our story begins years ago with a cheerful young woman called susan cox who fell for josh, chuck and judy cox are her parents as they spoke with us they can fence they were still in shock after the disaster that claimed their two young grandsons. they recall so clearly there early fears about their daughter s beau. i had a bad feeling every time i saw him. i even asked my daughter why are you marrying him? josh s sister jennifer graves told us that as a child she was wary of him to. when josh was a boy he was troubled in some ways, wasn t he? there were some issues, yes. jennifer said much of the problems them for her father, josh s father. she was estranged from him when we spoke with her, the mother divorced years ago and in court papers alleged that he was abusive. i was about 14 when i woke up and realized my dad is
the coxs don t blame dave loverack, not at all. and they ve worked hard to stay calm, even after the loss of their grandsons, along with josh and whatever he may have known about susan. i think he was very selfish. and that is why he took the kids. if he couldn t have them, no one could have some. i would ve appreciated it if he had left a note and told us where susan was, something. maybe the point was not to tell anyone. yeah. yeah. i m sure he wants for us to never find her. he is still mad at us, you know? mad at us because we won t give up on our daughter, on finding our daughter. investigators have not given up either. they searched that storage unit at josh s and recovered a comforter among susan s belongings. preliminary tests indicated bloodstains on it, and chuck cox believes there is still one person who can answer his questions. his dad knows something, his
somebody there. how long will it be? i don t know, ma am, we have to respond to emergency life-threatening situations first. the first available deputy this could be life-threatening. he went to court on wednesday and he didn t get his kids back. and this is really i m afraid for their lives. deputies were alerted by dispatch of 12:16 pm. it was flagged as a routine call. and at that moment, 9-1-1 lit up with multiple reports of an explosion and fire. 9-1-1, what are you reporting? i just heard a house explode. the house just blew up and it s on fire. what are you reporting? i believe, fire. where? the social worker who delivered the boys to josh was back on the phone. he exploded the house. do you know if anyone was in the house? yes! there was a man, and two children. i just dropped off the children and he wouldn t let me in the door. chuck cox heard the news from a friend who had seen it
don t mop harder, keith morrison: steven powell was stephen powell was arrested arrested for child pornography in september 2011. for child pornography in september 2011. josh powell was under suspicion, and as autumn deepened into winter, chuck and judy cox heard again and again, the arrest of josh powell was next, could happen any day. so they waited, held their breaths, and took in the boys, charlie and braden. how was it living with those boys for the months you had them? how about exhausting? yes, we went to bed exhausted every night. but it felt good to have the kids there. the coxs were much stricter disciplinarians then josh, enforced early bedtimes and regular meals, and according to josh s sister and brother in law, the kids thrived. right after the custody
bigger, a full on battle for control of charlie and braden. we wanted to take the kid out of the residence until the investigation was done, and the kids were placed with susan s parents. susan s parents, chuck and judy cox, in josh and steven s world, the enemy. i had braden in the back, before preschool were driving and he says grandpa you need to change your name. why? my name is charles cox, he says, yes, charles cox is a bad person, so you need to change your name. who says charles cox is a bad person? oh, my daddy. josh did everything he could to keep chuck and judy away from his sons. now they had the upper hand. my clients believe it is very harmful for these children to have been in the home of steven powell, who was deeply involved with pornography. at this hearing that september, josh powell represented himself in family court, denied any knowledge of his father s alleged crimes promised to keep the boys away