Josh Powell Kills Himself and 2 Boys

Josh Powell’s wife, Susan, went missing in December of 2009.  He told the media that he went camping in the middle of the night in sub-freezing temperatuers with the couple’s two toddler children at midnight, and when he came back, he found his wife was gone.  She had vanished.

Nothing about Josh’s story made sense, and as time went on, we could see Josh’s behavior was odd and questionable.  Furthermore, we learned that Josh came from a troubled family.   His father was flat out bizarre.

Over a year after Susan’s disappearance, Josh’s father, Steven Powell, came out speaking of a bizarre obsession with his missing daughter-in-law that was flat out delusional. And not longer after that, he was investigated by police and was was arrested on charges of voyeurism and possessing images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.  I believe he is currently awaiting trial.

Then earlier this week, Josh was denied custody of his two boys, though the court agreed to revisit his parental status in July.

But what happened today is horrifying.  When I saw a link to the story and I clicked on it, I couldn’t believe it was true.  A tragic nightmare has turned even more nightmarish, if that is possible.  Now, not only is a woman missing and presumed dead, but now her husband, Josh Powell, took his life and the life of their two beautiful children.

Josh Powell was clearly unable to cope with the hell he had made of his life.

His two boys were dropped off by a case worker who was there to supervise the visits this afternoon.  The case worker described Josh opening the door, forcefully grabbing the boys and closing the door — not allowing the case worker into the house.

In the news reports I have read so far, it appears the case worker smelled gas and was very concerned.  The case worker immediately called her supervisor and within minutes the house was blazing.  The fire was started around 12:15 and was still burning strong by 4 p.m.  

It is reported that Josh sent an email to his attorney saying, “I’m sorry, goodbye.”

Josh Powell committed murder today.  He murdered his two children, and I don’t think there are any believers today that Josh hasn’t done this before.  I think few will doubt that Josh Powell killed his wife Susan, too.

It’s sad that such sick people can live and exist among us and are capable of such great harm to such beautiful and innocent children.

I feel horrible for the Cox family.  My heart goes out to them and anyone who was blessed to have known those two beautiful boys.  They did not deserve the hell that their lives became at the hands of a very controlling, manipulative, and sick father, and grandfather.