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Gasoline spread throughout Powell home; gas cans found at scene

Investigators searching through the rubble of Josh Powell's home found two five-gallon gas cans, including one near the bodies. Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer also said Powell had sent emails to family members and his pastor, some notes including instructions of what to do with his estate.


JANET JENSEN   staff photographer
Pat Kettenring, with the Pierce County Fire Marshal's Office, is part of a team working to document evidence at the home Josh Powell near Graham, Monday morning, February 6, 2012. Authorities believe the fire that killed Josh Powell and his two sons, Charlie, 7, and Braden, 5, was intentionally set. (Janet Jensen/Staff photographer)
Published: 02/06/12 7:36 am | Updated: 02/17/12 3:36 pm
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Investigators returned to the scene this morning of a violent house fire Sunday in Graham that killed Josh Powell and his two young sons.

Arson detectives from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department as well as the investigators from the Pierce County Fire Marshal’s Office will be going through the charred rubble from the home, starting at daylight, sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.

Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2012/02/06/investigators-try-to-find-more-answers-today-in-powell-case/

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