
"He came back without Susan and claimed to not know where she was. Hellewell says she immediately was apprehensive about Josh's tale that Susan had vanished while he and the boys were on a camping trip. The next day, her friend did not show up for work, having vanished without a trace. The last time Hellewell ever saw Susan was while walking away from church on Dec. (MORE: Timeline: The Powell Family's Tragic Two Years) But she admits she was always suspicious of Josh Powell. Hellewell says she hoped she could increase awareness about her missing friend through the use of the social-networking sites. She also maintains a findsusan Gmail account. Shortly after Susan vanished, Hellewell launched a blog called Hearts Knit for Susan as well as a Facebook group and a Twitter account to aid in the search for her. I screamed no, and then I hung up and called right away," Hellewell says.Ĭhuck Cox is the father of Powell's wife Susan, a missing person since December 2009 and Hellewell's best friend. I was hoping it was just a rumor, that it wasn't true. An autopsy would later reveal that before the conflagration, Powell had taken a hatchet to the necks and heads of Charles, 7, and Braden, 5.


of gasoline that engulfed the home in moments, killing himself and the children. Her former neighbor Josh Powell had locked his two young sons inside his house in Washington State and then started a fire with 10 gal. 5, a reporter called with devastating news. Follow minutes after Kiirsi Hellewell returned from the Latter-day Saints ward near her home in West Valley, Utah, last Sunday, Feb.
