Susan Powell Husband Josh Powell Murders Kids Commits Suicide During Supervised Visitation
Joshua Powell, husband of missing and presumed deceased Utah woman Susan Powell, deliberately triggered an explosion Sunday afternoon killing himself and the couples two young sons Charles and Braden Powell.
A case worker arrived with the children for the court ordered supervised visitation was blocked entry by Powell, and shortly thereafter the home exploded.
Josh’s Father Steven is awaiting trial for various perv charges and all over creepiness, and Josh was just denied custody of the children in favor of them staying with Susan’s parents, The Cox’s.
www.blinkoncrime.com wishes to extend our sincere condolences to The Cox and members of the Powell Family who are not perverted freaks or murderers.
It would seem I recall expressing my concern this was a definite concern early on. I wish to commend all that recognized this and did everything in their power to give these beautiful little cherubs their best chance.
These little guys see their Mother today, and I pray that there is comfort in that reality for those dealing with this loss today.
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Info on Charlie & Braden’s service:
Funeral services for 7-year-old Charlie and 5-year-old Braden the sons of Susan Cox-Powell are scheduled for Saturday February 11, 1 p.m. at The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 13420 94th Ave. E. in Puyallup, WA 98373.
A private family interment will follow at Woodbine Cemetery, Puyallup, WA.
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A social worker brought the boys to Powell’s home for a court-ordered supervised visit, authorities said. But as they approached the door, Powell pushed the social worker back, took the boys inside and locked the door.
“He blew up the house and the kids!” the social worker shouted in a 911 call released late Tuesday by Ed Troyer, spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
“Powell took the children and slammed the door in her face,” she said. “I thought it was a mistake. I kept knocking and then I called 911.”
The spokesman added that authorities found two 5-gallon cans of gasoline in the home, one of which appeared to have been lit right next to the bodies, which were found together in the same room. -CNN
-will NOT post w/link
Lindquist said the knowledge that Powell faced the intrusive psychosexual examination alone may not have been enough to spark Powell’s final, fatal act. But he says that, along with the ongoing investigation into his wife’s disappearance and the feeling that he was losing control of his children, might have pushed him over the edge.
“This is an extreme example of a dynamic we often see in domestic violence,” Lindquist said. “A controlling person with this selfish, sadistic and evil way of viewing the world says, ‘If I can’t have her, nobody else can either; if I can’t have the children, nobody else is going to either.’ “
A psychosexual evaluation, sometimes referred to as a sexual-deviancy examination, is lengthy and intrusive, said experts in the legal and law-enforcement community who are familiar with the test. The evaluation is often used in criminal cases and in testing sex offenders who have been civilly committed.
But the exam is also sometimes court-ordered in child-custody and divorce proceedings, as in Powell’s case.
Linda Paxton, a licensed mental-health professional in Bellevue, said that the tests could take upward of 30 hours. The exams assess an individual’s personality, sexual history, potential risk factors and other patterns in determining and identifying possible sexual addictions, Paxton said.
“They have to talk about their sexual history and what they have done sexually,” Paxton said.
The exams often involve a lengthy polygraph test, drug screening, IQ tests and, in some cases, a penile or vaginal plethysmography test — which utilizes a device that measures arousal by measuring blood flow in the sexual organs.
Lindquist said the test Powell was ordered to take would have included the plethysmograph, a polygraph and a personality exam.
While it isn’t known whether the test could involve questions about Powell’s missing wife, Lindquist said any effort to be deceptive would have skewed the results.
“You can’t pass a psychosexual evaluation if you’re holding back information, and what it comes down to is that Josh Powell had a lot to hide.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1402123&format=&page=2&listingType=natwest#articleFull
@Titch.
Beyond mortifying. She did not know the address of a supervised visitation. Am I the idiot here? What would be protocol for this situation?
@Blink, I know, right? I’m beyond sad. Feeling hate is just wasting good positive energy that could be spent on changing the system. My Nona taught me that you can’t have hate without love so why waste that on Josh, a person I never knew? One thing I do know about is the system and how utterly broken the system is. I might not know the ins & outs like Rose does first hand, but I can see with my eyes that’s it’s not protecting our children. There’s no way Josh should have had visitation at his house & absolutely no way the state should be allowed to contract out. Apparently they do this in multiple states. This isn’t Meals On Wheels with food being delivered & maybe a worker having a conversation with the recipient, it’s visitation of 2 small children with their pos poi in a murder father!
The POS’s agenda just keeps on a comin’… sigh …
Powell family blames legal system, media for tragedy
Couple identifies themselves only as Uncle Maurice, Aunt Patti
The couple, who signed the statement “Uncle Maurice, Aunt Patti”, claim that Powell had asked them to take care of his children should the need arise. They also said the battle for custody of Charlie and Braden set in motion the events that led to their death.
“In our hearts and minds we feel that this family tragedy was set into motion from the beginning due in part to the various questionable government agencies’ practices, religious bias, the internet kangaroo courts, and sensationalized news media, all of whom have circumvented the laws that protect all of our rights to due process,” the statement said.
“We believe that the stewardship of the responsibilities that have been entrusted to those organizations and individuals has been completely compromised.”
The statement also said the couple urged Powell to tell the whole truth to the courts but he resisted in order to protect his family.
“We believe that Josh continued to use this restraint because of the fear of losing his sons and the love he had for all of his family members that he so desperately tried to protect,” the statement continued. “America, this is not only a tragedy, Sunday was a dark day for all of our families.”
