For 30 minutes Wednesday, a Pierce County sheriff’s detective narrated for a jury a series of digital images as they flashed across a video screen in Superior Court.
With his son, Josh, dead, Puyallup-area resident Steven Craig Powell has become the focal point in the disappearance of his daughter-in-law.
The Pierce County judge presiding over the trial of Steven Powell, father-in-law of missing Utah woman Susan Cox Powell, on Monday dismissed one of 15 counts filed by prosecutors.
Jury selection starts Monday in the voyeurism trial of Steven Powell, the Pierce County man whose connection to missing Utah mother Susan Cox Powell has generated national interest in his case.
Friends and family of Susan Cox Powell have formed a committee to create a pair of memorials to the missing Utah mother and her two sons.
The latest fight with her husband brought a new round of anxiety and confusion for 27-year-old Susan Powell.
An attorney for the parents of Susan Cox Powell has filed a formal request with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department and the West Valley City Police Department to review all investigative files related to the missing woman’s case.
To hear Superior Court Judge Ronald Culpepper tell it, it almost would have been a crime had Pierce County sheriff’s detectives not searched the South Hill home of a missing Utah woman’s father-in-law.
A Pierce County judge Tuesday will rule on whether law enforcement officials had probable cause to search the South Hill-area home of Susan Cox Powell’s father-in-law last year. Steven Powell, 62, wants evidence seized during that search, including photos he allegedly took of young girls and his daughter-in-law, thrown out of court.
The Pierce County Law Enforcement Support Agency dispatcher who took a social worker’s 911 call just before Josh Powell killed his children and himself has been reprimanded for allowing 22 minutes to lapse before help arrived.
The West Valley City Council in Utah has denied a request to release documents related to the investigation of Josh Powell.
Neighbors looked on with relief Wednesday as a demolition crew knocked down and hauled away what was left of the Graham-area house where Josh Powell killed himself and his two sons.
A co-worker of Steve Powell says the father-in-law of Susan Powell planned to travel to Utah for a camping trip shortly before she disappeared in 2009, according to an attorney.
Steve Powell called in sick to work a day after his daughter-in-law, Susan Cox Powell, disappeared from her home in West Valley City, Utah, more than two years ago, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned.
A Utah mayor is defending his police department's handling of the Susan Powell case, insisting it did everything it could to resolve it.
A witness told police that Josh Powell spoke of killing someone and disposing of a body, according to a search warrant unsealed this afternoon in the case of his father, Steven Powell.
A life insurance company has asked a federal judge to decide whether Josh Powell’s relatives are entitled to collect on a $1.5 million policy after he killed himself and his two sons last month.
Josh Powell’s father claims in newly filed court documents that Pierce County authorities illegally searched his house last year. Steven Powell, 62, wants evidence seized during that search, including photos he allegedly took of young girls and his daughter-in-law, Susan Cox Powell, thrown out of court.
Josh Powell’s father claims in newly filed court documents that Pierce County authorities illegally searched his house last year.
Josh Powell – in a form filled out a day after his father’s arrest and placement of his sons in foster care, and nearly two years after his wife Susan disappeared – stated he had no symptoms of depression, anxiety or sadness in the previous year.
Everybody has their off days, and David Lovrak has had his. The Pierce County Law Enforcement Support Agency call-taker recently was lambasted for not recognizing the severity of a 911 call he handled from a case worker standing outside Josh Powell’s house before the Puyallup man killed himself and his two young sons in a gasoline-fueled inferno Feb. 5.
Josh Powell’s in-laws said Thursday that Washington’s child protection system is flawed and could better ensure the safety of children with changes in policy.
The maternal grandparents of two boys killed earlier this month in a devastating house fire ignited by their father will be in Olympia today for a meeting on Child Protective Services.
Crime writer Ann Rule plans a book on the story of Susan Cox Powell, who disappeared more than two years ago, and her husband, Josh, who killed himself and his two sons in a fiery blaze earlier this month.
Plans are under way for a Utah memorial honoring missing West Valley City mom Susan Cox Powell and her two sons.
