Family Court Crisis: Rewarding a Killer Visitation for Charlie and Braden Powell ends in Murder

On Sunday, Charlie 7 and Braden 5, the children of missing Utah mother Susan Cox ,were murdered. The children were blown up in an explosion during a court ordered visitation with a dangerous psychopath.

Susan vanished on December 6, 2009 from her Utah home.  If you recall Josh Powell had suddenly, taken the children then ages 2 and 4; camping in freezing temperature at midnight.  When interviewed Susan was reported missing, the case covered by the media just prior to securing an attorney, Josh said he didn't know where his wife was and she just left.  In the days following, Josh would say she left with another man. He would be the only person named by police in the case.

As in each one of these intimate partner missing homicide cases, the last person to see their wife or girlfriend, is almost always the person responsible for making them vanish. The pattern of conduct in this case prior to Susan vanishing, then afterwards, is significant, and often overlooked by law enforcement.  Josh Powell was allowed to leave the state of Utah moving  into his father's home with the two young boys.

Many experts of across the country, Reporter Isabelle Zehnder, Statement Analysis Expert Peter Hyatt, Attorney Anne Bremner, Legal commentator and defense Attorney Holly Hughes, among others, discussed the imminent danger to the boys lives.  At one time or another we predicted if the legal system didn't remove the children, they would be murdered. Last week permanent placement of the boys was given to Susan's parents Chuck and Judy Cox.  Josh Powell by a judge was given supervised visitation like a prize for being the biological father. What was this judge thinking? Powell posed a threat to his own children's lives.

The murders of Charlie and Braden's were by all accounts preventable.

The family of Susan Cox requires not only prayers, but the promise that on the blood of their grandchildren, the epidemic and ignorance in the family courts across the country will do more than award murder's visitation and custody of children, especially when their mothers are missing intimate partner homicide victims!

Let's also remember Susan Cox is still missing and she requires our attention to be found.


The Murder Of Susan Powell's Two Young Boys At The Hands Of Their Father by Diane Fanning
http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2012/02/05/the-murder-of-susan-powells-two-young-boys-by-the-hands-of-their-father/

West Valley City Police issues statement re Josh Powell's double murder-suicide by Reporter Isabelle Zehnder: http://www.examiner.com/missing-persons-in-national/west-valley-city-police-issue-statement-re-josh-powell-s-double-murder-suicide

Obsession Leads to Murder?
http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2011/08/susan-powell-case-obsession-leads-to.html


Revenge of Josh Powell: Murder Suicide
http://seamusoriley.blogspot.com/2012/02/murder-suicide.html

Susan Powell's Killer Plays A Game of Catch me If You Can?

Susan Powell's body has yet to be found since she was reported missing by her family on December 6, 2009.

The facts to this case are like so many other women who wanted nothing more than to get out of their abusive marriage, divorce and move forward with their lives. Instead, in my opinion, Susan Powell was murdered.

In November of 2010, Josh Powell the estranged husband breaks his silence along with his father and gives an interview to the Salt Lake City Tribune. I found many disturbing red flags in the interview that I did a three part series on this missing woman and in my opinion an individual who has yet to be arrested for her murder. The links to the series are provided below.

Now, it appears the father-in-law has decided to release a journal written by Susan when she was a teenager. The site these people have created, plastered with photos and other information about Susan is nothing more than a psychopath’s attack on a woman who is missing in hopes of disarming the truth in the case. Frankly, this is the first time I have seen a father and son team up. The smear tactics will change nothing, Susan Powell, is missing. If Josh Powell in my opinion was innocent why did he run like a big coward to another state? Why didn't he cooperate with law enforcement? Why was there a need to hire a criminal defense attorney on December 14, 2009? Why has he never allowed Susan’s family contact with the children?

In cases of intimate partner violence that leads to homicide, a guilty person in my experience will do everything they can to disarm the truth. A guilty person immediately lawyers up. A guilty person in these cases never cooperates with authorities. A guilty person in these cases, never, ever searches for their wife. A guilty person, in cases of intimate partner homicide waits patiently in their world of “catch me if you can.”

David Lohr's article about the journal can be read by going to the link HERE

Part 1 http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/susan-powell-to-be-chewed-up-like.html

Part 2 http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/

Part 3 http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/susan-powell-part-3-she-knows-she-will.html

Created because of women like Susan Powell, my mother Roberta Murphy, or Stacy Peterson who went missing on October 28, 2007, without a trace is the book, or the safety "prescription" as it is called Time's Up: Guide on How to Leave Abusive and Stalking Relationships"

The guide is a life raft providing structure in the midst of chaos and it has kept many victims of intimate partner violence, to date, alive.

