Susan Powell: One Year Later

Susan Powell disappeared a year ago from her Utah home that she shared with her two young sons and husband Josh Powell.  Josh Powell told people last year that he took his young boys camping in sub-freezing temperatures at 12:30 a.m. during a snow storm, and when he returned, his wife was missing.  He didn’t report to work on Monday and said he got his days confused.

His story raises many people’s eyebrows.  Worse, Josh did not search for his wife.  Instead he moved out of the family home, left the state and went to live with his family.

Josh’s behavior was and still is loaded with red flags.

Do I believe Josh’s father’s hypothesis that Susan ran off with another guy– who also disappeared about the same time?  I absolutely do not.  It’s absurd.  To me, it was a cleverly crafted story to deflect from the person of interest in this case — Josh Powell. I think most people will see this.

By looking at Susan in her photos, you can see her bubbly personality.  It supports what her mom says when she tells us Susan was a social person and that she made friends easily.  When we look at Josh, however, I suspect he was more introverted than Susan, and had a lot more trouble making friends. Of the two, I would bet money, he was the child who had a troubled childhood. I wish the media would look into this more and do some reporting on it.    It would be illuminating.

Look at the sadness expressed in Josh’s face in the still photo the Today Show shows of him in the video at the 6:00 minute marker.

I saw this interesting article in the Salt Lake Tribune:  Feds Want Susan’s Journals.  What is interesting is their quote from Steve Powell, Josh’s father.  I think it is very telling.  From the Salt Lake Tribune, “Steve Powell said: ‘They asked for a copy and we have worked diligently to quickly create a complete copy. We have let them know their copy is ready, and are waiting to hear back.’

Why would he have to work at getting a copy??  Does that make sense to anyone?  It sure makes you wonder about the authenticity of these journals, doesn’t it?

You can read my original thoughts of Josh Powell here.

Thanks, Karon, for the story!