Susan Powell's Blood Was Found In Her Home

[meganx3xo]

"Lohra Miller, who was the prosecutor in Salt Lake County at the time of Susan Powell’s disappearance, told the Tribune that police never presented the case for full consideration. In any event, she said, the facts laid out in the search warrants were insufficient -- in her mind -- to bring a case without risk of reasonable doubt."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-josh-powell-20120331,0,1105015.story

BBM: Shouldn't the grand jury be the one to make those kinds of decisions?

 

[meganx3xo]

Did you read the reader comments at this link? At 12:02pm today (Mar. 31), is a scathing comment about former prosecutor Lohra Miller which begins with: "The former prosecutor of Salt Lake County was probably the most incompetent and corrupt county prosecutor in America."

A search of Susan's forum here shows that the prosecutor's office hasn't been discussed actively (at least when I search Lohra Miller by name), and perhaps it is time to do so! WVCPD is by no means off the hook here, but the final word on prosecution based on this preponderance of evidence produced by LE falls right onto the desk of Miller's office!

Are we allowed to sleuth her?

 

[LaLaw2000]

What I have to say about this cannot be said here.

I am so sorry for Susan, her innocent boys, and the Cox family. I will never forget any of them.

My prayers go to the Cox family.

 

[Dal Gal]

Are we allowed to sleuth her?

Dunno! She held a publicly elected office and is quoted in articles on this case, in addition to other matters of county business.

Here is an interview with current DA Sim Gills, who replaced Miller in 2011, regarding the search warrant documents: http://fox13now.com/2012/03/30/prosecutor-says-josh-powell-would-have-been-arrested-in-washington/

"“There were attorneys from this office when this happened working with the West Valley Police Department saying ‘okay what do you have’ … and looking and going back and forth with that information,” said Gill.

Gill says he understands why family, friends and even the public may be puzzled as to why, given such evidence revealed in Friday unsealed search warrant, that Josh Powell was not charged.""

 

[KALI]

Unreal. Susan's loved one's must be beyond devastated over this. I have a feeling that there's much more to come out. :maddening:

 

[meganx3xo]

Very interesting old reports on KSL when you google Lohra Miller.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=827654
She dropped all charges against a police officer who shot an unarmed man and then accidentally let 3 sustects go because she didn't do the paperwork/whatever fast enough.

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_15003556

 

[Desdemona]

Bumping the link to the warrants.

http://localtvkstu.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/steven-powell-warrants.pdf

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From the docs:

• LE found two fans had been left on, directed toward a sofa that appeared to have been recently cleaned. When asked about this, Josh explained to LE that Susan had instructed him to clean the sofa.
  
• Blood evidence was collected from a tiled floor area adjacent to the sofa. This blood evidence was found to match Susan.

Reading the documented sequence of events from the time Susan disappeared, and the evasive lies and highly incriminating behavior of Josh in these docs -- it's just unbelievable. Not to mention the incomprehensible perversion of daddy dearest. Ugh.

And Susan's posthumously-revealed words, written when she knew she was in danger and wanted to safeguard the truth; wow, how very tragic this is! All of it.

:notgood:

 

[x_files]

Very interesting old reports on KSL when you google Lohra Miller.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=827654
She dropped all charges against a police officer who shot an unarmed man and then accidentally let 3 sustects go because she didn't do the paperwork/whatever fast enough.

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_15003556

She needs to be fired. incompetent.

 

[Quiche]

This is galling! :furious:

I can only hope there is sufficient backlash from the ineptitude of the WVPD to reverberate through legal systems far and wide to make certain this type of travesty never happens again.

For the sanity of the Cox family, for the integrity of their love for Susan and her boys, I can only pray that some good comes from these ultimate sacrifices.


:cry:

 

[Dal Gal]

She needs to be fired. incompetent.

She lost her re-election bid in the 2010 election. I'm not going to link to her personal linkedin and google+ accounts, but on one she describes herself as a "recovering attorney" and the other outlines a period of unemployment following her election loss and she is now employed in the private sector.

 

[epiphany]

This is just unbelievable. Those boys should never have been allowed to live with this sick family. WV LE sacrificed those boys. Of course they didn't know that JP would kill them. But, what about letting them stay with an obviously unstable parent? They need to take responsibility. They won't comment to protect the integrity of their investigation? That's a laugh.

Respectfully BBM

Perhaps, Utah LE did know the risk was very high:

She wrote that her husband had "threatened to destroy her if they get divorced and her children will not have a mother and father," the documents said.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/31/us/utah-powell-disappearance/?hpt=hp_t2

 

[SuziQ]

"Lohra Miller, who was the prosecutor in Salt Lake County at the time of Susan Powell’s disappearance, told the Tribune that police never presented the case for full consideration. In any event, she said, the facts laid out in the search warrants were insufficient -- in her mind -- to bring a case without risk of reasonable doubt."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-josh-powell-20120331,0,1105015.story

Oh boy. I thought we got rid of Lohra "My kids can do no wrong" Miller, when she was voted out of office. But that's for another thread.

 

[SuziQ]

Did you read the reader comments at this link? At 12:02pm today (Mar. 31), is a scathing comment about former prosecutor Lohra Miller which begins with: "The former prosecutor of Salt Lake County was probably the most incompetent and corrupt county prosecutor in America."