Among the tools and forms, is the procedure of an “Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit”, a sworn statement detailing the facts of an individual’s victimization, preserving the specifics so they are not lost even if the victim is reported missing. It is difficult to think about speaking from the grave, but no different than any life insurance policy obtained in consideration for those left behind.

An “Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit" and video has the additional psychological benefit of being forced to face reality and admit that the potential for the ultimate kind of violence exists…and that if it occurs the perpetratorwill be held accountable.

The Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit: A Victim’s Voice(c)
Domestic violence or intimate partner victims now are able to provide information, in their own words, about the fears, dangers, experiences they have had at the hands of their abuser. The" Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit" or "EAA" records victim's stories, histories, and experiences which are preserved and stored on their behalf. These videos will provide answers to the many questions, allegations, and fears that arise when a person has disappeared, gone missing, or been found dead.

Recent cases, such as missing mother Susan Powell of Utah, Kelly Rothwell of Florida, and women likeStacyPeterson, where the victim’s police officer husband is the person of interest, is the classic example of the benefits of this type of evidence. If Stacy Peterson, or any woman found murdered or is missing, had done an Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit, ON TAPE, from following the information in the “Time’s Up" book on a flash drive, they would be able to describe:

- threats made against her life or wellbeing, including details of how the perpetrator would carry out the threat
- incidents of past abuse that the victim has endured
- admissions or comments made to her about other victims or people abused
- where evidence or weapons would or could be located
- possible alibis that the perpetrator would make up in his defense (including identification of people who could be co-defendant’s or co-suspects)
- portray visible injuries or marks

Just think if we incorporate an effective plan and have it available for every prosecutor, law enforcement, church, family law office and social service agency across the country, lives would be saved. And I wouldn't be writing about women similar to Kathy Brados, killed by a man hell bent on power and control.

http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2011/07/house-on-highland-street-crime-scene.html

http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2011/07/keeper-of-silent-secrets.html

Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit by Susan Murphy Milano from the Book "Time's Up" from Courage Network on Vimeo.

Susan Murphy Milano is with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is an expert on intimate partner violence and homicide crimes. For more information visithttp://www.saferelationshipsmagazine.com/

Susan is the author of "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships," available for purchase at the Institute, Amazon.com and wherever books are sold. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time's Up!" on Here Women Talkhttp://www.herewomentalk.com/and is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated The Roth Show with Dr Laurie Roth. Susan is a survivor- the daughter of a police officer family intimate partner homicide by her father who murdered her mother before committing suicide.

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Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit by Susan Murphy Milano from the Book "Time's Up" from Courage Network on Vimeo.

Susan Murphy Milano is with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is an expert on intimate partner violence and homicide crimes. For more information visithttp://www.saferelationshipsmagazine.com/ She is also in partnership with Pamela Chapman and iAscend Programs. http://pamelachapmanl.biz Susan is the author of "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and SurviveAbusive and Stalking Relationships," available for purchase at the Institute, Amazon.com and wherever books are sold. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time's Up!" on Here Women Talkhttp://www.herewomentalk.com/and is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated The Roth Show with Dr Laurie Roth

The Susan Murphy Milano Show "Time's Up!" 1st Hour : The Susan Powell Case with Her Parents and Attorney Anne Bremner

The Case of Missing Utah Mother: Susan Powell

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“Time’s Up!”

Thursday, February 17, 2011

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and parents of missing Susan Powell, Chuck and Judy Cox

Anne Bremner

Anne Bremner has been involved in several high profile cases during her career. You may also know her as an expert legal analyst on CNN, HLN, and other major news outlets. http://annebremner.com/tv_appearances.html Currently Anne Bremner is representing the parents of missing mother, Susan Cox Powell of Utah, Chuck and Judy Cox, as they continue their search for their missing daughter as well as justice in her name.

Anne Bremner graduated from Stanford University receiving a B.A. with honors, and from the Seattle University School of Law, formerly “University of Puget Sound School of Law”, in 1982. She has distinguished herself not only as a dedicated advocate for her clients, but also as an attorney who has achieved a level of peer recognition and been honored with Distinctions which few lawyers, and even fewer women can claim.

As a deputy prosecuting attorney for the Criminal Division of the King County Prosecutor’s Office in Seattle from 1983 to 1988, Anne specialized in prosecuting sex crimes, where she successfully tried over 200 cases.

