hellewell. "And I'm so glad because knowing the kind of person that Steve Powell is and now with all this new information coming out, we have been so worried about the boys and we know that they were in the last place on earth that Susan ever wanted them to be."
Hellewell also commented on the Powell family's wishes to publish Susan's teenage diaries. She says she wants to see the court ban them permanently and that the Powell family has no right to release her private writings. She also said Steven Powell's allegations that he had a relationship with Susan are false.
"It's totally a fantasy of his," Hellewell said. "Susan told me that she couldn't stand her father-in-law and that she moved to Utah to get away from him and to put as many miles as possible between her and him. And he's just trying to make her look bad and trying to live his fantasy out for the world."
Josh Powell, Hellewell says, has also taken thousands of pictures.
"I never heard about Josh involved in any kind of pornography or voyeurism, but he did love to take pictures and he has thousands and thousands of pictures he has taken of their family and doing activities."
"Neighbors witnessed the police taking the boys away and Susan's father Chuck Cox told me that they're in protective custody," said Hellewell. "And I'm so glad because knowing the kind of person that Steve Powell is and now with all this new information coming out, we have been so worried about the boys and we know that they were in the last place on earth that Susan ever wanted them to be."
Hellewell also commented on the Powell family's wishes to publish Susan's teenage diaries. She says she wants to see the court ban them permanently and that the Powell family has no right to release her private writings. She also said Steven Powell's allegations that he had a relationship with Susan are false.
"It's totally a fantasy of his," Hellewell said. "Susan told me that she couldn't stand her father-in-law and that she moved to Utah to get away from him and to put as many miles as possible between her and him. And he's just trying to make her look bad and trying to live his fantasy out for the world."
Josh Powell, Hellewell says, has also taken thousands of pictures.
"I never heard about Josh involved in any kind of pornography or voyeurism, but he did love to take pictures and he has thousands and thousands of pictures he has taken of their family and doing activities."
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A Pierce County superior court judge in Washington will consider making the injunction permanent.
In a written response to the injunction request, Josh Powell again asserted his innocence in the case and refuted the Cox family’s claims that he has hindered an investigation into Susan’s disappearance.
“I did not kill my wife. I have never abused her. I have cooperated with law enforcement in investigating her disappearance,” the response said.
Josh Powell also wrote that he believes that Susan was emotionally unstable, likely left on her own free will and has possibly committed suicide. He claims that publishing her journals online is the best way of helping the public understand Susan’s frame of mind.
“Through (SusanPowell.org), I have attempted to help the public understand who Susan is as a person and why, due to her history of depression and thoughts of suicide, I believe it is highly likely that she left home of her own free will and may have committed suicide,” he stated. “As her husband, I also believe that, if she is still alive, helping her be understood is the best means of bringing her home.”
“Although there is controversy over the publication of Susan’s journal, I believe that letting Susan speak for herself is helpful and necessary in finding Susan. I believe this information serves to both enhance awareness of Susan as a missing person and to demonstrate that Susan’s troubled emotional life is not her fault and that I want her to return home and get help.”
In Aug. 2011, Josh Powell was granted an anti-harassment order against Chuck Cox in what he says was stalking and harassing Josh and his two young sons. In the written response, Josh says that the Cox family had made “public attacks (that) created an all-out national media campaign agaisnt (Josh) and, in (Josh’s) view, against Susan.” He goes on to cite several circumstances and situations where the Cox family made those public attacks, including a Feb. 2010 episode of Dr. Phil that focused on Susan’s disappearance.
http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-susan-powell-judge-to-consider-injunction-requested-by-susan-powells-parents-20110923,0,2253187.story
Blink – Kudos to you (yet again!) – You predicted that this was going to happen!
Steve Powell is so beyond weird that words fail me. And I wonder too if Josh may have also been one of “Daddy’s play-things” …as there is something clearly not right with him. His sister Jennifer may have not been the only child that this sick-o harmed.
While I am thrilled that Susan’s children are in protective custody, I so hope that they can soon go to be with Susan’s parents.
What I want to know is: how did Steve Powell not get arrested years ago? How do these guys so successfully evade being on law enforcement’s radar screen?? Is it too few police, or too few undercover cops, or even lack of IT savvy??
I agree: lock this guy up and throw away the key …and put him in the general population ..that way he’s sure to get more action than he can handle.
