‘Time for moving ahead to joy:’ Crowd gathers to remember Powell boys
One year after Josh Powell killed his sons Charlie and Braden, ages 7 and 5, and set fire to his Graham-area rental house, family and friends of the boys say it’s time for recovery and to salvage whatever good they can from the tragedy.
The road that winds through Puyallup’s Woodbine Cemetery was bumper to bumper Tuesday night, as people turned out into the cold to dedicate the graveyard’s new angel, and to remember angels of their own.
On Monday, a 10,000-pound statue was erected at Woodbine Cemetery in Puyallup on a hill overlooking the resting place of Charlie and Braden Powell. The boys, ages 7 and 5, were killed by their father, Josh Powell, earlier this year during a supervised visit at his rented home in the Graham area.
A 10,000-pound marble angel was installed today above the shared grave of Charlie and Braden Powell. The statue will be set at the top of the children’s hill of Puyallup's Woodbine Cemetery.
Today would have been the 31st birthday of Susan Cox Powell and supporters are celebrating with a song written in honor of the missing Utah mother and her two sons.
A lawyer for the parents of missing Utah mother Susan Powell has gone to West Valley, Utah, city council in an effort to obtain police records that detail the probe into her 2009 disappearance.
Lawyers acting on behalf of missing Utah mother Susan Cox Powell filed a $20 million claim for damages Tuesday against the state Department of Social and Health Services, accusing the agency of negligence in the deaths of Powell’s two young sons.
Steven Powell’s journals leave little doubt he had a “sick” obsession with his daughter-in-law.
Two Seattle attorneys are preparing to file a claim for damages against the State of Washington on behalf of missing Utah mother Susan Cox Powell. The claim will accuse the state of negligence in the deaths of Powell’s sons, Charlie and Braden.
The state might have banned Josh Powell from having his two young sons at his Graham house if they had known Utah authorities considered him a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife, according to a Department of Social and Health Services report released today.
PHOTO GALLERIES
MOST POPULAR
- ‘Rogue crosswalk’ appears amid traffic concerns in Tacoma neighborhood
- Bruce Irvin suspended 4 games for violating NFL policy on performance enhancing substances
- Morning links: Thomas only No. 66 on the NFL Network’s top 100 players of 2013? Child, please!
- Applebee's restaurant planned for University Place
- Reliever Danny Farquhar hungry to join Mariners
Local internet marketing by PaperG
CONTESTS
