Susan Powell update

Salt Lake Tribune

by Melinda Rogers

January 7, 2010

The grisly discovery in the Pilot Valley area northwest of West Wendover, Nev., around noon spurred speculation, as Susan Powell's husband, Joshua Powell, reportedly went camping in western Utah with his two young boys the day she disappeared.

.Joshua Powell has said he and his boys left for Simpson Springs, in the west desert, around 12:30 a.m., while Susan remained at home. He is the only person of interest named by police in the case.

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..."The [West Valley City Police Department] is doing a great job. The press is as anxious as we are to have Susan found, unfortunately due to time lines, competition, and the needs of those investigating to build a legal case, the press is forced to speculate," Cox wrote, around 6 p.m.
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...We appreciate all of your prayers and support...

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Meanwhile, plans for Joshua Powell's departure from West Valley City to his hometown of Puyallup, Wash., continued Thursday. Powell's brother, Michael Powell, has been spotted at the home and called West Valley City police Wednesday after Susan Powell's friend Tim Peterson arrived to retrieve a playground set he'd given to the family.

Peterson left the home after police officers asked him to.

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Friends of Joshua Powell have said he plans to sell his home and was forced to leave Utah after losing his job in Utah. He plans to live with his father near Puyallup.

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Larry Richman, a bishop in the Hunter 36th LDS Ward in West Valley City, which Joshua Powell attends, said several members of the ward will help Powell load a moving truck on Saturday...
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"He is moving out on Saturday. There are some members of the ward who are going to help him move," Richman told The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday.

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read entire article here.

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She disappeared one month ago today. He has had precious little to say except for an outrageous story about snow camping with a two and four year old, leaving the house at 12:30am. After midnight. Smore's. Then he quickly retained an attorney.

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And now, after one month, he's moving from their home Washington State.

Unfortunately, this reminds me of Stacy Peterson and Laci Peterson. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm afraid he's done something to his wife.

Body found at West Wendover, Utah NOT Susan Powell

January 7, 2010

WEST WENDOVER, Utah (ABC 4 News) -

Police confirm that a body has been found in the desert west of Wendover wrapped in duct tape and plastic.

Elko County Undersheriff Doug Gailey told ABC 4 News that an initial investigation shows the body is an hispanic male.

There was speculation that the body may belong to Susan Powell who has been missing since late early December.

The body was found in Pilot Valley, about 15 miles from the Utah border near Interstate 80.

[Go to] ABC4.com for more on this story.

Adam Herrman not forgotten in Butler County, Kansas

Kansas.com

Tim Potter, The Wichita Eagle

January 2, 2010

View photos from and read previous coverage of the Adam Herrman case

TOWANDA — The mystery began here. In 1999, 11-year-old Adam Herrman disappeared from his adoptive parents' mobile home on the south side of town.
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But investigators didn't discover the boy had been missing until about a year ago — after his older, adoptive sister told authorities she was concerned about him...

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A year later, the mystery remains unsolved. Authorities say they continue to work on the case.
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In a recent interview, Butler County Attorney Jan Satterfield said she expects to make a decision on charges within the next year. Nearly a year ago, she said Adam's adoptive parents were suspects in his disappearance. In some ways, Satterfield said, the case gets stronger with time. "There is no statute of limitations on murder,'' she said...

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Satterfield said that within the next year, she expects to file charges or submit the case to a grand jury so it could consider bringing indictments.

She declined to say what charges might be filed...

Warner Eisenbise, the lawyer who represents Adam's adoptive mother, Valerie Herrman...
Laura Shaneyfelt, lawyer for Adam's adoptive father, Doug Herrman...

The Herrmans continue to assert that they are innocent, their lawyers say.

In an interview with The Eagle last January, Valerie Herrman, then 52, said that in early May 1999, when Adam was 11, he ran away from their Towanda mobile home and didn't return after she spanked him with a belt. She said she didn't report him missing because she feared it would cause her and her husband to lose custody of Adam and their other children.

Relatives said that Valerie Herrman told them that Adam, who was being home-schooled, was no longer at home because he had been returned to state custody...