Among her successful high-profile trial work, are cases representing:

• Washington State Attorney General – now Governor – Chris Gregoire and theAttorney General’s office.
• The Des Moines Police Department - “Mary Kay Letourneau case”
• The City of Seattle in a national ACLU test case – “WTO based litigation”

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Discussing the case of Susan Cox Powell

We are honored to have as our guests, Chuck and Judy Cox along with Anne Bremner to discuss the latest in the quest to find Susan Cox Powell

http://susancoxfoundation.org/Home.aspx

On December 7, 2009, Susan Cox Powell was reported missing from her home in West Valley City, Utah. Detectives working on the case have characterized her disappearance as suspicious and having criminal overtones. The investigation into her disappearance continues.

Much has been written and speculated about Susan’s disappearance, today we have an opportunity to bring awareness to the truth and assist in seeking justice.

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Susan Murphy Milano is with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is an expert on intimate partner violence and homicide crimes. For more information visithttp://www.saferelationshipsmagazine.com/ She is the author of "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and SurviveAbusive and Stalking Relationships," available for purchase at the Institute, Amazon.com and wherever books are sold. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time's Up!" on Here Women Talkhttp://www.herewomentalk.com/and is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated The Roth Show with Dr Laurie Roth

Fear Factor

One of the major reasons women stay in abusive relationships is fear. They are afraid of what will happen to them and their children if they leave. Sadly, their fears are often justified; statistics show that a woman is at the greatest risk for injury when she announces her plans or leaves an abusive relationship.

To illustrate the danger, let's consider the case of Utah's Susan Powell, a wife and mother who has not been seen or heard from since December 6, 2009 Hers is a familiar scenario, one that occurs in the majority of abused women cases across the country. If one takes a close look at the evidence, in my opinion, the most logical conclusion is that Susan Powell was murdered.

Susan Powell was a stockbroker with two young sons, a devoted mother and likely the person in the marriage with a larger paycheck than her husband, Josh. Over time, the marriage reportedly turned controlling, with Josh insisting on knowing what Susan was doing when not under his radar. We've all seen the news reports, including that he demanded she tell him how much she spent on herself and for household goods and services. In this type of case, the fights build up from yelling to shoving. A bedroom door is slammed with greater frequency, and the couple drifts apart.

Many abused women hope that having children will change the behavior of an abusive mate. They hope the abuser will turn his/her life around for the sake of the children and that the result will finally be a happy home life. In the Powell case, that didn't happen. Pregnant with her second child, perhaps under circumstances beyond her control (she could have been forced as some are in the marriage), Susan brings another life into a world three years later where anger and violent outbursts become commonplace. During this time Susan likely announces, the marriage is over. Perhaps making statements such as, "we need to divorce" or "this is not fair to the children and I can no longer go on living this way."

There is a point for many abused women when they verbally announce the steps to end the abuse that lays the foundation for an abuser to begin thinking about a course of action. Around this time an abused woman begins confiding in co-workers or close friends. As we later learned from authorities, that is exactly what Susan did.

For the alleged offender, I will use Josh Powell as an example. Now he is formulating a plan no different from the plans of other violent persons: one born of anger and desperation. Anger because the person is leaving and ending the relationship. Desperation over what he (the abuser) will be forced to carry out if the person with whom he is in a relationship cannot be persuaded to stay.

This plan remains in the abuser's mind, of course, until he see signs of movement. In this case, perhaps Susan was whispering on the phone to someone, and when Josh walked into the room she quickly changed her tone or ended the phone call. Or he learned that Susan set up a bank account and believed she was hiding money so she and the kids could leave.

The signs of movement spark Josh or any potential abuser to think of the next level. They think to themselves, Okay, she is going to leave me. I will not let that happen. He acts as though nothing is wrong but, when she goes to sleep, Josh rummages through her car looking for evidence of her plan, a bank receipt or an unusual transaction or charge. Maybe in her purse he checks the cell phone for any unusual numbers he does not recognize. Or goes through the computer and checks the browser to see her activity.

He finds something and his anger is elevated, his heart is racing, but he remains calm and says nothing to Susan. A smile comes to his face because he "caught her," and he figures she will pay one way or the other at a later date.

Around this time Susan begins sending e-mails about the abuse and threats she has endured by Josh to a trusted circle of friends. Maybe she keeps a detailed log with dates and times of the incidents.

Now Josh does what I label the "smell change." Susan is acting strange and, like cologne,
Josh can literally (as with most abusers) sense when their environment has shifted. Perhaps Susan is verbalizing her unhappiness with greater frequency. Maybe she stands up for herself during a fight where months before Susan would have backed down and gone to her room without incident.

