The Susan Powell Case Files | Prelude

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4.8 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Susan Powell vanished from her home in West Valley City, Utah on a cold December day in 2009. Her husband, Josh Powell had taken the couple's two sons out camping in a blizzard. He claimed to have no idea where his wife had gone. Susan has never been found. Josh was never arrested or charged with a crime, though police suspected he murdered Susan in cold blood. Reporter Dave Cawley has spent years pouring over this cold case mystery. In Prelude, he sets the stage for an unbelievable true story.

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0:00.0	This cannot be the man I've seen so many times on TV.
0:09.2	He looks thinner, but at the same time, weathered, worn down.
0:16.7	He steps out of a dark grey Dodge Caravan wearing a jacket and a knit cap in the vibrant
0:21.3	blue and green of the Seattle Seahawks.
0:24.3	A chill autumn breeze blows, rattling wind chimes in a nearby tree.
0:29.0	The ruffles the bit of unkempt grey hair peeking out from beneath the hat.
0:33.5	I recognize this man, or at least I think I do.
0:37.6	It's hard to be sure from where I'm standing up the hillways in the woodbind cemetery of
0:41.6	Puyallup, Washington.
0:43.5	I watch as he carries flowers, a toy car, and a small stuffed animal over to a grave next
0:48.9	to the winding cemetery road.
0:51.2	That is when I am sure.
0:53.2	He's Chuck Cox.
0:54.2	I didn't know much about Josh until I read his divorce proceedings of his parents.
0:58.9	I was like, oh my gosh, what are we dealing with here?
1:02.8	I walked down and meet Chuck beside the grave of his grandsons, Charlie and Braden.
1:07.8	Their dad, Josh Powell, killed the boys and himself in February of 2012 by setting fire
1:13.8	to his rented home.
1:15.0	I believe that house because open the door, the kids were one step ahead of me and he
1:19.7	slammed the door on my face.
1:21.2	At the time, Josh was the sole suspect and the disappearance of his wife, Susan, from
1:25.6	their home in West Valley City, Utah.
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