The Psychology of Josh Powell (Chapter 9 - Cornered)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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🗓️ 7 June 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Deservant listeners, this is Chapter 9 in our deep dive on the psychology of Josh Powell. |
| 0:04.7 | Let me give a quick recap to bring you up to speed. |
| 0:08.1 | So in December of 2009, Susan disappears. |
| 0:12.4 | Josh's alibi doesn't make any sense and there's a mountain of circumstantial evidence in the press and the internet and the police all agree that Josh did it. |
| 0:19.0 | But Josh basically gets away with it. |
| 0:22.0 | Regardless, Josh and his father Stephen keep yammering to the press |
| 0:26.2 | and because of this in 2011, |
| 0:29.5 | about a year and a half later, |
| 0:30.8 | Stephen's house is raided in Puyallup, Washington near Seattle, even though |
| 0:35.8 | Susan disappeared in Utah because Josh moved up to the Seattle area. |
| 0:41.2 | And the police find a mountain of evidence showing that Stephen is an absolute monster. I've already been over this. This is when they discover all the details about his obsession and his crimes on Susan. |
| 0:53.8 | Josh's kids are temporarily placed away from Josh and with Susan's parents, |
| 1:00.5 | the Cox's because Josh was living with Stephen, so it calls into question Josh's capacity |
| 1:06.5 | and judgment as a parent. |
| 1:08.5 | My friend and colleague, Dr. Jim Manley, evaluates Josh's parenting as a clinical forensic psychologist. |
| 1:16.7 | Jim, you know, conducts those tests and observes Josh's parenting in person. |
| 1:27.7 | He submits his report to the court and in brief summary the report basically says that Josh is a good enough parent |
| 1:32.1 | aside from some minor issues that says that Josh is a good enough parent. |
| 1:32.5 | Aside from some minor issues that should be addressed, Josh is a good enough parent and therefore |
| 1:39.8 | the recommendation is that Josh should be given custody again of Charlie and |
| 1:44.3 | Braden. So at this point in late 2011 about two years after Susan disappeared |
| 1:49.8 | everyone assumes that Josh is going to get his kids back and in all likelihood Josh was quite |
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