{Full statement @ link}
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-powell-family-blames-legal-system-media-for-tragedy-20120208,0,7239782.story
Question: Is she a Social Worker or a Foster Parent Liason? Please refer to this link, page 3, about halfway down that page, right side:
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/ca/Caregiver_Connection_JULY10.pdf
@ Titch~
Yup WHO is that caseworker!! … I want to move my car?? …
my car??? … OMG WHAT about the CHILDREN???
@Blink, she’s part of a committee & is in the second year of a two year term.
http://kitsapfostercare.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/kfcanews_01-02-2012.pdf
Snipped:
“Strive to improve the well being and protection of all children in foster and relative care and to enhance and strengthen services for children and caregivers in the Washington”…
Forgot to add that the committee position is voluntary. It seems she is admirable in her volunteerism, like her heart is in the right place.
@zeus says:
February 8, 2012 at 5:14 am
Yup, the sister “didn’t know the address – just how to get there.”
The POS & Powell family [excluding sister in Utah] have A LOT of ‘secrets’ that need to be exposed.
I hope LE/DA continue to get search warrants on ALL of ‘em.
@ BLINK ~ IS there confirmation the ADULT body is in fact HIM?
wow, how did she not know the address. she should have had the case file in her hands which should have had the address on one of the first sheets in her file. this is ridiculous. i would hope to god her first call was to 911 and not her supervisor. i was trained to call 911 immediately if there was an imminent risk of serious danger/physical harm, that trumps everything. 911 should have been called the SECOND he closed that door.
Riverpearl @8:36
thanks so for all the information cbout that psychosexual exam … I do believe that it was the fact that he knew how exhaustive that exam was that threw him over the top.
And JP was a control-freak of the highest order – and this has nothing to do with love. But everything to do with ownership and possession.
It has been obvious to anyone – EXCEPT law enforcement – that JP was a nutcase AND a murderer.
… His bizarre story of Susan’s disappearance was ludicrous – even to the extent that he never showed up for work on the Monday after her “disappearance” and his midnight outing with the kids in a snowstorm. How successful would any of us be in explaining an absense to our employers by saying “I forgot it was Monday” ….
No – this POS erased his wife and then had to erase his kids because he was losing control and more alarmingly – these children were drawing pictures and talking. To someone like JP – that was the ultimate betrayl.
ANd lastly, I think he took taht $7K into the inferno with him.
If he couldn’t control his wife, his kids, or his money – NO ONE WAS – and he erased everything!
LE in Utah and Washington, the Courts and that social worker failed these children …and I don’t know how they live with themselves. And that includes the school teacher who evidently gave JP the picture that one of the children drew with “Mommie in the trunk.”
My heart aches and breaks for the Coxes. They did everything that they could and believed that the system would do right by them. We simply have to do something with our judicial systems that CONTINUALLY fail children of very sick narcissitic monsters.
Freak in law a person of interest.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20568259,00.html
There is no doubt in my mind he is involved. If you recall, the second I heard him say that he and Susan had a romantic relationship I knew there will be a forensic tie to her case, and if recovered, her remains.
I believe he may be the one to “shut off” Josh’s utilities.
Frankly, as unprofessional as this will sound, I would be thrilled if they pinned it on him whether he was involved or not.
This case is brutal. I suspect we are going to learn things about this investigation that will question why Josh and his father were not arrested sooner. I suspect we are going to learn their was dissention between LE and prosecutors about an indictment or probable cause.
I suspect we will learn that all were well intentioned, and all would do things differently if they could.
If that is correct, it is also my sincere hope that they are vocal about it with full disclosure so that as LEO’s they can share the same with other LEO’s in similar cases. It is the only way to prevent it from happening again, and to grow.
It is very difficult to build a no body case.
That said, if the Cox’s were repeatedly told there would be an arrest, imo, that is flat out inappropriate in an open missing persons case.
B
As a case manager (2 -of- 3 bachelors: nursing & psychology as well, MSW) w/senior & disable, I KNOW & have it in a case file my client/s name, address, age, medical history, Dr/s name & location & issues, income & source,Bank & Acct# Utilities, ANY additional staff & or service/s (visiting &/or outpatient- nurse/s, PT, OT, Meals on Wheels etc), Adult children/s names & contact info (address & ph#) as well ANY grandchildren etc. I know if they drive, their vehicle & plate #. I know if there is ANY type of court orders (RO’s, child custody etc) & if so, I have a copy/copies (which I carry should I need to show Police etc.)
I know their living arrangements/their home because I inspected it @ my 1st “intake interview” & I take note of ANY thing that is questionable/ dangerous/ or plain hinky (from no dead bolts/fire alarms/no food in the house to finding someone living there who shouldn’t be to the client force to sign over ownership of their home etc)
I am responsible for knowing ALL that & more.
I have a case file on EACH client. I have scheduled appts w/clients every day as well, am available by phone.
As a case manager I document EVERYTHING & keep copies of EVERYTHING because I am the one every one/ every thing is filtered through.
Some would say that is cya mode but I see it as “a history” of my client & their life. It’s how I keep a ‘pulse’ on the client & their life. It also is a way to verify if some thing or some person/s are affecting my client. It’s a way to “see problems/ issues” BEFORE they happen & try to “change a “-” to a “+”.
I find the “case worker” for Charlie & Braden totally lacking in human compassion & common sense w/o even adding WHAT her job was SUPPOSE to be… we ALL KNOW the boys were screaming …. the boys in HER CARE … & she asks a 911 operator ‘what should she do?!!’ and that ‘she would like to move her car’ …
This woman for Charlie & Braden was ‘suppose to be their case worker’, the ADULT responsible for Charlie & Braden. She had access to the information that Charlie & Braden ‘had been REMOVED from POS by the Court/State’ & an ‘order of supervised visitation’ was in effect.