It is very difficult for any abused women to hide that spark of empowerment from a clever abuser. They (the abuser) smell it as sure as a fox entering a coop filled with chickens.

It's now that most abusers decide to implement their plans. He has thought about it from the moment it entered his mind. The children are sleeping and the couple gets into a heated argument. At this point possible scenarios vary. Here is one example: Josh in his rage could have knocked her unconscious and carried her out to the car. Then, one at a time, he lifts his sleeping boys into the back seat. The family drives to the desert. Susan wakes up and gets out of the car. Josh and she are arguing and he hits or pushes her off an embankment and into a ravine. Josh drives back with the boys to the house where he is questioned by authorities.

In many ways, the case of Susan Powell appears no different from the millions of cases of violence we never hear about, until women go missing and their bodies are found. Abuse victims often have no official documentation of the abuse because they were too afraid to contact police or obtain a court order of protection. Why? Because better than anyone they (the victims) know it would do them no good. It would only escalate the level of danger.

The one thing an abuse victim knows for certain is the fear that has been planted in them over time by an abuser and the likelihood of imminent danger if it is discovered they plan to leave. I believe this is what happened in Susan Powell’s case; she had only one opportunity to leave and somehow Josh Powell found out.

Susan Powell was last seen at her home, 6254 W. Sarah Circle. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the West Valley Police Department at 801-840-4000.

Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit by Susan Murphy Milano from the Book "Time's Up" from Courage Network on Vimeo.

Susan Murphy Milano is with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is an expert on intimate partner violence and homicide crimes. For more information visithttp://www.saferelationshipsmagazine.com/ She is the author of "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and SurviveAbusive and Stalking Relationships," available for purchase at the Institute, Amazon.com and wherever books are sold. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time's Up!" on Here Women Talkhttp://www.herewomentalk.com/and is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated The Roth Show with Dr. Laurie Rothhttp://www.therothshow.com/

Susan Powell Weaved in her Killer's Layer's of Lies

This week was the one year anniversary of missing mother Susan Powell. She vanished from her on December 6, 2009, without a trace.

As we have seen in others cases of women, wives and mothers who are murdered  at the hands of those who profess to love them, the story the suspect, or the only person responsible, tells is always the same,  each exhibiting a  pattern of conduct weaved in deception that resulted in murder.

My skin crawls each time I hear someone, whom I believe is responsible for a victim of intimate partner homicide formulate information, as if they were pulling a rabbit out of a hat on the national stage to speak these lies as if it were actually the truth.    Cowards each of them for murdering, in my opinion, women and mothers who wanted to simply end the abuse by ending the relationship and move on without these obsessive controlling individuals in their lives.  

This past week Josh Powell and his father Steven Powell created another layer of lies about where Susan Powell is and, possibly with whom, during an interview on the NBC Today show. Let us remove any doubt, Susan Powell is no longer alive.  It is now up to us the public to help her parents and the children of Susan Powell to keep this case alive and in the public eye until such time as her remains are located or the person(s) responsible are arrested for her murder. I never thought Josh Powell acted alone, now I am convinced of it.

Both Josh and his father spoke out in November claiming Susan Powell just up and left with another man, I wrote a 3 part series (linked below) on the interview they gave to the Salt Lake City Tribune.  The series was based on facts not disclosed in the pending investigation and the knowledge gleaned from not only a couple decades of working on intimate partner violence cases, but being a child once myself in a war torn environment between a husband and a wife no different then Susan Powell and her own children.  You learn to see what others looking from the outside cannot. You learn as if the abuser is an enemy from another county and for your own survival you study and disarm the danger that lives in your home as if it were a permanent member of the family.  If you are fortunate to be one less casualty as I was in 1989, on the crime scene that would forever alter your life; you do something about it, if you can, so that another child does not have to witness another drop of blood shed all in the name of power, control and, ultimately, murder.

Let's stop giving national media time to the abusers and more media attention to those who have vanished, they are not here to talk-no different than when they were alive.

Let's make 2011 the year we implement comprehensive safety systems such as the Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit and video making it available in courthouses, schools, shelters, communities and  churches. 

