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/

JOSH POWELL: BOTH JOSH AND DAD, STEVEN POWELL, HAD SEX IMAGES ON COMPUTERS

Powell had 'incestuous' images on his computer, police say Published February 10, 2012
Associated Press  /  FOX NEWS.COM

SEATTLE – Before Josh Powell was going to try to win back custody of his children last week, Washington state authorities received materials from Utah police that had been discovered on a computer in Powell's home two years ago. Authorities say the images depicted "incestuous" sex and were disconcerting enough that they prompted a psychologist to recommend that Powell undergo an intensive psychosexual evaluation.

But a lawyer for Powell's in-laws, who had custody of the boys, wasn't invited to see the materials before the custody hearing - even though a Utah judge had specified in a sealed court order that he was one of the few people allowed to see them.

Had he seen the images, attorney Steve Downing said, he might have asked the court to change the terms of Powell's supervised visitation with the boys, such as by asking for the visits to be in a public place. Instead, Downing said he didn't learn until Thursday morning - four days after Powell killed himself and the boys in a house fire - that he was allowed to see them.

"That would have absolutely given me the opportunity to submit a declaration about our deep concern. I was approved ... to view those pictures and I was never notified," Downing said. "I could have gone into all the reasons why the visitation could have or should have been restricted."

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Last year, authorities searched Steve Powell's home, computer and cars for evidence in Susan Powell's disappearance - and instead said they found thousands of voyeuristic pictures and videos, including child pornography recorded by Steve Powell. The state took custody of the boys and turned them over to Susan's parents, Chuck and Judy Cox.

READ: JOSH POWELL HAD INCESTUOUS PICS ON HIS PERSONAL COMPUTER. WAS HE A CLONE OF HIS PERVERTED FATHER?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/10/powell-had-incestuous-images-on-his-computer-police-say/?test=latestnews

JENNIFER WALSTRAND: KILLER DANIEL THREADGILL GUILTY OF 1ST DEGREE MURDER

UPDATE: Guilty verdict in 2010 slaying of Des Moines woman

Threadgill faces a minimum of 30 years in prison

By Ty Swenson  /  02/08/2012  /  The Highline Times

Update for Feb. 8

From Master Sgt. Bob Bohl, Des Moines Police:

On Monday, Feb 6, a jury convicted Daniel A. Threadgill 12/17/87 of Murder 1st Degree for the brutal stabbing death of Jennifer Walstrand. Jennifer was discovered at her residence in the 24000 block of 25 Ave S on August 31, 2010. In June 2011, the Des Moines Police Department Investigations Unit received information from “Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound” relating to the murder of Jennifer Walstrand. The Des Moines Police Department’s Investigations Unit followed up on this information and arrested Daniel Threadgill.

From the King County Prosecutor's Office:

A King County jury convicted defendant Daniel Threadgill of the crime of Murder in the First Degree for the brutal stabbing and beating death of Jennifer Walstrand in August of 2009. Walstrand was stabbed at least 63 times and her head was severely stomped on, leaving brutal injuries. Police uncovered Threadgill as the murderer only after several cooperating witnesses who were present at the time of the attack came forward. The attack was motivated by jealousy and a dispute over prostitution.

Senior Prosecutor Carla Carlstrom also obtained a guilty finding that the murder was committed with deliberate cruelty. A sentencing date has been set for March 23rd. Threadgill faces a minimum of 30 years in prison.

READ: UPDATE ON JENNIFER WALSTRAND, KILLER THREADGILL GUILTY...
http://www.highlinetimes.com/2012/02/08/news/update-guilty-verdict-2010-slaying-des-moines-wom

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.

READ: DETAILS OF JOSH POWELL'S PLANS TO KILL YOUNG SONS...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/josh-powell-tragedy-son-mother-trunk-car-lawyer/story?id=15520394