This case worker Elizabeth Griffin-Hall seems to believe she was ONLY transportation and when the transportation could be @ risk, requests permission to move it … a car can be replaced but not children.
God help us, that possessions are more important than the lives of two sweet innocent boys.
I am confused- is anyone else under the impression this was her first visit to the home?
She specifically knew that Wed he was denied custody, and had concerns. I am clueless to date as to why whatever was viewed by the court in that matter did not alarm the court to revoke any visitation with Josh, or impose a neutral location. Oversight?
The fact that a staffer being used to facilitate supervised visitation has never been trained to deal with this situation is infuriating and blows my mind.
I feel compassion for what she went through, I hope we all do, but man, that 911 call should have gone like this:
My name is Ms. Griffin Hall, I am at (insert address) I am a court appointed (insert).
A suspect in a homicide investigation has FALSELY IMPRISONED/Abducted the children who have BEEN REMOVED FROM HIS CUSTODIANSHIP. I believe these children are in immediate and life threatening danger, I smelled gasoline when I approached the front door.
These are exigent circumstances requiring immediate LE response please. I have made every lawful attempt to gain entry and have been refused.
Out of concern for my personal safety I am removing my gray prius lic plate # (insert) from the driveway of the residence, I will be located parked on the street, next to the home.
This woman was in over her head for this situation, that is clear.
Do I expect her to clear the joint like Pepper Anderson? No.
I do expect someone put in this situation be prepared for it as a requirement for such a position.
Imo, the failure to revoke visitation rests with the court.
B
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53465945-78/powell-downing-steve-ely.html.csp
Coxes were used to set up Powells, says lawyer
What judge’s order is he talking about that precludes him from discussing Susan Powell’s case?
Is he referring to evidence that has been presented to a grand jury or what?
If that article is true, it is an egregious dereliction of duty on behalf of investigators.
Mr. Cox was under a restraining order, enlisting him to do anything to violate a court order is illegal.
What in the Hell else? Seriously.
B
(add www right before the .)
.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53465945-78/powell-downing-steve-ely.html.csp
Coxes were used to set up Powells, says lawyer
Sorry, didn’t know it took… Screen is jumping as comments are being approved.
@Blink – agree 100%.
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There is no doubt in my mind he is involved. If you recall, the second I heard him say that he and Susan had a romantic relationship I knew there will be a forensic tie to her case, and if recovered, her remains.
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I KNEW this would not come as a surprise to you….and indeed, I do recall you stating his involvement.
I’m encouraged he’ll be questioned and perhaps in a vulnerable enough state to give up pertinent details.
If he knows something and can figure out how to limit his culpability, he will squeal like a farm pig.
No offense to farm pigs, I used to read Charlotte’s web to my children nightly.
B
@erose says:
February 7, 2012 at 10:44 pm
Qs I also have been having since I saw the aerial photos on Sunday afternoon.
Looks like it would be very easy to leave via the backyard. Many of the video shown of house burning & still photos is from the BACK of house & street.
The poster above who said the “hatchet/small axe used to chop @ the boys necks & head” were to “control/subdue them” could be on the ‘right track’ … but I also feel POS wanted to inflict pain & terror on the boys from the minute they were under his control in the house, to their final gasping breaths.
I know until the adult body is confirmed by DNA, I will wonder IF just as POS did w/ the control of life & death w/Susan & kept himself alive … that he could very well do the same w/the boys. That he “erased Susan & now the boys” & w/ALL those ‘good bye emails & final voice mail” — he went way over to let people know “he was saying a FINAL goodbye”.
I am relieved they are looking into his money movement, his dealings etc & NOT just saying ‘case closed – 2 murders & a suicide”.
Alina Powell (POS sister) got @ least 1 email & called 911 BEFORE there was ignite of the house but claimed to NOT know the address …
and is 1 of the first of POS siblings to go to the MSM to complain about treatment of POS these last 2yrs.
Blink and all. As we try to fathom this painful senerio out my heart goes out to all! You can bet Stevo is on it. He can feel and taste the freedom! Let’s hope LE doesn’t let the bastard out to get home to his sick (what’s left of it) family
“What should I do? …. Nothing like this has ever happened before at these visitations. … I could hear one of the kids crying, and he still wouldn’t let me in.”
The dispatcher at one point asked the social worker what address she was at.
The social worker didn’t know and needed to look for it.
**It took her about 1 ½ minutes to find it in her car**.
At one point she asks, “You can’t find me by GPS?” While she’s still looking for the address she says, “But I think I need help right away.”
The woman also explained that she smelled gasoline, saying
**four minutes into the call**
that the boys have been
**locked in the home for 10 minutes**.
**After six minutes on the call**,
a dispatcher says: “We’ll have somebody look for you there.”
“OK, how long will it be?” the woman asks.
“I don’t know, ma’am. We have to respond to emergency life-threatening situations first. The first available deputy …”
The woman responded: “This could be life-threatening … I’m afraid for their lives.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKaG0GKtnqo5CXNdFKkUkiMNJz2g?docId=615bae3d7b834c948f6a5a2d8e574db6
@Blink- I’m as confused as you are. I think he’s referring to Josh’s computer views & downloads referring to porn around the time they searched his house after Susan disappeared. The way I’m reading it is that it didn’t come to light (as far as being used against him) until his father Steven was arrested & jailed on his own illegal porn & voyeurism charges. I’m thinking maybe le didn’t think the kids were in immediate danger or that maybe Josh’s porn was just circumstantial & wouldn’t stick in court for removal of his children, BUT paired with the stuff found in his father Steven’s home which is where they were residing then they could put everything together & be successful with removing the children.
