Friday, February 10, 2012

GRAHAM, WA: JOSH POWELL, WHOSE BLOOD FOUND IN STORAGE UNIT?

Friday, Feb. 10, 2012




Comforter in Powell unit tests positive for blood
Friday, Feb. 10, 2010  /  kirotv.com
By MANUEL VALDES  /  The Associated Press

SEATTLE —
Police in Washington state who searched a storage unit rented by Josh Powell found a stained comforter that tested positive for blood in initial exams, according to documents filed in court Friday.

Pierce County detectives reported finding a gray-blue-pink comforter with a stain. The search warrant documents say the comforter tested positive for blood. Investigators planned to perform further tests.

Powell killed himself and his two young sons in a gas-fueled inferno Sunday, and Pierce County authorities consider the murder-suicide an admission that he killed his wife.

Investigators had considered Josh Powell a person of interest since his wife, Susan Powell, disappeared in Utah in 2009. At the time, Powell said he took his two sons ice camping in subfreezing temperatures.

Also on Friday, the sheriff's department released a timeline that spans from Saturday, the day before the blast, to Monday, the day after. Among the details that police are trying to determine is if Powell bought the gas cans at a local Fred Meyer store the night before the house fire.

This past week, investigators have tried to piece together Powell's last days, serving search warrants for his sister's cell phone and a local Bank of America branch where security cameras captured him withdrawing money.

READ: MORE MYSTERIES ABOUT LAST DAYS OF JOSH POWELL AND SUSAN POWELL..http://www.kirotv.com/ap/ap/crime/comforter-in-powell-unit-tested-positive-for-blood/nHZbx/

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