Adam's biological father, Irvin Groeninger...thinks authorities are doing everything they can. He said he hopes that charges will be filed. "I'm hoping that there will be justice served on this." And he said he would welcome renewed media attention on the case.

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...Court records show that the Herrmans continued to list Adam as a dependent in court documents. Valerie Herrman told The Eagle that they continued to accept $700 monthly adoption subsidy payments for Adam until his 18th birthday in 2005 — six years after he disappeared. Adam would be 22 now...

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read entire article here

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A timeline for the Adam Herrman case

Deerfield burn victim Michael Brewer celebrates first night out of hospital

December 23, 2009

sun-sentinel.com

By Ihosvani Rodriguez and Rachel Hatzipanagos

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On his first night out of the hospital since he survived being set on fire two months ago, Michael Brewer watched a movie while lounging on a couch and eating a pizza snack, his mother said Wednesday...

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[Michael] was burned on more than two-thirds of his body in the Oct. 12 attack in Deerfield Beach, was discharged from the hospital's Burn Center on Tuesday afternoon. Brewer is staying at a house that his mother described as a "safe place." She would not give the location.

Three teens have been charged as adults with attempted murder for allegedly surrounding Brewer, dousing him with rubbing alcohol and lighting him on fire.

Valerie Brewer said that her family plans to stay in South Florida but will not remain in their old neighborhood, where the attack occurred and relatives of the accused boys live.

Michael doesn't want to return, she said. "He doesn't feel safe going back home," Valerie Brewer said. "He does fear for his life going back there."

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Appearing on national TV before the news conference, Valerie Brewer said she has no opinion on whether the teens accused of setting her son on fire should be tried as adults...Valerie Brewer said she's "still not focusing" on the matter. "That's just too negative for me," she said.

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Instead, she said she's concentrating on her son's recovery, calling him her hero...

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"He is just an incredible person; I'm so proud of him," Valerie Brewer said. "He is my hero, he really is."...

read entire article here

Stockbroker Susan Powell Disappears in Utah while Husband Camps with toddlers

Dec 18, 2009

foxnews.com

...Stockbroker Susan Powell, 28, has been missing since December 7. Her husband Josh says he last saw her getting ready for bed about 12:30 a.m. and left her sleeping while he went camping with the couple's two young sons.

Powell's purse, cell phone and car were found at their home in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City.

...Her parents say Powell, who works as a stockbroker for Wells Fargo Financial, wouldn't have left her family of her own accord.

[Her father] said some of his son-in-law's story "didn't sound normal" to him — like his explanation of taking the camping trip with the boys while Powell stayed home in bed...

Powell is 5 feet 4 inches, 130 pounds, with long, brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call West Valley police in Utah.

Also read:

Police Increasingly Suspicious of Missing Utah Mom's Husband

...Josh Powell said he went camping with their boys, ages 2 and 4, in subfreezing temperatures about 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 7 and returned in the evening.

But Josh Powell has been uncooperative in providing any details that might explain what happened to his wife, Black said. Among other things, Josh Powell hasn't specified where he went camping or where he was all day on Dec. 7, he said.

"That would be awesome if he would be willing to cooperate on that level and take us to his camp site," Black said.

Powell has told police he went camping in Simpson Springs on the historic Pony Express Trail in Utah's west desert — an area of thousands of square miles — that is now covered in snow...

Police: Son of Missing Utah Mother Confirms Camping Trip

...West Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan on Thursday said the 4-year-old boy was interviewed within "a day or two" after his mother was reported missing. The son told police his family went camping — an event his father has said coincided with her disappearance.

"I think the verification of the camping trip is important to the timeline on this," McLachlan said, cautioning against placing too much importance on the child's statement.

Investigators searched the Powell home for a second time...but would not disclose what was taken. Police have also searched Josh Powell's van...

Family of Missing Utah Mom Speaks Out Against Husband

...McLachlan declined to comment on whether police had obtained a notebook or journal from Susan Powell's office, which reportedly detailed an alleged threat made by her husband about a year ago. Cox said police found a wet spot in the home being dried by two fans, but police have declined to comment on that.