Phew run-on sentence.
I may be wrong but in my head it’s chancy but makes sense. Doesn’t make it right, only logical.
LE is very trained to know if a parent is capable of killing a spouse they are more than at risk to kill their children and such a possibility is priority.
B
@Riverpearl, I mentioned Rose earlier but I meant to include you as well with regards to social work knowledge. I’m sorry & it was unintentional. I agree with every single thing you’ve typed with regards to this situation. It’s sick.
A search warrant affidavit filed in Pierce County Superior Court on Tuesday showed Josh Powell withdrew $7,000 from a South Hill bank branch Saturday. A teller at the Bank of America branch at 176th Street and Meridian contacted Pierce County sheriff’s detectives Sunday to notify them of the withdrawal, the affidavit states.The teller did not ask Powell why he was making the withdrawal.
Detectives seized transaction records and photographs of Powell taken by bank security cameras, the affidavit states.
Sheriff’s detectives served a search warrant at a storage unit in Sumner that belonged to Josh Powell.“We didn’t find anything that’s obviously remarkable,” sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.
However, several unknown items were removed from the storage unit, which was discovered after the fire.
Detectives from West Valley City, Utah, assisted with the warrant. Some of their officers are returning home while others are remaining in Washington to attend the funeral for Charlie and Braden Powell.
Residents of the Silver Creek neighborhood surrounding Carson Elementary School, where Charlie Powell attended first grade, have tied purple ribbons to trees and posts that line the streets in the area.The color of the ribbons was the Powell boys’ mother’s favorite. Family members of Susan Cox Powell have hung wreaths and worn purple ribbons since her disappearance from their Utah home in December 2009.
West Valley City police officials discounted news media reports that Steven Powell is a “person of interest” in Susan Powell’s disappearance. “We have never stated that Steven Powell is a person of interest,” said Sgt. Mike Powell, who is not related to Josh Powell.
Investigators have said they have looked at everybody connected to Susan Powell, including her father-in-law. The elder Powell is being held at the Pierce County Jail on voyeurism and possessing-child-pornography charges.
West Valley City Police Chief Thayle “Buzz” Nielsen said his department wants to interview Steve Powell about what he might know about his son’s actions.
Attorney Mark Quigley, who represents Steve Powell, said law enforcement officials have not made a request to speak to his client through him.
Sheriff’s deputies on Sunday informed Steve Powell of the fatal fire and asked whether he knew what his son had been up to. He refused to cooperate and then was placed on suicide watch.
Alina Powell was stopped by reporters at her home Tuesday. When one said he was “sorry for what you are going through,” she responded: “No, you’re not. You caused this,” before shutting a gate at the home.
Fire marshal Tom Poste said Tuesday that he believes Josh Powell already had spread gasoline throughout his house Sunday by the time his sons arrived. “The timeline was way too fast for him to spend any time dousing gasoline,” Poste said.
One empty, destroyed gas can was found inside the front door. A second 5-gallon gas can was found intact. It was protected by Powell’s body when he fell on it, Poste said. “It had some liquid left in it but it was very close to (empty),” he said.
Investigators have determined Powell bought the gasoline within his last 24 hours, said Troyer of the Sheriff’s Department.
An attorney representing Susan Powell’s parents, Chuck and Judy Cox, has described the explicit image referred to in Josh Powell’s last custody hearing.
The drawing depicted a sword inserted through a woman’s vagina and coming out the woman’s throat.
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/02/08/2385035/warrant-shows-josh-powell-took.html
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DONATIONS SOUGHT
A memorial fund has been set up in memory of Charlie and Braden Powell. The money will assist with funeral costs. Donations can be made to The Charlie and Braden Powell Memorial Account at any Wells Fargo bank branch.
The Curnow Funeral Home in Sumner has set up an obituary and memorial page for the boys.
As y’all know, I am on location, very limited system capability and will not be able to access my secure network.
Can anyone post me a recent image of Alina Powell? It can be a link, marked private or whatever.
Reitterating, it has to come from a public source to me. Hint. Hint.
Lastly, if anyone becomes aware of a paypal (confirmed) option for the children, please post.
Repeat- must be vetted and endorsed by the Cox family.
B
Agree Agree Agree…
Charlie & Braden were failed, straight up failed on sooo many levels…
The more info I take in the more I have to agree with Blink that our LE failed and the whole system failed to protect these precious little boys-a complete breakdown everywhere… but what can we do as a group to make a change or can we? All of this leads back to what Blink stated first- Missing Parent=GAL- how do we get there? I
just feel we need to do something in honor of Charlie and Braden.
No money to the Powell family I agree. They protected this POC from the beginning
Just a reminder of the insane demented dna in the gene pool… A most definite read…
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=16974236
@ Blink, Alina? Lizzie? I’m sorry, I’m not following your msg #29 to me at all. I haven’t ref either of those. Discloser, I haven’t followed this much past news clips, until this recent shock. It grabbed me tight and I can’t look away ever since Sunday.
Q in #50 – no, I didn’t get the impression this was her first visit. Her calls were 6:49 and 3:40 mintues, I’ll have to listen again. I think she said something that had me thinking she’d been going there since last fall? However, between omg, wtf and tears listening, I could have that wrong.
I’m not 100% set as LE or some, this was totally unavoidable. I lean that way for the most part, but, Fire and Rescue were there in 3 minutes! She was on the phone unprepared! with that condescending delaying dispatcher for over SIX! Josh was emailing for 11 mins before igniting the fire. What if if if if ..