YIPEE
Judge forbids publication of Susan Powell’s journals
TACOMA, Wash. – A judge on Friday issued a permanent injunction forbidding the husband and father-in-law of missing mom Susan Cox Powell from publishing any material from her journals and to return or destroy any journals already published.
The judge issued the injunction about a month after a temporary restraining order banned the publication of Susan Powell’s journals or diaries.
The injunction, issued in Pierce County Superior Court, orders the husband, Josh Powell, and his father, Steven Powell, not to publish any entries from Susan’s private journal.
Any material already published must be returned or destroyed, according to the injunction.
Under the earlier restraining order, the husband and father-in-law were required to “immediately remove” Susan’s journal entries from their website, SusanPowell.org, and from any other public forum where the entries are posted. They also are prohibited from giving copies of the journal to the press.
The injunction banning publication of Susan Powell’s journals was requested by Susan’s father and mother, Chuck and Judy Cox, through their attorney, Anne M. Bremner.
BLINK – Does the NEW order include having media return ‘copies’ they were give since this statement -
“She said Josh and Steven Powell have given copies of journal entries to the media, but they no longer can do that.”
reaffirm the journals were given out …??
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/130436463.html
YIPEE [events are in transit -- happening real time ... continue to check for updates]
Missing mom’s father seeks custody of her children
TACOMA, Wash. — A lawyer for the father of missing Utah mom Susan Powell says he’s filing a motion in court in Tacoma for her father, Chuck Cox, to take custody of her two young children.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/23/general-us-missing-mom-utah_8697272.html
Not to make light, but the Cox’s will absolutely get temporary custody. Josh will never fight this because similarly to the Horman case, the petition by the Cox’s will contain the suspicion that he is a defacto suspect in their Mother’s disappearance.
Yay!
B
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“18. Cat says:
September 23, 2011 at 10:33 am
What a complete dirtball, not like we didn’t know that already, but this just takes the cake.
. . .
I cannot imagine how awful it must have been for her to try to function in that mess.
B”
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Could kinda end the speculation about why Susan wanted to move to Utah, couldn’t it? And if her hinky meter went off to even 1% of what mine (and most of yours) does just looking at this guy, is there any sentient being left who thinks she left her babies with them on purpose?
NOT! “Abscondence.” Creep word of the day, zeus.
Ding-Dong! Ding-Dong! The wicked wretch has been caught-what a GROSS family. Please Lord, let these little innocent children have a life surrounded by love and safety. Perv Sr.-hope you like your new roomates and maybe all your fantasies will come true in jail. Perv Jr. I hope you are shaking in your shoes! This should be a real barn burner!
Boys are in foster care. Mr. Cox seeking custody.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/child-porn-charge-father-law-missing-mom-14587900
THANK YOU! Next hearing scheduled for Wednesday. Poor boys; you know that they have been pumped with hateful stories about the Cox family.
The day after his home was searched, Steven Powell told reporters in front of his house that many of the pictures and videos taken would be considered “inappropriate for a married woman and her father-in-law” while suggesting that Susan Powell was a willing participant in a flirtatious relationship with him.
Steven Powell also made the comment without going into detail, “I wished I had removed some things from the house so they wouldn’t have been taken.” He also said that “embarrassing” pictures, videos and journals belonging to him were also seized by police.
Kirsi Hellewell, Susan’s best friend, said she was glad Steve Powell was arrested but also shocked at what police found.
“I had no idea. I thought I had seen the depths of what Steve Powell had been to. But I had no idea,” she said.
Hellewell said the entire reason Susan wanted to move to Utah was to get away from her father-in-law. She said Susan Powell told her about a time when she caught her father-in-law trying to peek through curtains at her while she was undressing. There was also a time Steve Powell tried to kiss her romantically, Hellewell said.
“I’ve known for a long time what kind of person Steven Powell is,” she said.
There was similar reaction from Jennifer Graves, Steve Powell’s daughter who lives in Utah and has been estranged from her family.
“It’s not unexpected, I guess,” she said of her father’s arrest. “I thought for a while he had issues that were pretty big. It’s kind of unexpected timing to hear about it, but I’m not surprised.”
Graves said she knew her father and a problem with porn in the past, but she didn’t know he was taking his own photographs.
“He’s got a pretty sick problem there,” Graves said.