Nobody used the word “exorcism,” but it seemed to apply. About 30 people, including religious leaders from a half-dozen faiths, gathered Saturday morning at the house where Josh Powell killed himself and his two sons, seeking to use prayer and symbolic ritual to rid the place of whatever evil might remain.
That Josh Powell might harm his children one day lingered in the minds of state social workers even as they took the steps to reunite him with his two young sons.
A psychologist who evaluated Josh Powell as part of the custody case involving his two sons found the father had a good relationship with the boys and competent parenting skills.
Josh Powell’s family said Thursday he will not be buried in the same Puyallup cemetery as his two sons, killed Feb. 5 in an explosive fire he set at his Graham-area house.
Josh Powell’s relatives want him buried at the same cemetery as the two young sons he killed, in a plot just overlooking their grave, Puyallup’s city manager said Wednesday.
New tips in the disappearance of Susan Cox Powell have been pouring in since the deaths of her husband and their two sons, but it’s unclear whether investigators are any closer to finding her.
The hurt just keeps on coming for the people who knew Charlie and Braden Powell or live near the house where their father, Josh Powell, murdered them on Feb. 5.
The home Josh Powell showed to authorities was nothing but a sham. He did not live there. He did not keep his important things there. And when he found he could not keep his children there he decided to blow it up.
Pierce County sheriff’s investigators found some books and a map of Utah during a search Sunday of paper at a Graham-area recycling center.
Volunteers from Pierce County Search and Rescue sifted through tons of paper at a recycling center Sunday, hoping to find items that Josh Powell may have dumped before killing himself and his two sons in a house fire last week.
Our coverage in today’s paper of the memorial for Charlie and Braden Powell marks the end of an emotional week for our community and one that tested the newsroom as we tried to be thorough but sensitive on a story that drew national coverage.
It was quiet outside Life Center in Tacoma on Saturday as family and friends gathered within the sanctuary’s walls to celebrate the lives of Charlie and Braden Powell.
In a folder on his work computer labeled “Personal Pics,” Steve Powell maintained a peculiar collection of photos: 55 depicting his daughter-in-law, Susan Cox Powell, but few if any showing his son.
The Pierce County 911 operator who handled a social worker’s call Sunday from Josh Powell’s house told “Dateline NBC” in an exclusive interview he wishes he’d “recognized the urgency of the situation” that day.
Hundreds of community members attended this morning's service to celebrate the short lives of the Powell brothers at Life Center in Central Tacoma.
Josh Powell spent his last day alive running the errands that mark the humdrum of daily life. Powell, it turns out, checked off the items on his list with monstrous intent.
Pierce County sheriff’s investigators found a comforter stained with blood inside a storage unit rented by Josh Powell but further tests are needed to know what kind of blood it is and who it belonged to.
Westboro Baptist Church may not be coming for the Powell boys' service after all. A Tweet sent from leader Fred Phelps Jr's Twitter account says "Washington trip now cancelled."
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department has released a surveillance photo of Josh Powell taken the day before he set fire to his Graham-area rental home, killing himself and his two young sons.
Pierce County sheriff’s investigators have roped off part of a Graham recycling center after receiving a tip that Josh Powell threw some paper away there before he ignited a deadly house fire Sunday.
If, on Saturday, you plan to celebrate the lives of Charlie and Braden Powell at their memorial service, please, come and be welcome.
Josh Powell told his oldest son he had a “big surprise” for him moments before he attacked his two boys with a hatchet and started a fire that killed them all.
A dogwood tree will be planted Saturday at Carson Elementary School in remembrance of Charlie and Braden Powell.
Pierce County sheriff’s investigators have roped off part of a Graham recycling center after receiving a tip that Josh Powell threw some paper away there before he ignited a deadly house fire Sunday.
Associated Ministries will hold a Moment of Blessing ceremony next week at the what’s left of the home where the two Powell brothers were killed.
PHOTO GALLERIES
MOST POPULAR
- ‘Rogue crosswalk’ appears amid traffic concerns in Tacoma neighborhood
- Morning links: Can newcomers create pass rush?
- Applebee's restaurant planned for University Place
- Bruce Irvin suspended 4 games for violating NFL policy on performance enhancing substances
- Irvin handed suspension after failing drug test
Local internet marketing by PaperG
CONTESTS