One very simple idea that hit me for change to come out of this horror story is – why couldn’t all these types of agencies across the country devise simple tag cards systems, a card held in a plastic pocket on a lanyard? Each printed card would hold the name address phone DOB hair eye color and height of the POS they were dealing with. For each visit, pull the card out of your file and stick it in the lanyard plastic pocket around their neck. Pertinent info at their fingertips! even if they were so upset they couldn’t think straight. It’s not much I know, but when time is of the essence, our system dealing with poorly trained staff for emergencies, immediate response teams stil need that info asap to help. We all know they worry about budget costs. This would be very low cost and could be immediately implemented.
http://susanpowell.org/Outsiders/Chuck-Cox-official-spokespersons/Jennifer-Kirk-Graves-ousted-from-family-hysterical-behavior
and Cranky has a photo of Alina but I do not have a photobucket account to save it proper.
http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Susan%20Cox%20Powell%20%20-UT-/Steve%20Powell-%20Crimes-%20Punishment-%20WebRants-%20Susan/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ12
Deputies seize cell phone of Josh Powell’s sister
Post by Adam Lynn / The News Tribune on Feb. 8, 2012 at 10:32 am with No Comments »
Pierce County sheriff’s detectives confiscated the cell phone of Josh Powell’s sister after she refused to give emails and voicemails he left for her before he killed his sons Sunday, newly filed court records show.
Alina Powell called 911 on Sunday to report she’s received four emails and a message from her brother that made her concerned for his safety. Detectives contacted her later in the day and requested copies.
“During the interview, Alina became upset and refused to allow Det. Sanders to copy the emails and refused to provide the phone to Det. Sanders,” the search warrant states.
I wish to be clear in my communications regarding Alina Powell.
This woman has crossed the line from alleged guilt by association as a family member, to potential accomplice to a criminal act, imo.
If this woman has committed a crime, I will make it my personal mission to identify same, and provide any assistance to support a successful prosecution. I have a 100% success rate in similar past endeavors.
If she is $7K richer, I can tell you where that cash will be spent- a criminal defense attorney.
B
The detectives later got a court order and seized the phone.
http://blog DOT
thenewstribune
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Social services has a lot of educated people that have zero common sense.
The boys should have been kept away from Josh at this point in time.
We have seen more family murders in the last 10 years they I can even count and Josh rates at the top for possible violence and always has.
jmho
@Titch says:
February 8, 2012 at 11:41 am
Please, NO Fault NO Foul
None taken
[I just wanted to expand on what Rose has said & what an engaged 'case worker' do]
—>Change of Venue For Funeral Services<—
TACOMA, Wash. — The funeral for the two sons of missing Utah woman Susan Powell has been moved to a larger church.
The Curnow Funeral Home in Sumner says the funeral for 7-year-old Charlie and 5-year-old Braden was moved "due to overwhelming response from the community."
It's now scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Life Center Church, 1717 S. Union Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405.
Link got dropped for change of venue
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/33d27330117e40f7ace927928457b699/WA–Missing-Utah-Mom-Funeral/
Tips about Susan Cox Powell case pour in after Josh’s death
In the wake of Josh Powell’s death, West Valley City police say they have received several new email tips about the case of missing woman Susan Cox Powell.
West Valley City Police Chief Thayle “Buzz” Nielsen, who spent Tuesday meeting with local law enforcement, said the information is “new stuff coming out.” Officers are reviewing the tips to see if they yield any credible leads.
“When we get back from this, we’re going to debrief what’s happened up here, what we have,” he said Tuesday at the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. “It will probably take about a month and we’ll reassess what we’re going to do. But we’re going to keep it active and open.”
Great that folks come forward after killing his babies- I guess his wife was not enough.
B
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Meanwhile, relatives of Josh Powell blamed government officials, media and Internet media pundits for setting in motion the terrible tragedy that has now rocked two families.
The statement signed by Maurice and Patti Leach said they were “grievously saddened” by the loss experienced by both the Cox and Powell families and that there was no justification for the deaths of Josh Powell’s two innocent sons.
Patti Leach is Josh Powell’s aunt, and a sister to his father, Steve Powell. They attended a September custody hearing to support Josh Powell. In the statement they said Josh Powell had asked for their support in helping him as “the next patriarchs of the family” following his father’s arrest on pornography and voyeurism charges.
“We were also asked by Josh if we would offer a safe haven for his sons should the need arise,” the Leaches said. “Our answer was absolutely yes.”
Josh Powell had asked a judge to consider placing his sons with them, but that offer was refused, in part, because the couple do not live in Washington.
The Leaches said they felt Powell had acted with great restraint, patience and dignity at the custody hearing even though it did not work out in his favor.
But Steve Downing, who represents the Coxes, said **Josh Powell bought a $1 million life insurance policy on his wife a year before she disappeared**.
Downing said Josh Powell also was telling friends about how to dispose of a body without being caught.
Elizabeth Griffin-Hall, the case worker who supervised the children’s visits with Josh Powell, and who made a frantic 911 call when she was locked out of his home Sunday, has chosen not to comment to media.
However, a voice mail statement was released by the Foster Care Resource Network, who is the woman’s employer.
“The management and staff of Foster Care Resource Network are devastated by the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell,” the recorded statement said. “All of us send our condolences to the boys’ family, especially the boys’ maternal grandparents.
“Our professional case worker has been conducting court ordered supervised visits with the children in their father’s home since Nov. 2. 2011. Our case worker is horrified over what happened to these wonderful children with whom she has worked with for months and has come to love.”
The statement went on to say that police and the Department of Social and Health Services are conducting investigations and Foster Care Resource Network did not wish to interfere with those investigations by talking with the media at this time.
