UT -Susan Powell, 28, West Valley City, 6 Dec 2009 - #3

[PorcineGranny]

My heart breaks for Susan and her children. May God bless them all.

As for Josh, something is terribly wrong. When I saw him on TV the word befuddled used to describe him fit perfectly. What would my obvious reaction be if my husband was missing? I would be begging everyone to help find him, and I would be willing to talk to anyone that I thought could help. I would not leave my home in case he came back.
Josh reminds me of Ron Cummings in that his reactions are not what could be rightfully expected. jmo

 

[Melanie]

My heart breaks for Susan and her children. May God bless them all.

As for Josh, something is terribly wrong. When I saw him on TV the word befuddled used to describe him fit perfectly. What would my obvious reaction be if my husband was missing? I would be begging everyone to help find him, and I would be willing to talk to anyone that I thought could help. I would not leave my home in case he came back.
Josh reminds me of Ron Cummings in that his reactions are not what could be rightfully expected. jmo

You know what's interesting about your post...most husbands don't just dissapear Sometimes we wish they would, but more often than not it's the wife/girlfriend that vanishes up in smoke

You're right - Josh is truly a character in and of himself!

Mel

 

[LogicalMinds]

Wow....I am trying to catch up here...

I am just sick that Josh made off with the boys....grrrrrrrr

I don't know why he was not told to stay in Utah by LE.....

I don't know why kids are caught up like this....just like old Drew Peterson had custody of his kids for soooooo long...

so scary....
Josh is such a LOSER

as for him "losing" his job...remember that he was SUPPOSED to start a new job that fateful Monday (that he thought was Sunday!)

we really don't know how long he was unemployed...his earnings the one year were a grand total of $1400 net....I am sure Susan was supporting the whole family

Josh's computer skills don't seem to be that great..his ridiculous websites look like they were designed by a teen in 1997 or something....so basic and so silly looking

was he "fired" from the trucking company IT job some time ago?? Or was he due to start it on Monday and never showed up and then fired??

I don't think Josh has actually worked much at all...I wish we knew more..

the info from the "good neighbor" Tim is really chilling...the control issues....what a total jerk Josh is

I am just sick that the kids are with him

 

[Patty G]

December 21, 2009
Today Show

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/34508169#34508169

 

[SailorMoon]

Hoping for good news today.....get those kids away from him please.

 

[Steely Dan]

Has this been posted?
AP – Josh Powell, the husband of Susan Powell, stands with supporters after a candle light vigil for his wife …

41 mins ago
PUYALLUP, Wash. – A Utah man considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife was among more than 60 people who attended a vigil for her Sunday night in her parents' hometown in Washington state.

Sunday's vigil for Susan Powell, the mother of two young boys, was held outside a church in Puyallup, Wash., south of Seattle. Besides Josh Powell, the rainy event was attended by Susan's grandparents, parents and siblings.

Josh Powell, 34, of the Salt Lake City suburb West Valley City, did not speak to a hoard of cameras and media gathered at the event.....................


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091221/ap_on_re_us/us_missing_mom_utah

Well at least we know where he is and I'm guessing the kids are ok. :thumb:

 

[SusanB]

Just checking in before I head out for the day. Maybe an arrest will be today! (wishful thinking).
I just saw a different friend on MSNBC who told the reporter Josh was totally controlling, told his wife what to do, and that they fought all the time. Nothing really stupendous that we didn't already know.
Joshy is out in WA, thinking he is out of the heat over in Utah. I personally think LE is all over him, even if he does not realize. The WA LE are cooperating w/ Utah - read that in one of the posted articles.
Keep your fingers crossed - maybe today some forensic evidence results will be back.:angel:

 

[passionflower]

Wonder why,who made JP go to vigil???
Lawyer? relatives? How did he act?
Talk to anyone?
What I read just said he was there with son.
I bet son is asking a million questions.

I would like to know if he found Susans extra account
or picked up her LAST paycheck to have money???

 

[Texas Mist]

<snip>

“Josh was very controlling. He controlled everything in their marriage, from the money that Susan spent to what groceries she could buy to what she could eat. There was a lot of fighting and belittling on his part. It just reduced her to a very unhappy and different person than she was when he first met her,” Marini told Curry.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34508240/ns/today-today_people/

this jerk sounds more & more like my ex every day.

 

[passionflower]

Here's the direct link for Josh's brother's bio as an Obama delegate for the 8th Congressional District:

http://www.obamadelegates.org/page/Michael+C+Powell+for+Barack+Obama

Interesting, seems arrogance is rewarded in this family. I would be so embarresed to have this bio...

and his brother Josh designs websites???
was this written by a 10 year old? No wonder he lost.

