We return our readers to the curious case of Susan Powell, “missing” since early December when her strange husband, Josh, took the toddler boys on a midnight camping trip in sub-zero temperatures only to return home to an empty house where his vanished wife left her cell phone, purse and car.
Powell moved back to Washington state last month and has kept a low profile from press and law enforcement. However, his new neighbors decided to put up posters and purple ribbons to alert the community of the missing wife/mother. Now, whether they did this as a passive-aggressive reminder to Josh that they know who he is and are not about to let him forget it (which is the most likely scenario), or they sincerely believe hanging posters and ribbons will help find Susan, Powell and his dad didn’t take too kindly to the gesture:
Joshua Powell’s father on Friday said posters of his missing daughter-in-law plastered around his Washington state neighborhood this week are upsetting and confusing his two young grandchildren.
“Five-year-old Charlie did notice the flyers, and was concerned, asking why his mother’s picture was on all the signs,” said Steven Powell, father-in-law of Susan Powell, in an e-mail. “We have made every effort to shield the children from emotional trauma and will continue to do so.”
Meanwhile, in order to bolster the lame charade that he is grieving or concerned, Josh Powell published a website for Susan that is poorly designed, badly written, seriously creepy, and reminiscent of Cam Brown’s. It’s hard to believe a Y-Generation computer savvy geek like Josh would create such a gawd-awful website.
Followers of the Laci Peterson case will recall that Scott Peterson attempted to sell the couple’s house in Modesto, traded in Laci’s Rover, and moved out of the house and wandered from Berkeley to Bakersfield to San Diego to avoid police, the media and anyone who would recognize him.
Perhaps like Scott Peterson, Josh Powell is attempting to erase all traces of Susan’s existence, erase his old life, erase the past, and hope everyone just forgets all about it.
Weird. So the kids aren’t supposed to think Mom is still “missing?” Did the guy already come up with some separate story for them, i.e., “Mommy got lost and had to be buried.”? One does wonder.
That’s the firstr ting I thought of, #cocktailhag. Why do the children need to be shielded … from the truth? I mean, their mother is missing. What on earth have they been told happened? {{shudders}}
Heya, Retz! Glad to see you back in full swing. I was thinking about you while I was watching a recap of the Haleigh Cummings (little girl in Florida who disappeared this time last year; parents in and out of jail, drug dealing, etc.). Wondered if you had been following that. Cheers!
Hey, Joni, nice to see you. I rarely follow child murders, they are so depressing. A few years ago, I did follow a few because they occurred right in a row and were almost always the result of some horrible parent pallin’ around with pedophiles or using their living room as a crash pad for junkies.
It just hurts my cold shriveled heart too much to see those little kids’ faces and know what probably happened to them.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9851690&autostart=y
Nobody else likes his stupid website, either.
Another missing 17-year-old girl in San Diego. Sickening.
retta. I fired incredimail yesterday and lost your e-mail. Hayy-yulp.
That would be desperately seeking Loretta!
lorettas2 at Cox Dot Net!
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/New-page-added-to-mysterious-SusanPowell-org/ksdN4VKYwEiEGR9kSPzPkg.cspx
That’s another story on the creepy website.
Off to check out the creepy website. BTW, Susan didn’t have a car. That she did have one was widely reported, but it turns out that they had only the one car, and Susan rode a bike to work. Not sure how that was supposed to work in the winter. But, yeah…the SOB has a ridiculous story, and probably would have cracked by now if it weren’t for his father taking him in and shielding him from his crime.
Yep. Come see my Oscar entry above. Let me know a good time to call you – I want to hash out some things about the Powell case.
Thrilled…thrilled, I tell you!
For a start, the fire in the home page picture looks as if it might be photoshopped…I mean, if they are out there at night around a fire, where are the smores? And, going on and one about the boys and their hugs and their friends and how well they are doing…no matter how well they are being looked after, eventually they will notice that their mother hasn’t been around for a long time. Is Josh hoping that they will forget they had one?
This comment is getting too long! Thanks for linking the site, Loretta!
Loretta, you can call between 6 and 8 PM Central, or around 9 AM. I don’t have access to my phone at work and rehearse from 8 till 10 (or so). Next week, rehearsals will be back to our normal 7-9 schedule, so I’ll have late evening…I’d love to discuss this case with you…