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@Edward, thank you! I kept looking through News links.
@Sammi – I got the impression she had been the liaison for quite some time as well. I’ll have to look.
Re the 911 call… I always thought that a cop was dispatched during the call anyway. That whomever was closer just headed that way & if the dispatcher expressed a TRU emergency then le would floor it. I also thought if fire & Rescue were needed then a separate line of communication filters through. Again, I have no idea & it could purely be my misconception. All I know is that I find it odd that the dispatcher said he couldn’t track her through gps but when my son discovered my cellphone when he was really young & dialed 911 the cops were here within 5 minutes! The way he was speaking was garbled so maybe they didn’t realize he was a 2 y/o & maybe thought it was somebody being strangled – but point is they traced my cell gps to my address. I didn’t even know he had me cell!
Sheriff’s office unhappy with 911 dispatcher in caseworker’s call
The Pierce County Sheriff’s department says a dispatcher’s extensive questioning of a caseworker who tried to summon help to Josh Powell’s home was inappropriate.
The caseworker’s call resulted in nearly seven minutes of questioning by the dispatcher before he said he would send a deputy. A short time later, the Graham house erupted in flames, killing everyone inside.
“We’re not happy with the way that dispatcher is bantering [with the caseworker],” sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Ed Troyer said Wednesday morning. “We understand that could have been handled better.”
Troyer said that it’s likely sheriff’s deputies could have arrived at the home sooner had the 911 call been handled differently. He also noted that the caseworker could not immediately provide Powell’s address, making it difficult to dispatch deputies.
But the male dispatcher responded with nearly seven minutes of nonstop questions about Powell and the children, details about her job and information about the car she was driving.
He said detectives are working on a precise timeline showing how long it took deputies to arrive after the first 911 calls. Troyer believes deputies arrived at the home within minutes of being dispatched.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017455002_dispatcher09m.html
Later, in the most chilling of the tapes, the state caseworker calls 911 and the dispatcher asks if she is calling about the house fire.
“Yes — he exploded the house.”
Asked if anyone was in the house, the caseworker says, “Yes. There was a man and his children, I just dropped off the children and he wouldn’t let me in the door.”
“People are saying there is not someone here, but I was just there and there is someone — there’s two little boys in the house. They are 5 and 7, there’s an adult man, he has supervised visitation and he blew up the house and the kids,” she said.
“The kids and the husb… and the father were in the house?,” the dispatcher asked.
“Yes. Yes. He slammed the door in my face, so I kept knocking, I thought it was a mistake, I kept knocking and then I called 911.”
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said a deputy responded within seven minutes after the first 911 call, but when the officer arrived, it was too late.
“When our deputy got there, the house was fully engulfed in flames,” spokesman Ed Troyer said.
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-investigators-search-shed-in-powell-case-funeral-for-boys-set-for-saturda-20120207,0,1362222.story
http://m.standard.net/standardex/db_283482/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=LW5nXEtD
Funeral for Powell boys moved to larger church Contributed 02/08/2012 12:01 PM
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TACOMA, Wash. — The funeral for the two sons of missing Utah woman Susan Powell has been moved to a larger church.
The Curnow Funeral Home in Sumner says the funeral for 7-year-old Charlie and 5-year-old Braden was moved “due to overwhelming response from the community.”
It’s now scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Life Center Church, 1717 S. Union Ave. Tacoma.
First call from social worker Elizabeth Griffin-Hall
Griffin-Hall: I’m on a supervised visitation for a court-ordered visit and something, really weird has happened. The kids went in the house and the biological parent, Josh Powell, will not let me in the door. What should I do?
Dispatcher: What’s the address
Griffin-Hall: 8119 and I think it’s 89th, I don’t know what the address is, let me get in the car nothing like this has happened like this before. I’m really shocked, and I could hear one of the kids crying, and he still won’t let me in, OK, it’s 1, just a minute I have it here, you can’t find me by GPS?
Dispatcher: No
Griffin-Hall: OK, it is… I still can’t find it. He’s on a very short leash with DHSH, he looked right at me and closed the door.
It’s 8119 189th Street Court East Puyallup.
I’d like to pull out of the driveway because I smell gasoline, and he won’t let me in.
Dispatcher: He won’t let you out of the driveway?
Griffin-Hall: He won’t let me in the house.
Dispatcher: Whose house is it?
Griffin-Hall: Josh Powell
Dispatcher: You don’t live there?
Griffin-Hall: No, I’m contracted by the state to provide supervised visitation.
[Confusion about who Griffin-Hall is ensues, then gets cleared up]
Griffin-Hall: He’s the husband of Susan Powell, this is a high-profile case. I was one step in back of them.
Dispatcher: So they went in the house and locked you out?
Griffin-Hall: Yes, he shut the door in my face.
Dispatcher: What is your name?
Griffin-Hall: My name is Elizabeth Griffin-Hall.
Dispatcher: And what’s you’re phone number?
Griffin-Hall gives number.
Dispatcher: What agency are you with?
Griffin-Hall: Foster Care Resource Network, and the kids have been in there by now approximately 10 minutes, and he knows it’s a supervised visit. Braden is 5 and Charlie is 7.
Dispatcher: And the dad’s last name?
Griffin-Hall: Powell.
Dispatcher: Two L’s at the end of Powell?
Griffin-Hall: Yes.
Dispatcher: And his first name?
Griffin-Hall: His first name is Josh. [She gives physical description of him].
Dispatcher: Is he alone, or was anyone with him?
Griffin-Hall: I don’t know, I couldn’t get in the house
Dispatcher: Are you in a vehicle now or on foot?
