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Susan Cox Powell s father, Chuck Cox, was also here to observe the dig effort. Cox told FOX 13 s Scott McKane that he had received a tip about the area earlier this year that he had passed on to West Valley City police.
Asked if it is possibly where Susan Cox Powell may be buried, he told FOX 13 s Ben Winslow: Every tip we follow up on is a possibility of finding more evidence or even an additional tip to lead us to where Susan is.
Josh said he went south, I m going to look north. But where north? Cox said. He said he went southwest, but this is northwest and a far distance from anywhere in Utah and even around where he lived. It s an opportune spot.
The site, nearly 4 star hotels in florence 800 miles away from Salt Lake City, does not seem to match up with a mysterious trip Josh Powell took in a rental car shortly 4 star hotels in florence after his wife vanished in 2009. At that time, police noted, Powell apparently took an 800-mile round trip.
We have left no stone unturned. We have done everything that we can possibly think of. Every tip that has been sent in, every lead that has been given to us, every little bit of information 4 star hotels in florence has been looked at closely with great detail, he told FOX 13. We have done everything we possibly can to follow up on those and conduct any additional investigation that may lead us to knowing and discovering where Susan is.
In search warrants unsealed by a Utah court, police revealed that in interviews conducted shortly after Susan s disappearance, they learned the couple had marital problems and that she feared Josh would destroy 4 star hotels in florence her if she divorced him. Inside a safe-deposit box, police wrote in search warrants that they had recovered a sealed, handwritten letter entitled Last Will Testament of Susan Powell.
In court documents filed in Washington, police 4 star hotels in florence there characterized Josh Powell as the prime suspect in Susan s kidnapping and murder. Those documents revealed police had questioned Josh Powell twice shortly after this wife s disappearance.
While Josh Powell insisted he was innocent, police said there were inconsistencies with his statement. He had told police 4 star hotels in florence he had taken the couple s two children, Charlie and Braden (ages 2 and 4, respectively), camping near Simpson Springs in Utah s West Desert the night she disappeared.
Police 4 star hotels in florence claimed that when they looked at Josh Powell s cell phone, the SIM cards had been removed. Police also found Susan s cell phone in his possession, along with a generator, blankets, a gas can, tarps and a shovel.
A couple days after Susan was reported missing, police said that Josh Powell rented a car (police had seized the family s minivan) and put more than 800 miles on the vehicle in two days. Where exactly he went has been unknown, but police claimed in search warrants that Josh activated a cell phone near Tremonton, Utah, at the time.
The Washington state search warrant claimed that family friends told police that Josh had made comments about how to kill someone, dispose of the body and not get caught and that Utah s West Desert is full of mine shafts, tunnels 4 star hotels in florence that are very unstable so that a person can be disposed of an no one would search for the body.
Police 4 star hotels in florence also claimed in court documents that Susan s children had spoken about their mother, referencing her disappearance. Charlie Powell reportedly told investigators his mommy went camping with them and she did not come back with them and he did not know why.
In September 2011, police searched a site near Topaz Mountain in Millard County, where cadaver dogs hit on what might have been human remains. After days of searching that site in September 4 star hotels in florence 2011, police abruptly left and refused to say if they found anything.
An August 2011 search by West Valley City police of a home Powell was living at in Puyallup, Wash., for evidence related to Susan s disappearance led to the arrest of Josh s father, Steven 4 star hotels in florence Powell. He was accused of surreptitiously taking photographs of neighbor children.
4 star hotels in florence Among the thousands of images police claim they found in the home were pictures of Susan Cox Powell that prosecutors alleged 4 star hotels in florence were taken without 4 star hotels in florence her knowledge. Police also seized Steven s diaries, that detailed an infatuation he had with his son s wife.
On February 5, 2012, Josh Powell killed himself and their children, Charlie and Braden, in an explosion and fire at a home he rented in Graham, Wash. A social worker had dropped off the children for court-ordered 4 star hotels in florence visitation. She told authorities Josh Powell grabbed the children and slammed the door in her face shortly before the home exploded and was consumed by fire.
Steven Powell was ultimately tried on voyeurism charges and convicted. He is scheduled to be released from prison as soon as the end of this month. The two neighbor girls Powell is accused of photographing have filed a civil lawsuit against 4 star hotels in florence him.
Susan s family has also been involved in a long-running legal dispute with Josh s family over the payout of life insurance premiums. Josh Powell had named his brother, Michael, as the one to inherit the bulk of a multi-million dollar policy for Josh, Charlie and Braden.