Mom disappears at midnight never seen again, her boys dead by ax, now Susan Powell’s parents sue DFACS!

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The parents of missing and presumed dead mom Susan Powell suing Washington state Department of Social and Health Services for the deaths of their grandchildren. The two boys were murdered during the father's court ordered supervised visitation. Joining Nancy Grace to discuss the civil trial: Darryl Cohen, former Assistant District Attorney; Jeff Cortese, former FBI Special Agent; Karen Smith, Forensics Expert. Bare Bones Consulting; Dr Daniel Bober, Psychologist ; Anne Bremner, Attorney for Chuck and Susan Powell; and reporter Levi Page.

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0:00.0	Nancy Grace here for our partners at Azure Standard America's premier supplier of organic foods
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0:29.5	Thank you, azurestandard, for being our partner. I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new
0:35.0	co-case podcast, zone 7. We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors,
0:40.6	and nationally recognized experts that are in my zone 7. The group of professionals that I've
0:45.9	called on to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't. We are
0:51.4	going to solve these cases own air together. Listen to zone 7 on the iHeart Radio app,
0:58.1	the Apple Podcast app or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.
1:08.6	Crime stories with Nancy Grace. As arson investigators continue to search through what's left of the
1:15.1	Powell home, the medical examiner now says seven-year-old Charlie and five-year-old Braden Powell
1:20.8	suffered chop injuries to their head and neck. The sheriff says their father Josh Powell
1:26.1	then started the house on fire. We found two five gallon cans of gas. One of them was with the
1:32.1	bodies. The other one we believe was spread throughout the house. There was accelerants
1:36.1	throughout the whole entire house. Police say before he carried out the murder suicide, Powell donated
1:41.3	his son's toys to charity and left instructions about his personal effects in multiple emails.
1:47.1	He sent some emails out to family and a pastor and some other people making sure that everybody
1:53.0	knew that he was gone and he was the one that did this. He had put a plan in motion and he carried it
1:57.8	out. Powell had been under police scrutiny following the suspicious disappearance of his wife,
2:03.0	Susan Cox Powell from their Utah home in December 2009. Six days ago, he lost a battle with
2:09.1	Susan's parents for custody of his sons. You are hearing our friend at CBS Ben Tracy.
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