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

[Amster]

And now controlling the investigation! OMG - the consummate actor. There is EVIL in this world.

Huh?? Who? :waitasec:

 

[GingerRed]

No legal eagle, but looks like a mess. Restraining orders, contempt citations and 5 kids! wow

I haven't looked at the filings yet, but I will note that restraining orders are SOP in every divorce filed in WA state. Now, it there's a protection order for DV, that's something. But even the most amicable divorce in this state comes with some sort of restraining order. Many are just generic as in not incurring new joint debt, refraining from harassing one another et cetera. I'd have to read the particular orders.

There should be a checkbox to surrender firearms. If that's checked, you'd expect there was some kind of DV accusation being made.

ETA: Ok, looking at the summary, the restraining order came along with the original paperwork the day of the divorce petition. Standard stuff, this is not anything one can call messy in and of itself. The only thing that raises any kind of flag (I had a litigious ex in WA so this all makes sense to me) is the contempt. It could be something minor or something major. In my case I had two contempt issues. One was parental kidnapping for a week. The other was him taking a new credit card in both our names. One is minor, one is major, pretty hard to tell from the summary, but in and of itself, this is a normal looking docket in WA.

 

[what about this?]

Huh?? Who? :waitasec:

Josh will not cooperate - he had to have planned for a long time.

Why, after all this time, is the fact that he was "controlling" and problems in the marriage just coming into the news now? It's been here for a while --

Why haven't people spoken out right from the very beginning?

 

[fhc]

Opens fine for me...

Do you have a middle initial? not looking specifically at divorce now, went back to only SP entry and there is a whole page.

 

[fran]

I know most of you have followed cases like this a lot closer than I have; but I can't help but feel a little discouraged about how this is playing out, to this point. It's just so unjust. You have a father - a man who appears to be a kind, decent man - who has lost a daughter. And, for all intents and purposes, he's lost two grandsons, as well. And he has to see his sweet, little grandson behind a crowd of people?

I know it's only been a couple weeks. But it would seem to me that they would have enough information, at this point, to at least have him under 24-hour surveillance. The fact that he could just jump in his car and drive 800 miles with his boys seems wrong.

Unfortunately, this is the way it plays out over and over and over. It is hard to take, but after you've seen enough of these cases, there's really no way to predict exactly how it ends.

It's only been in the past 1 to 1 1/2 years that the grandparents have begun to fight back and have, in a few instances, been able to gain custody of the children, even before the husband is eventually arrested. That's where we got the 'ex parte' motion that's filed we mentioned earlier. The first case I'd ever seen it was in the Nancy Cooper case in NC, and now they've done it in a few others, Michelle Young in (NC), Kelly Morris (NC). I'm not sure if it's just NC or what? But it works!

Have faith. LE is doing their job. IF they have enough to arrest the husband, they will. We'd almost given up on Michelle's case, it had been three years. But last week her husband was finally arrested. Then there's the Mack(?) case where it took 10 years. Just a month ago it was Kelly Morris, it had been over a year.

The one common factor when LE finally gets their man. The family NEVER gives up. They keep searching, filing, going before the cameras, the courts, just plugging away. That's the key. NEVER give up!

JMHO
fran

 

[what about this?]

DomCasual - I want to ask you honestly -- do you think that the people close to Susan who knew the truth -- to you think that they held back because of the beliefs of their church? Were they just "trying to believe the best"? Do you think, in any way, that because of the population and influence in that area of the church -- maybe that's why this is so slow going? That this is influencing LE in any way?

 

[Deleted member 718]

http://dw.courts.wa.gov/index.cfm?fa=home.namesearch&terms=accept&flashform=0

Here is the basis search form. Try putting in Steven C Powell and see if you can retrieve it. Also his mother Terrica.

Granted, Steven C Powell is a common name, but the County of Spokane has records of debt collections against this name also. Must run in the family if this is the same person.

 

[Dr.Fessel]

Josh will not cooperate - he had to have planned for a long time.

Why, after all this time, is the fact that he was "controlling" and problems in the marriage just coming into the news now? It's been here for a while --

Why haven't people spoken out right from the very beginning?[/QUOTE]

I think most people close were in denial and hoping for the best. More and more will come out now.

 

[Amster]

If it's true that Powell Sr. was sending anti-Mormon literature and attempting to break up the marriage....IMO, he's a jerk. Controlling, just like his son.

 

[passionflower]

I think alot of poisons will stay in the hair and nails a long time.

With the mention of other illnesses, I'm wondering if there was any long term poisoning going on here? I was kinda shocked to see Susan's hair in her most recent pics....it looks to have gotten very thin.

I wonder if her hair in the house,comb brush could be tested for poisoning
over a period of time and NAIL this guy!

 

[Amster]

Do you have a middle initial? not looking specifically at divorce now, went back to only SP entry and there is a whole page.

Middle initial? Me? Sorry, I don't know what everyone is seeing....I just see a whole page of motions, dates, etc. :waitasec:

 

[Dr.Fessel]

http://dw.courts.wa.gov/index.cfm?fa=home.namesearch&terms=accept&flashform=0

Here is the basis search form. Try putting in Steven C Powell and see if you can retrieve it. Also his mother Terrica.

Granted, Steven C Powell is a common name, but the County of Spokane has records of debt collections against this name also. Must run in the family if this is the same person.

I put his name in just like you have it and I get no records. I wonder if this is for only Washington residents?

 

[Deleted member 718]

I put his name in just like you have it and I get no records. I wonder if this is for only Washington residents?

I'm not in Washington and it works for me. Maybe it's a browser issue? Anyway, it's just a peripheral topic, not really related to Susan.

 

[emmcee]

I have clicked on this link 6 or 7 times and I can't find a comment at 11:37on 12/21/09 or anything by docscoob. I see that many other people can see it but for some reason that post is missing when I click on it. :banghead:

Same here.

 

[passionflower]

Same here.

It is deleted now, off, gone...........

 

[passionflower]

I can hardly wait til forensics come back from the house!
There was a crime, but will LE be able to PROVE it without a body???

 

[passionflower]

http://dw.courts.wa.gov/index.cfm?fa=home.namesearch&terms=accept&flashform=0

Here is the basis search form. Try putting in Steven C Powell and see if you can retrieve it. Also his mother Terrica.

Granted, Steven C Powell is a common name, but the County of Spokane has records of debt collections against this name also. Must run in the family if this is the same person.

chip of the old block???

 

[emmcee]

It is deleted now, off, gone...........

Can anyone tell us what it said?

Thanks in advance!

 

[lemonmoussetart]

I put his name in just like you have it and I get no records. I wonder if this is for only Washington residents?

I'm not in WA--came up, no problem. Try another browser.

 

[passionflower]

I found this:
Steven Powell and his ex-wife Terrica Powell, divorced in 1992, according to court records from the Spokane Superior Court in Washington State. The case carried on for years and remained in court through 2003, records show.