Investigators said there were no signs of forced entry at the home and they found Susan Powell's purse and cell phone there.

Gifford said friends and family members weren't surprised authorities named the husband a person of interest "given the events and his reactions to them in the past week."

"We know that Susan is an excellent mother and would not have tolerated her children being taken out of the home after midnight to go camping in dangerously cold conditions," Gifford said...

Husband of Missing Mom Susan Powell Lawyers Up

I don't think ole' Josh thought this through. Taking two little guys camping can be daunting in good weather, it's just not done in bitter cold snowy climates in this way... got up and had smore's. So, kids who are too little to venture too far from the tent (if there was one) are all sugared up. It doesn't cut it with me. I'm afraid Josh loaded up his wife's body in the vehicle before he loaded up the kids. My 4-year-old would pay no attention to what was packed. And once the kids are asleep in their warm beds, he thinks it makes sense to get them up and take them out to the freezing woods. BS, I say, BS.

Where is Haleigh Cummings?

The Prairie Chicken
January 3, 2010

It's been a few months since there was any news in Putnam County Florida concerning Haleigh Cummings and her extended family. Leave it to Ron and Misty, though, to kick it up a notch to usher in the New Year.

Misty has reported to authorities that she has been receiving threatening phone calls and it is reported that has had at least one boyfriend since The Ronald.

Ron, in his usual fashion, tried to run a guy off the road (possibly Misty's boyfriend) and then threaten HIM with a gun; a gun Ron swears is locked up at the house.

Haleigh is still missing. Bless her little heart.
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Ronald Cummings, Misty, Questioned in Road Rage Run-in
From Bald Truth Staff, http://www.artharris.com/
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...According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Cummings was driving a pickup truck that hit another vehicle on Wednesday night on a county road in Welaka, a small community near Satsuma...
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JaxNews4 reports “the rear of Cummings’ pickup struck the front of Charles Jones III’s vehicle. Deputies said Jones told them Cummings stuck a gun out his window and said, “I will kill you.”
According to the police report, deputies said Cummings, 26, and his ex-wife, Misty, said they were riding back to his trailer to pick up clothes she’d left behind before their divorce, when Jones’ tried to run them off the road...
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Haleigh's Mom Holds Onto Hope
December 31, 2009
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --
...Talking on the eve of a new year, Crystal Sheffield told Channel 4 she'd give anything to go back to the way things were before the worst day of her life. "Like your heart has been ripped out of your chest," Crystal Sheffield said. "I really don't know how to explain the hurt I feel."
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...Sheffield said she still talks to Haleigh's dad, Ronald Cummings, about the search for their daughter... "I just want everyone to keep searching," Sheffield told Channel 4's Adam Landau. "I don't want anybody to give up on her. She's only 6. She's not worth giving up on."
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If you know anything about where Haleigh may be, call Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS. You can also text your information to investigators. Text TIP-231 plus your message to CRIMES (274637).

Georgia Couple Arrested For Tattooing Children

By AP Exchange
via wrbl.com
January 2, 2010

SUMMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) A Chattooga County couple was arrested for tattooing six of their children.

WAGA-TV reports that PattyJo Marsh and her husband 34-year-old Jacob Edwards tattooed themselves and six children using a plastic pen body with a needle made from a guitar string connected to an electric motor.

Five children got a cross-like tattoo on their hands and a sixth had "mom and dad" inked on his arm.

The pair were arrested after the biological mother of two of the children complained the tattoos wouldn't wash off. Marsh tells WAGA that they did it because the children asked them to.

Marsh and Edwards are charged with three counts each of illegal tattooing, second degree child cruelty and reckless conduct. Both bonded out of jail Friday evening.
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Information from: WAGA-TV, http://www.wagatv.com/index.shtml

What in the world would make these people think it would be ok to tattoo their children? From the looks of the hardware mama wears in her face, it's obvious she's not thinking all that clearly, but that leads to...these idiots have spawned seven children between them? omg.
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I wonder what kind of damage those face studs cause when they get in fist fights? You know they do. Neither of them appear to be church-going tee-totalers, not that religion makes one passive. Just a thought.