The Susan Powell Case Files | Wearing a Wire | 8

Cold

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4.8 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Josh Powell abandoned his home on Sarah Circle less than two weeks after the disappearance of his wife, Susan. He retreated to Puyallup, Washington and the home of his father, Steve Powell. On both ends of the move, he called on members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to help him load and unload his belongings. He never realized one of those volunteers was actually a federal agent. Soon afterward, Josh's estranged older sister Jennifer Graves approached West Valley City police with a proposal. Jennifer volunteered to wear a wire and confront her brother.

For the past three years, investigative reporter Dave Cawley has been studying thousands of police documents, journals, videos and diary entries. He has tracked down new sources, followed new leads and traced Josh Powell's trail from West Valley City, Utah, through Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and on to Washington State, where Powell killed himself and his two sons. Cold is the most complete retelling of the Susan Powell story ever. Join Dave Cawley in his search for truth.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to cold, ad-free on Amazon music.
0:04.4	Download the app today.
0:06.4	This podcast discusses domestic violence, criminal behavior, murder, and adult themes.
0:12.8	While not explicit, listener discretion is advised.
0:22.2	Josh Powell loaded his sons, Charlie and Braden, into their car seats on Saturday, December 19th of 2009.
0:29.4	He was leaving West Valley City, Utah, for his dad's house on the outskirts of Puyallup, Washington.
0:37.1	His wife, Susan, had been missing for 12 days.
0:41.4	Ellis Maxwell, West Valley City's lead detective on the case, was powerless to keep Josh in Utah.
0:47.8	It was frustrating at the most, because this is a crime that we're investigating here.
0:56.1	And, you know, the individual that we're really focusing on is now leaving the state and going 12 hours away.
1:05.1	On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Josh dropped the boys with Susan's parents.
1:10.3	Each time he refused to even set foot inside his in-laws home.
1:14.9	Susan's dad, Chuck Cox, had suspected from the beginning that Josh was responsible for his daughter's disappearance.
1:21.7	I didn't have anything to say for it other than, what did you do, you creep, you know.
1:27.6	You better get her. You better find her and show us where she is and free her from wherever you have her stashed or whatever you've done.
1:35.1	Between Christmas and New Year's, West Valley Police learned about Josh's request to withdraw Susan's retirement, using the power of attorney she had signed earlier that year.
1:46.4	They couldn't stop the distribution. The paperwork was airtight.
1:52.4	At the start of the New Year, Ellis learned Josh did not intend to come back.
1:58.0	He was moving away from West Valley permanently.
2:00.8	It was surprising to us, but it wasn't.
2:02.9	Remember, police had been keeping close tabs on Josh's movements, including using a GPS tracker.
2:09.1	We're eyes on, we're following him, we're doing everything that we can to see if we can pick up on any cues and he'll kind of screw up somewhere and be like, okay, there it is or, you know, and be able to locate her.
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