A search of Susan's forum here shows that the prosecutor's office hasn't been discussed actively (at least when I search Lohra Miller by name), and perhaps it is time to do so! WVCPD is by no means off the hook here, but the final word on prosecution based on this preponderance of evidence produced by LE falls right onto the desk of Miller's office!

Yep!!! Oh I don't even know where to start with her.

 

[epiphany]

Why did they unseal these warrants now and why was this information released to the media in the late evening,on a Friday night and two plus years after Susan disappeared? Why now?

The , consisting of thousands of photos and videos of women and girls taken without their knowledge, was believed to have belonged to Josh Powell's father, Steven Powell, 61, who is now awaiting trial on charges of voyeurism and possession of sexually-explicit pictures of children.

Steven has filed a challenge seeking to dismiss the charges, which is what led to the release of the search warrant documents on Friday with more details about his son.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/31/us-powell-wife-blood-idUSBRE82U0G620120331

 

[Cubby]

Just devastating.

After all the new news I always think that this case can't possibly get any worse and then it does.

I agree.

I also agree with another poster who mentioned the boys deaths are the responsibility of WVPD and SA's office, who chose to keep information secret to protect the integrity of the case over the safety of two young innocent boys.

WVLE and SA's office screwed up and screwed up big time. We've seen cases with 1st degree no body murder charges with far less evidence than what appears WVPD and the SA's office had in this case.

I still need to catch up on the thread, but WVLE and the SA's office needs to be held responsible for their complete failure in this case. I can't think of any other case where there has been such blatent incompetency.

 

[hollyblue]

Respectfully BBM

Perhaps, Utah LE did know the risk was very high:

She wrote that her husband had "threatened to destroy her if they get divorced and her children will not have a mother and father," the documents said.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/31/us/utah-powell-disappearance/?hpt=hp_t2

I'm having a little trouble with the letter/will and testament, just because it was dated in the summer of '08...almost a year and a half before she went missing in Dec of 09. Her friends had mentioned how they were getting along alot better in the past year, yet did say they were having difficulties prior...and the bankruptcy was in 2007, iirc. Then you have her seeking counseling just prior to her disappearance and giving JP ultimatums. Also, I'd have to go back and review the insurance policies again, to see how they all fit in with this. Why wouldn't she leave (in 1 1/2 yrs) if she was so afraid of him...and why didn't she tell Kiirsi, Jen or anyone else her deep seated fears of being harmed? If anyone can find info on that, please post.

Anyone know how JP was allowed to get ahold of her 401K...since she was still 'just missing'? Was it a 401K or stock investments that include his name also? TIA

eta: After reading the SW pdf, it states he acquired the monies by way of POA, so I'm 'assuming' Susan must have signed one previously or had it set up if she was ever "incapacitated" he would have the authority to take the reins so to speak. ? Anyone with other thoughts on this?

 

[wenwe4]

Utah . . . I hope you have a BIG Checkbook and be ready to write a lot of zero's behind a gazillion dollar figure. I am so very angry and outraged and fed up with the gall of Utah LE. They directly placed these two boys in the path of harm and destruction! Someone needs to have their ____________ in a vice squeezing down HARD! What a travesty of Justice. Their EGO is more important that the safety and welfare of two small children who do not have the capacity to protect themselves. Furious is the best way to describe what I am feeling. I cannot envision what the powers of decision making had in mind when they did not share this info with Washington CPS. These children would have been protected, alive, and safe in their Maternal Grandparents arms with love enveloping their very souls. Instead . . . Utah made sure to give JP the ability to hatchet and burn their little bodies for his own sick and twisted motives. (off to my corner so I don't lose my control) Thanks for letting me vent . . . I really am sick about the level that Utah failed this children!

 

[dovebar]

Miller may have been incompetent, but what is Gill Sims' excuse? His office was "going back and forth" and whatever....." Sims is the one who eliminated the domestic violence unit in his office, saying that DV cases should be treated no differently and with no greater priority than any others. Both of them have the blood of two little boys on their hands - who did not need to die.

 

[DLT88]

Nursebeeme - It's totally, totally disgusting and so heart-breaking for Susan's family. Really, can it get any worse? Susan's family backed WVPD so strongly...

imo

I don't think this could be any worse for the Cox family. CAN I SCREAM NOW??!!!!!!

WHERE THE HELL IS THE JUSTICE??!!!! What the heck is the matter with the police in this country??!! One bungled case after the next!

 

[RR0004]

Bumping the link to the warrants.

http://localtvkstu.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/steven-powell-warrants.pdf

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From the docs:

• LE found two fans had been left on, directed toward a sofa that appeared to have been recently cleaned. When asked about this, Josh explained to LE that Susan had instructed him to clean the sofa.
  
• Blood evidence was collected from a tiled floor area adjacent to the sofa. This blood evidence was found to match Susan.

Reading the documented sequence of events from the time Susan disappeared, and the evasive lies and highly incriminating behavior of Josh in these docs -- it's just unbelievable. Not to mention the incomprehensible perversion of daddy dearest. Ugh.

And Susan's posthumously-revealed words, written when she knew she was in danger and wanted to safeguard the truth; wow, how very tragic this is! All of it.

:notgood:

Didn't the next of kin...in this case I would imagine it could be argued to be the Coxes...have a right to Susan's effects (contents of safety deposit box)? Didn't they have a right to see her Will? Do we know what was in the Will? I would doubt highly that anything belonging to her would have been left to Josh. So, is this the money (retiremant accounts) he gave to his relatives?