Both Graves and Hellewell said they didn’t know if Steven Powell was involved in Susan’s disappearance, but hoped if he was that his arrest would help the case move forward.
Earlier this week, Josh Powell filed a 22-page response in court regarding the effort to block the diaries from being released. In it, he again states that he believes his wife ran away, and because of her “emotional instability” may have “committed suicide. He said by releasing his wife’s journals, it will show her “fragile state of mind” and “troubled emotional life” that continued from childhood to adulthood. That information is needed to bring her home “if she is still alive,” Powell said.” [OMG --- so it begins some more .... ]
Steven Powell, Josh Powell’s father, seen on Aug. 18, 2011, has said publicly he believes Susan Powell may have run away with another Utah man who went missing around the same time.
Josh Powell also states there is no person by the legal name of “Susan Cox Powell.” He claimed the Cox family was using that name as a way to “divorce me from my wife.”
“They say they did that because their daughter would not want to remain married to Josh Powell if she knew how he has ‘impeded’ the investigation into her disappearance,” the court records state.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705391319/Steven-Powell-to-appear-in-court-Friday-on-voyeurism-child-porn-charges.html?pg=3
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Last week, cadaver dogs alerted their handlers to the presence of human remains in an area where about 100 small pieces of wood were discovered buried near Topaz Mountain.
Lab work on the recovered wood would generally take three days — but perhaps longer depending on a number of factors, said Tim Kupferschmid, executive director at South Salt Lake-City based Sorenson Forensics, who has more than 20 years of experience in forensic DNA testing.
“Some of the wood will be analyzed for volatile compounds to determine if accelerants were used to fuel this fire. Some of the wood may be swabbed for DNA to determine if significant amounts of biological material are present on the wood,” said Kupferschmid, who is familiar with the process of DNA testing of materials such as those recovered by investigators last week.
It’s possible to get a DNA profile from burned wood, Kupferschmid said, but the quality of the DNA depends on “the length of time in the fire, the heat of the fire and the amount of starting biological material present.”
“If a fire was hot enough and burned long enough, biological material would not remain on the wood,” he said.
Should the wood produce traces of DNA, scientists would work to establish a DNA profile.
http://www.sltrib DOT
com/sltrib/news/52624724-78/dna-powell-wood-police.html.csp
VIDEO of Susan’s friend, Kiirsi Hellewell talking Friday morning
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=17363909
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/130438873.html
Local news station update regarding custody.
Steven Powell’s daughter reacts to his arrest
Steven Powell’s daughter said she is “not surprised” by his arrest on voyeurism and child pornography-related charges.
In an interview with FOX 13 on Friday, Jennifer Graves said that her father “had a pornography problem” and was verbally abusive, leading her to distance herself from him for the protection of her children.
“We knew that there were issues there,” she said. “One thing kind of leads to another when you start down a path like that.”
“It doesn’t surprise me in the slightest because she was already expressing dismay and concern… over the passes he had made,” she said. “She (Susan) was already expressing he had been a peeping Tom when she had been staying with him. It’s only confirmation at this point of her story.”
Graves has distanced herself from her family and spoke out on behalf of her missing sister-in-law, defying her brother, Josh, and her father, Steven. She said it has been an “emotional roller coaster.”
“I have a pretty messed up family,” she said. “It’s been a rough time.”
Still, she said the arrest of Steven Powell is good news.
“They’re getting him off the streets now and he won’t be able to take advantage of innocents in the future,” she said.
Asked if she believed her father had something to do with Susan’s disappearance, Graves told FOX 13: “I wouldn’t be surprised.”
Graves has said she believes her brother was involved in his wife’s disappearance. Asked if she believes Josh Powell killed his wife, Graves told FOX 13: “I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s responsible. He’s acted extremely strange over the whole thing.”
http://www.fox13now.com/news/local/kstu-steven-powell-arrested-steven-powells-daughter-reacts-to-his-arrest-20110923,0,1507133.story
Asked if there were photos of Susan and he said, “Yes, there were pictures of Susan taken without her knowledge, they look like they were secretly taken. And inappropriate.” He said those are pictures West Valley City Police are definitely interested in. Troyer said it was up to WVCPD to determine if Steve will now be named a person of interest in Susan’s disappearance. He said his department is working closely with WVCPD.