Griffin-Hall: I’m in a 2010 Prius with the doors locked. He won’t let me in. I rang the doorbell and everything. I begged him to let me in.
Dispatcher: Elizabeth, please listen to my questions. What color is the Toyota Prius?
Griffin-Hall: Gray, dark gray.
Dispatcher: And the licence number?
Griffin-Hall: I don’t know, I can look. (Gets out of car) 750 ZMH
Dispatcher: OK, we’ll have someone look for you there.
Griffin-Hall: Do you know how long it will be?
Dispatcher: They have to respond to emergencies , life-threatening situations first.
Griffin-Hall: This could be life-threatening. He was in court on Wednesday and he didn’t get his kids back and this is really… I’m afraid for their lives.
Dispatcher: Has he threatened the lives of the children previously?
Griffin-Hall: I have no idea
Dispatcher: OK we’ll have the first available deputy contact you.
Griffin-Hall: Thank you
Dispatcher: Bye.
2nd from social worker Elizabeth Griffin-Hall
Dispatcher: Hello. Were you calling about the fire on 189th street?
Griffin-Hall: Yes, he exploded the house. He exploded the house.
Dispatcher: Ma’am, do you know the exact address?
Griffin-Hall: It’s 8119 189th Court East in Puyallup
Dispatcher: What are you calling about?
Griffin-Hall: It exploded, the house.
Dispatcher: Do you know where you are?
Griffin-Hall: 8119 189th Street Court East in Puyallup
Dispatcher: Do you know if there’s anyone in the house?
Griffin-Hall: Yes, there was a man and two children. I just dropped off the children and he wouldn’t let me in the door.
Dispatcher: Stay on the line with me. I’m going to get the fire department. Hang on. Don’t hang up. Stay on the phone here with me ma’am. Fire this is Rose. I’m transferring the lady who has the exact address.
Griffin-Hall: I can hear the fire trucks, but they’re not here yet. It’s 8119
Dispatcher: We have an engine there.
Griffin-Hall: People are saying there is not somebody here, but there’s a couple of boys, 5 and 7, he has supervised visitation and he blew up the house and the kids.
Dispatcher: The kids and the father were in the house?
Griffin-Hall: Yes, he slammed the door in my face so I kept knocking. I thought it was a mistake, I kept knocking and then I called 911.
Dispatcher: You saw him go back in the house?
Griffin-Hall: He didn’t ever leave the house, he just opened the door, the kids were one step ahead of me, they are 5 and 7, they were one step ahead of me and he slammed the door in my face.
Dispatcher: Do you think he might have done this intentionally?
Griffin-Hall: Yes.
Dispatcher: County, go ahead with what you need.
Dispatcher: What is your name, ma’am?
Griffin-Hall: I’m Elizabeth Griffin-Hall, I’m the supervisor visitation (incoherent noises and crying)
Dispatchers: What is your last name?
Griffin-Hall calmly spells it.
Dispatcher: Where are you at right now?
Griffin-Hall: I’m at 8112 on the same court,
Dispatcher: So you are at 8112 189th Street Court East
Griffin-Hall: Yes
Dispatcher: Are you in the car?
Griffin-Hall: I was in it I’m standing outside it right now
Dispatcher: Is that your home address?
Griffin-Hall: No, I’m the supervised visitation coordinator.
Dispatcher: What is the person’s name
Griffin-Hall: His name is Josh Powell. Just a minute the sheriff is here.
Dispatcher: Go ahead and talk to the officer, ma’am
Call from Alina Powell, who is sobbing throughout the call, sometimes becoming too garbled to understand
Alina Powell: I think my brother might be in trouble or something.
Dispatcher: what’s going on with your borther
Alina Powell: I don’t know. He’s sending weird emails and stuff.
Dispatcher: What’s his address?
Alina Powell: I don’t know his address offhand. I just know how to get there.
Dispatcher: I’ve got to know something. Is he’s in Puyallup?
Alina Powell: I don’t know, I can drive there and I can tell you.
Dispatcher: What’s his last name?
Alina Powell: Powell
Dispatcher: And his first name?
Alina Powell: Josh
Dispatcher: What makes you think there’s a problem with Josh?
Alina Powell: (crying) There’s been a lot of abuse against him and he’s really upset.
Dispatcher: What’s your name?
Alina Powell: My name is Alina, and I’m his sister.
Dispatcher: And what’s your last name?
Alina Powell: Powell.
Dispatcher: Howell with an H?
Alina Powell: No with a P. There are emails and stuff and he left me a voicemail thing that got forwarded. He said something like he can’t live without his sons and (high-pitched moan) and goodbye and (crying)
Dispatcher: What’s Josh’s number?
Alina Powell: Gives number.
Dispatcher: How long ago did you receive this message?
Alina Powell: I don’t think it came in at 11 after [doesn’t give the hour, just the minutes] I just saw it a few minutes ago.
Dispatcher: Does he live at 189th Street Court East?
Alina Powell: I think that’s our house, I don’t know.
Dispatcher: Does he live on 189th street Court East?
Alina Powell: I don’t know it’s so close.
Dispatcher asks for physical description.
Dispatcher: Was he going to have supervised visits today?
Alina Powell: I think so. He normally does.
Dispatcher: This is the Josh that has been in the media?
Alina Powell: Yes, the one who has been abused by everyone. (crying).
The boys are 5 and 7.
Dispatcher: What’s the inside phone number there?
Alina Powell: At my house?
Dispatcher: The house at 189th.
Alina Powell: I don’t know. He only has a cell phone.
Dispatcher: Did he say he’d harm himself?
