I am not surprised to be honest (not sure why everyone seems to be). By watching the videos of Josh Powell, you can well see the man looked mental and something was seriously wrong with him (including depression). A very tragic ending in a disturbing story.
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The quote below says that the boys recalled the mother being put into a trunk, but I do wonder if that wasn't from people asking them those kinds of questions. Nevertheless they were handsome boys (see their photo) Ref. Source 4
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Powell children funeral today
"I'm going to remind everybody that it's about the kids, because there's been a lot of talk about the grownups that have surrounded this story. And it's not a religious story, it's not a political story, it's a sad story about two happy little guys who love their family and had a lot of promise ahead of them and now they're in heaven." Ref. Source 2
Josh Powell's 'anger triggers'
While the psychological well-being of the children seemed to genuinely improve while with their grandparents, Powell tried to improve his standing with his evaluators, only to be tripped up by his own responses to his children. Ref. Source 7
I really don't get it. You could see from miles away that Josh Powell was mentally unstable. Did anyone saw the few interviews with him? Oh my goodness, the guy looks creepy! For me, more should have been done to protect the lives of these children.
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New information could link Steven Powell to disappearance of Susan Cox Powell
SALT LAKE CITY - Steven Powell told a coworker that he was camping with Josh Powell and his sons the night Susan Cox Powell went missing, an attorney for the Cox family said Thursday. Ref. Source 1