 

[lemonmoussetart]

Josh would have needed to do more tech work than his brother's website (http://michaelcpowell.org/Pages/Bio.aspx) -- it shows it's designed & hosted by Polished Marketing -- Josh's company. QUOTE]

That is hardly an 80K website--more like 2-3 hours.
It seems that Josh will not be good for his brother's political aspirations either.
Then again, with bro Michael's intelligence background, maybe he can solve this mystery.

Finding it difficult to understand why Josh did not even acknowledge Susan's family at the vigil last night. They have been more kind, and respectful than any family I can imagine under these circumstances. Why? Because they are questioning his story: that is the worst they've said. Now Josh made his 'show' at the vigil--he can go back and hide at Daddy's house.

The fact that he was 15' away from the Coxs and didn't even speak does not bode well for grandma and grandpa getting to see their grandchildren for Christmas. What kind of a$$ would that be?

 

[Amster]

Here's the direct link for Josh's brother's bio as an Obama delegate for the 8th Congressional District:

http://www.obamadelegates.org/page/Michael+C+Powell+for+Barack+Obama

Interesting, seems arrogance is rewarded in this family. I would be so embarresed to have this bio...

This made me gag....:sick:

 

[nervous_nellie]

Josh would have needed to do more tech work than his brother's website (http://michaelcpowell.org/Pages/Bio.aspx) -- it shows it's designed & hosted by Polished Marketing -- Josh's company. QUOTE]

That is hardly an 80K website--more like 2-3 hours.
It seems that Josh will not be good for his brother's political aspirations either.

Finding it difficult to understand why Josh did not even acknowledge Susan's family at the vigil last night. They have been more kind, and respectful than any family I can imagine under these circumstances. Why? Because they are questioning his story: that is the worst they've said. Now Josh made his 'show' at the vigil--he can go back and hide at Daddy's house.

The fact that he was 15' away from the Cox's and didn't even speak does not bode well for grandma and grandpa getting to see their grandchildren for Christmas. What kind of a$$ would that be?

could it be possible that this entire trip to washington is something that the atty cooked up trying to make josh look like he cares about susan and her family?? i bet the atty is none to happy about jp ignoring mr.&ms. cox... he really is a dumb azz...i mean REALLY? that is the best that he could do? i cant wait to see what the future holds for jp

 

[passionflower]

BBM -

He thinks he is or he is really, really trying to be a bigshot -- like his brother & his dad who apparently have very successful careers...his brother in politics, and his dad must have some measure of 'success' judging by the gated community he lives in...I checked sale prices for some houses there on one street & they ranged from $250K - $400K+....one $250K home I checked out was 4000+ square feet.

Sooo - what does Josh (with his 2 yrs of community college) do when he starts his real estate business? Something really smart & savvy like spend $80-90K on magnets in a Yellow Book? Ohhhh - that's a real genius of an entrepreneur now isn't it....throwing those big bucks around in front of his other real estate co-workers.

Now - there is a kicker to this if it's true -- and considering Joshy had that HUGE bill to Yellow Book in collections on his bankrupcty -- it could very well be he never intended to pay for it....I saw a post @ either deseretnews or KSL (sorry can't remember) from someone who claimed to have worked w/ him @ homenet who posted that Joshy had said that he wouldn't get the bill for the magnets until "after the campaign" (which I took to mean after all Yellow Books for his market were delivered) -- and if he didn't make enough to pay for it, then he just wouldn't.

And looks like he didn't.

And no wonder Susan was calling her dad to have him talk to Josh about bad financial decisions.

This guy is definitely a recipe for disaster (if the magnet story is true)...sadly, it appears its far worse than financial disasters.

Mark Hacking also came from a family of successful father and brothers and yet he was a loser playing his successful double life and living off his poor wife that he murdered and threw away in the trash...........aka Josh Powell.

 

[nervous_nellie]

This made me gag....:sick:

uh..i dont think this guy has got a clue either...i havent seen a normal man in this family yet...no wonder mom & sister live in another state.

 

[passionflower]

Just on the VIEW, Elizabeth who has toddlers just said she bundled her children up, one time down the hill they were ready to go.
Sounds about what I remember.
One or 2 thrills at that age in the cold, walking back up a hill, that's enough.........kids have a short attention span and ready to do something else! So I do not buy the 3 hours of sledding story!
Elizabeth just proved it with her comment today.
My own children would go out to play in sbnow and half hour later ready for cookies cocoa etc.
Took more time to bundle them up than they stayed out at that young age.