Alina Powell: No, he was just saying goodbye. (crying)
Dispatcher: (Attempts to calm her down). The more you’re getting worked up the less helpful it is for me. 189th street Court East is what I’m seeing.
Alina Powell: That could be it, that sounds about right.
Dispatcher: How long has he lived there for?
Alina Powell: A few months, four or five months, like October or something. I know it’s been hard on him, the abuse has been extremely difficult.
Dispatcher: What else did the email say?
Alina Powell: He sent several emails about how to handle his property and his utilities. They started a while ago, I didn’t think anything of it. They started early this morning. They were just weird emails. There was some kind of forward or something. I just missed it.
Dispatcher: I think I have a valid address, if there’s a way to get it confirmed…
Alina Powell: I’d have to drive there.
Dispatcher: Is he home by himself ?
Alina Powell: I don’t know. He might be.
Dispatch: I’m going to start a welfare check. What does he drive?
Alina Powell: A light blue minivan, but it won’t be in the driveway. It will be in the garage.
Dispatcher: I need to know if you can get a confirmed address.
Alina Powell: The only way I can do it is to drive over there, but I’m terrified to drive over there.
Dispatcher: You don’t have to make contact. An officer will do that.
Alina Powell: I’m not afraid of him, he’d never hurt me, I’m afraid [of what I’ll find] (garbled crying)
Dispatcher: I need you to take a deep breath and calm down, I need you to calm down, it’s not helpful for you to cry and not help us with our information.
[Continues to try to calm her down] Is there any way for you to get confirmation of his address?
Alina Powell: Only driving over there.
Dispatcher: If you don’t want to drive over there, I understand . If you get a different address call us right back .
Alina Powell: OK
Dispatcher: Bye bye.
Alina Powell: Bye. (crying)
Call from female witness to the fire:
Woman: I’m on 87th Street
Dispatcher: Your phone is breaking up.
Woman: garbled and static.
Dispatcher: I can barely hear you because your phone is breaking up.
Woman: Can you hear me? It’s in Puyallup, South Hill. I’m not sure of the address, it’s behind me, like 8108 189th Street.
Dispatcher: You need to speak a little quieter and slower and not yell.
Woman: OK.
Dispatcher: This is behind you?
Woman: Yes. The house just blew up and is on fire.
Dispatcher: What happened?
Woman: God, I don’t know.
Dispatcher: Do you see smoke and fire?
Woman: Yes, and a loud and huge boom and there’s crap flying all over the place and there’s other people that can see it.
Call disconnects
Call from Jeff Bassett, Josh Powell’s attorney
Bassett: This is attorney Jeff Bassett calling. I’m not sure who I need to call, but I’m Josh Powell’s attorney and I understand he had an explosion and I have some information.
Dispatcher: What kind of information?
Bassett: If it was an accident or if it was more than that.
Dispatcher: What do you have?
Bassett: I have an email from my client, and that email gives me every indication this was intentional.
Dispatcher: And your client was Josh Powell?
Bassett: I just found out about all this.
Dispatcher: Can you give me a synopsis of what it says?
Bassett: Basically it says “I’m sorry. Goodbye.” I haven’t seen it myself but I just called home and was told it was in my inbox.
Dispatcher: Was there any other information in the email?
Bassett: Not to my knowledge. I just found out about the explosion and called home and told it was timed at 12:05.
Dispatcher: I appreciate your patience.
Bassett: If you want I can look for it while you’re on the phone. It will be on my cell phone.
Dispatcher: Go ahead, sir.
Bassett: Just a second. That is all it says, I just checked it. It’s 12:05. It says I’m sorry period goodbye period.
Dispatcher asks for phone number and asks if Bassett needs to be called back.
Bassett: It’s not necessary, I’m, unfortunately, I’m in the middle of a closing day performance of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and I’ll be on stage between 3 and 5:30.
Dispatcher: I’ll give them your information. If you receive any other emails, let us know.
Call from Josh Powell’s boss
Dispatcher: This is valley with a transfer
Man: Josh Powell works for me, I just saw on the news today that there was a problem. I got a strange email from him today at 12:05.
Dispatcher: What does the email say?
Man: I’m sorry, goodbye. That’s all it said
Dispatcher gets identifying information and phone number.
Call from male witness who saw house fire from the back of the home
Man: I just had a house explode.
Dispatcher: What’s your exact address?
Man: 8404 189th East Court East
Dispatcher: Hold the line
Man: There’s a house on fire and (excitedly talking, gives a couple different approximate addresses of the fire).
Dispatcher: You’ve changed the street numbers three times now.
Man: There’s explosions too.
Dispatcher: Is anyone home?
Man: I don’t know the house is totally engulfed.
Dispatcher: I’m getting help out there right now.
Man: I think it’s a possible meth house.
Dispatcher: Was anyone home?
Man: I don’t know, but if they were, they’re toast.
Riverpearl: Thanks for the info-it is just unbelievable with the lack of attention to the need of immediate help needed from fire, rescue and LE. WTH?
@ Blink, did you notice newest photo of Alina in link recently provided?
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-deputies-seize-alina-powells-phone-with-josh-powells-voice-messages-emails-20120208,0,5409358.story
Wow!
Newly obtained court documents show that Josh Powell grew up in a home filled with turmoil
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/AP-Susan-Powell-case-called-a-murder-138892464.html?tab=video&c=y
In those divorce papers, Terrica alleged that Steve’s influence was damaging to her children. In one instance she wrote, “I felt extreme fear when Josh made a veiled threat at me with a butcher knife in his hand … His demeanor was menacing for a moment as he said don’t push it mom.”
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/AP-Susan-Powell-case-called-a-murder-138892464.html