For over a year Sandy shared information with police about Steve’s “sick obsession with Susan and with pornography.” She said Thursday night, “I knew he was obsessed with Susan and with porn, but I had no idea he could be capable of what he’s been charged with tonight. Wow!”
“I told police a long time ago that Steve was always proud of his porn collection,” Sandy said during a phone conversation late Thursday evening. “He talked about it quite often – it was a huge part of his life, a huge part of who he was. It was so abnormal,” she said. “I have to believe most men, at one time or another, look at porn but for Steve, it stopped his life and relationships. He’d rather have his porn than have his relationships.”
“I remember when Steve told me that during a search warrant many months ago police missed his big locked ‘porn’ cabinet in his room. Now, I think they found his stash. I’m glad they found it, I’m just stunned at what else they found,” she said.
Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/missing-persons-in-national/steve-powell-arrested-former-friend-shocked-charges-involve-children#ixzz1YnhjYiuv
Missing Utah mom’s father seeks custody of her 2 children after father-in-law arrested
A Washington state court commissioner says he won’t decide on the custody of a missing Utah mom’s two young boys until after Child Protective Services finishes its investigation.
http://www.newser.com/article/d9puc6ho2/missing-utah-moms-father-seeks-custody-of-her-2-children-after-father-in-law-arrested.html
A Washington state court commissioner says he won’t decide on the custody of a missing Utah mom’s two young boys until after Child Protective Services finishes its investigation.
A lawyer for the state attorney general confirmed that the boys had been placed in foster care.
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/national/missing-utah-mom-s-father-seeks-custody-of-kids/article_d7706483-4240-5963-86c7-0021d5798853.html#ixzz1YnkmM1j0
PUYALLUP, Wash. — The parents of missing West Valley mother Susan Cox Powell for the first time have directly accused Josh Powell in connection with their daughter’s disappearance.
“We have been reluctant to acknowledge what has been the feeling of many others and that is simply that our daughter is dead. Whether our daughter is being held against her will somewhere or whether she is dead, we both believe the father, Josh Powell, is directly responsible for her disappearance,” Chuck and Judy Cox said in court documents filed Friday.”
Friday in Pierce County, Chuck Cox, Susan’s father, requested custody of Susan and Josh’s two sons, ages 6 and 4, in a nearly 90-page document in which he now directly accuses Josh Powell of his daughter’s disappearance.
“We have prepared this custody petition in anticipation of Josh being arrested for the disappearance, kidnapping/murder of our daughter. Obviously, we are hoping against hope and sending out many prayers that our daughter is somehow, someway, found alive,” the Coxes said in their petition filed Friday.
The court hearing regarding custody of the children was filed after a a Pierce County judge ruled Susan Powell’s childhood diaries will not be published.
In court documents related to the diary, Josh Powell states that his wife may have committed suicide and he has fully cooperated with police in the investigation into her disappearance. West Valley police have called him a person of interest because they say he does not cooperate with them.
These court hearings over the diary came less than 12 hours after Steven Powell, Susan’s father-in-law, was arrested on charges of child voyeurism.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705391319/Chuck-Cox-blames-Josh-Powell-for-disappearance-of-Susan-Powell-also-files-for-custody-of.html
Holy Mary Mother of God…my head is spinning with what-ifs now. Did he molest his two own children and that is why the daughter wants nothing to do with him? Did he molest Josh and that is why he is a little off kilter on the normal scale? What about the boys? Did Susan not only want to get out of there because of the way her father-in-law was acting – trying to kiss her – sneaking peeks – or did something happen with the boys that she found out about? Did she tell Josh and that’s why Josh killed her to cover up for his dad so he wouldn’t go to prison? Did the father-in-law kill her so he wouldn’t go to prison and Josh helped cover it up?
There is no way in HELL she ran away (not that I ever believed that – but no one will ever believe that now).
The smirk on his face – I’d love to slap it right off. I am beyond disgusted. Both of them are go right off the CREEPY chart. Ugh.
Blessings to the little boys.
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Steven Powell, 61 of Puyallup, has been charged with 14 counts of voyeurism involving two child victims and one count of child porn possession.
He is expected to be arraigned at 1 p.m. Friday in Pierce County Superior Court.
http://www.kgw.com/news/national/Missing-Utah-woman-Powells-dad-arrested-for-child-porn-130437048.html
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River- lol, I am coming clean, I thought everyone would know immediately that was me pretending not to be me.
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