 

[Texas Mist]

could it be possible that this entire trip to washington is something that the atty cooked up trying to make josh look like he cares about susan and her family?? i bet the atty is none to happy about jp ignoring mr.&ms. cox... he really is a dumb azz...i mean REALLY? that is the best that he could do? i cant wait to see what the future holds for jp

I can't find the link but one of the stories last nite said that Josh hugged Susan's sister (Denise, I think) & said he would speak w/ her later...she said she appreciated that.

Dollars to donuts if he speaks w/ her it'll just be more 'vague' answers or another pity party....honestly I don't think he's gonna talk to Susan's family & tell them anything helpful....I think he was only doing PR at the vigil to cover his butt (in his mind anyway).

ETA: found it "At the Puyallup vigil, Joshua spoke to his wife's sister, Denise, briefly and gave the woman a hug. After the encounter, she told The Salt Lake Tribune that she asked Joshua how he was doing, how Charlie and his brother Braden, 2, are doing and if she could speak to him later about recent events. Joshua agreed to talk to her, a response she appreciates, she said."

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14039869

 

[passionflower]

...and was trying to break up the marriage....and Josh is a jerk asking the kids to choose between church and cake :shocked2: Poor Susan - how could she not be miserable living with this buttmunch & putting up w/ her FIL!! ETA - no wonder the Cox's had "issues" w/ daddy Powell !! I think we're going to hear about more sick twisted behavior that Josh exhibited....grrr....I'm so :furious: at him!!


<snip>

"One of the biggest problems Susan had was that (Josh) talked to his dad for hours, more than he talked to her," said Tim Peterson, a friend and member of the Powells' ward who has been vocal in the past about Josh Powell and once called police on him.
.....

Joe Trujillo, who talked to Josh Powell often when he would come visit two doors down the street, said Josh told him only a month ago that some family problems stemmed from how busy and active Susan was with her ward, which Josh Powell started attending again a few months ago because of marriage counseling.

"(Josh) mentioned the church was putting a burden on their marriage," Trujillo said.

Other ward members described a similar scenario.

Peterson said he went with the Elders Quorum presidency last September to offer Susan a blessing when she was feeling sick, and said that Josh Powell talked to them for 45 minutes while his wife sat there sick.

"Not in any part of the time did he show any concern for his wife," Peterson said.

"(Susan) told me that a couple times he would say to the kids, 'You can go to church or have this cake,'&#8201;" Peterson said. "She had to do everything."

Hellewell said he knew Josh struggled with pressure from his family, especially his dad, Stephen Powell, about church."His dad is very against the church," Hellewell said. "His dad is always sending him anti-Mormon literature and I've heard stories from Josh and Susan that (Josh's) dad was always trying to break up their marriage."


more here in multipage article -- read page 2 for sure!!

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...ing-West-Valley-woman-has-left-Utah.html?pg=1

Now more truth will come out........Josh does not want Cox family to have the boys because they would be raised Mormon!!!!
Josh's mom and sister must be Mormons and he was raised in the religion but does not believe in the religion........
I think we are seeing some of the picture!

The bird must be an expensive exotic bird, JP sure doesn't care about it now, he left it behind...........

and the part about Susan being sick for 45 minutes at counselingbetcha he was poisening her for a LONG time and did the FATAL dose that night!!!!

 

[Taminator]

I remember as a kid (when I lived on the east coast) going sledding and playing in the snow for hours. We, of course, were older than Susan's kids, but we would go out in the morning bundled up from head to toe and play in the snow.....ALL DAY! At some point our clothes would get wet and we would go home to change. At some point we would run out of gloves or mittens and use socks to keep our hands warm. The difference is you would be hard pressed to find an adult that would stay out there with you for 5 minutes, let alone 3 1/2 hours.

Let's just say they did go sledding. Even after an hour or so, I would think the boys would have clothing wet enough to warrant going home and changing. Especially the 2 year old. He would likely have to have a diaper change, if he wasn't potty trained. Who takes two little boys anywhere with wet clothes after sledding? Even if he brought a change of clothes with them, wouldn't you be more comfortable going home to change before going back out?

I guess I'm curious as to what they were doing from the time JoVonna left until the neighbor saw them come back home about 8:30 pm.

 

[burbqueen]

Ok so JP had the nerve to go to the vigil? I just dont get that.

Also, has his family said anything besides the bil?? i'm just curious. It just seems that his side of the family is very mum about all of this.

o/t: Today I found out that in the dallas/ft worth area that the women shelters are overflowing and they are having to turn a lot of women and their kids away. They said it has to do with the fact that a lot of families are stuggling and the women dont feel the need to stay with the abusive man anymore. I guess they figure that they can be broke and beat up or go it alone and not be beat up. I just thought i'd share that.