JOSH POWELL: KILLS SELF AND 2 SONS; DOES NOT REVEAL LOCATION OF MISSING SUSAN POWELL

                                                Susan Powell and sons (Photo: Hardman Photography/Facebook
                                        SUSAN POWELL, LOVING MOTHER OF SONS, BRADEN, 2, AND CHARLES, 4

                                                                                       PETER HALEY / AP
                                                    Firefighters work around the smoldering remains of the house
                                                    where the bodies of Josh Powell and his two sons were found.

                                                                             Elaine Thompson/AP
                                     JOSH POWELL, EVIL INCARNATE,  KILLED SELF AND 2 YOUNG SONS IN FIRE EXPLOSION

Josh Powell Tragedy: Son Said Mom Was In Trunk of Car, Lawyer Claims

By KEVIN DOLAK, OLIVIA KATRANDJIAN, DEAN SCHABNER and COLLEEN CURRY

Feb. 6, 2012
 
The young sons of Susan and Josh Powell, who died with their father when he ignited an explosion in their Washington home, were beginning to verbalize that their mother was in the trunk of their father's car on the night that she disappeared in 2009, a lawyer for the missing woman's parents said.

Attorney Steve Downing told the Associated Press that Braden and Charles Powell, who were 2 and 4 at the time of Susan Powell's disappearance, were beginning to tell their grandparents details about the night that their father took them on a late-night camping trip during a blizzard, including the fact that their mother disappeared after leaving in the car with their father.

"They were beginning to verbalize more," Downing said. "The oldest boy talked about that they went camping and that mommy was in the trunk. Mom and dad got out of the car and mom disappeared."

Sgt. Mike Powell of the West Valley City Police Department in Utah did not return phone calls inquiring about the children's assertions about their mother's presence on the December 2009 camping trip, AP reported.

"Quite frankly, this has obviously quickly unfolded up in Washington and we're obviously just working through the details ourselves here," Powell, who is not related to the family, said earlier on Sunday.

Josh Powell set off an explosion at his home Sunday that killed himself and his two sons, who were there for a supervised visit.

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Graham, Wash., Deputy Chief Gary Franz told ABC News that a Child Protective Services (CPS) worker had just dropped off Powell's two sons at the house for a supervised visit. Powell took his two sons inside the house and then locked the CPS worker out.


"The children were just right in front of her as she was walking up to the door," Child Protective Services spokeswoman Sherry Hill said. "They went into the house and Josh shut the door right in front of her and locked it."

The CPS worker smelled gas, stepped away and the house exploded. The case worker was not physically harmed.

"He grabbed the kids, locked her out of the house, and immediately the house went up in flames, very quickly, very big, so we believe that Josh Powell intentionally set this fire," Troyer said.

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