I think people on this forum have gone way too far in putting down Josh Powell as a "mouth breather" and a failure at college/real estate. He might be, but IMHO, you are also putting down Susan for marrying him. All those insults make me wonder why Susan could not marry anybody better. She must have found something attractive in Josh to marry and have two of his kids.
Thanks for posting!
I'll say this. I've followed this closer than any other crime in my lifetime. There are lots of reasons it's resonated with me: I am LDS; I live in Utah (other side of SLC from where Susan lived, but close enough); I am a little older, but close to the same age as Josh and Susan; I have two young children; I've gotten to know some of the related parties a little; and other stuff.
To make a long story short, I feel emotionally invested in this.
In addition, I've never seen a situation where someone has been treated worse than has Susan. I won't go through every level of it, because many here have followed it as closely as I - they know the score. But this poor woman can't defend herself. She can't protect what I have no doubt was her greatest asset, her boys. She can't defend her honor and reputation. She has been victimized over and over and over.
The Powells are innocent until proven guilty, and all of that. But, come on. The audacity these people have to continue slandering this poor woman is shocking and cowardly. And then there's Chuck Cox. He's either a masterful manipulator who is an artist at public relations; or he is a decent, kind-hearted, soft spoken man going through an unthinkable tragedy.
Throw in the fact that for almost two years, we've had tantalizing tastes of potential resolution to this. We've gotten our hopes up time and time again, only to have them dashed.
I'll admit. All of that has made me think really negatively of all things Powell.
I don’t think you really believe that criticizing Josh reflects negatively on Susan, do you? If that was the case, every person who had ever been abused or murdered by a spouse must have somehow deserved it, right? I mean, they did marry someone who turned out to be a bad person, right? Surely, their spouse’s evil must have been lurking deep down inside when they were married. So, logically, they sort of got what they asked for?
Like I said, I don’t think you really believe that.
Sorry for the long post.
