In late 2009, the sudden disappearance of 28-year-old Susan Powell forever changed the lives of everyone involved. As authorities dug deeper, her husband, Joshua, became the focus of their investigation. ABC News”20/20: The disappearance of wife and mother Susan Powell’ plunges us into a complex case that unfortunately has not been resolved. However, the authorities had a good idea of ​​what had happened to Susan. Jennifer Graves, Joshua’s sister, strongly believed he was involved and even tried to help authorities get a confession. So, let’s find out more about her, shall we?
Who is Jennifer Graves?
Jennifer Graves is one of five children born to Steve and Terrica Powell. In early December 2009, she stayed with Joshua and Susan in West Valley City, Utah, when Susan failed to drop her two sons off at daycare. This marked the start of a lengthy investigation that resulted in several more deaths. Susan had suddenly disappeared and Joshua appeared several hours later with their two sons, Charlie and Braden. At the time, he claimed they went camping in the desert while the mother stayed home. The claim seemed suspicious as it was winter and it was undeniably cold there.
In the aftermath, Jennifer felt Joshua’s behavior was suspicious, saying: ‘It was really weird to me because he was running around the house grabbing piles of towels and putting them in the machine to wash. And finally, we’re like, you have to go to your police interview. Joshua took the children a few weeks later and moved to Puyallup, Washington, to his father’s house. In January 2010, Jennifer decided to help with the investigation by wearing a yarn and confronting her brother.
So, Jennifer cornered Joshua at a family reunion and asked him what happened. When he was reluctant to speak, she asked him to confess, adding, “Suddenly I just pushed Josh into the bathroom, and at that moment I was like, ‘Drop it all. pretend. Just tell me where his body is.’ However, Joshua never incriminated himself. In February 2012, Joshua lost custody of the children, who were both under the age of eight at the time. But he still received supervised visits and things took a fatal turn during one of those visits.
When Charlie and Braden were brought in for a visit, Joshua locked the social worker outside, attacked the children with a hatchet, doused them with gasoline, which eventually led to an explosion that killed the children. three. Jennifer was overcome with grief upon learning of her nephew’s fate, calling Joshua’s behavior an ‘ultimate act of selfishness’. She believed that even her father knew about or was involved in what had happened to Susan.
Where is Jennifer Graves now?
In 2013, Jennifer co-wrote a book called “A Light in Dark Places”, chronicling Susan’s disappearance and the deaths of her children. She also talks about her childhood, a subject she discussed in detail during her testimony at Steve’s trial in 2012. At the time, Jennifer spoke about her father’s pornography addiction and infidelity. Today, she lives in West Jordan, Utah, with her family. Jennifer also appears to own a computer software company with her husband, Kirk. Ultimately, she hoped that Susan’s story would serve as a warning to others to get out of abusive relationships.
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