If Susan Powell had been aware of the steps to take before she vanished, while she was preparing to leave her abusive husband, either she would still be alive or Josh Powell, in my opinion, would be charged with her murder because of the evidence she would have prepared and left behind.

http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/susan-powell-part-3-she-knows-she-will.html

http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/susan-powell-part-2-to-be-chewed-up.html

http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/susan-powell-to-be-chewed-up-like.html

[Susan Murphy Milano is with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is an expert on intimate partner violence and homicide crimes. For more information visithttp://www.saferelationshipsmagazine.com/  She is the author of "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships," available for purchase at the Institute, Amazon.com and wherever books are sold.  

Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time's Up!" on Here Women Talk http://www.herewomentalk.com/ and is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated The Roth Show with Dr. Laurie Roth  http://www.therothshow.com/) ]

Susan Powell: Part 2 "To be chewed up like a hamburger?"

[Part 2 of 3 of the continuing series on missing Utah mother Susan Powell pictured above with her children]

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If I have learned one thing in my 20 plus years on these cases of intimate partner homicide, a mother's love for her children is unconditional.  In my opinion Josh Powell is doing the "devoted-deadly-daddy-dearest-dance" with the assistance of his own father. 

Quotes in the long winded interview include Steve Powell, (the suspects father) a man with a unique past himself.  What did his own son witness growing up?  Could the mistreatment of a mother, Powell's mother have anything to do with his actions on the evening of December 5, 2009?   I would be willing to bet the farm on that.

When asked about a red stain on the carpet Powell's father answers the question for the reporter:
As for the wet spot police found on the carpet of Josh and Susan Powell’s home the day after her disappearance, Steve Powell said his daughter-in-law had decided to clean the carpets. There was a red spot on the carpet underneath the couch, he said.



“It was probably juice or something,” Steve Powell said.

How would this man know about a juice stain?  Was the father-in-law living in the home?  And why the hell is he responding to that question, unless, it was a rehearsed response.  One that has likely been repeated too many times to count.
 
The interview goes on:
 
Police there have said Josh Powell has not responded to requests for additional interviews. However, Steve Powell said when his son returned to Utah from Washington in December, his attorney told police he would meet them for another interview. Steve Powell claims the detectives said they only work Monday through Thursday. Josh Powell was arriving on a Friday. The interview did not occur.



“How interested were these people in talking to Josh?” Steve Powell asked rhetorically.


Josh Powell said he will not meet with West Valley City police again.

Once again, the father is reponding to questions and not Josh Powell.  Amazing that the father-in-law is also certain Susan ran off with a boyfriend.  Do we have description of the so called "mystery man"?  I know perhaps there will be a sighting at a local Kroger store in Alaska and a fuzzy Internet image will suddendly appear of the happy couple. Did the boyfriend pick her up from the home?  Perhaps Josh saw the boyfriend carry her from the back bedroom where she was knocked out by a seditive placed in her food at dinner that evening?

Steve Powell believes his daughter-in-law ran off with a boyfriend. He said Susan talked with her friends about sex and the sexual encounters she had before meeting her husband.“Susan’s very sexually motivated, and she’s very financially motivated,” Steve Powell said.

Mr. Powell or the reporter should produce the "so called friends."  It is so telling when individuals spew whatever sticks to a wall because the person with whom they are talking about has vanished.  She is not here to defend one word of these lies.  And who makes statements about a loving caring mother who has vanished without a trace that was your daughter-in-law?  Unless old grandpa knows something which is highly, likely.  Whatever would motive a person unless they are in my opinion, covering up the truth or in this case for their own son.
 
(Part 3 of the series continues Thursday 11/11/2010)
 
Susan Murphy Milano, is with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction & Public Psychopathy Education for more information visit http://www.saferelationships.com/ and is the author of the new book "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships available for purchase at the Institute, Amazon.com and where ever books are sold.

Susan Powell Part 1 of 3 "To be "chewed up like hamburger"?

Susan Powell's body has yet to be found since she was reported missing by her family on December 6, 2009.

The facts to this case are like so many other women who wanted nothing more than to get out of their abusive marriage, divorce and move forward with their lives.  Instead, in my opinion, Susan Powell was murdered.

Now, 11 months to the date, her husband breaks his silence and talks to the Salt Lake City Tribune. The words "JOSH POWELL speaks: my wife; Susan, left us behind."  I had a difficult time getting past the 36' dark bold headline.  Sounds like this guy has been reading far too many news stories with his captain munch cereal.  Come to think of it, all our loving killer fathers, in my opinion: Drew Peterson, Michael Stebic and Shaun Pernice swear that Captain Munch is the breakfast of devoted and caring fathers.

Powell takes a bolder step forward to insert his personal killer brand of truth in mouth.  He wants the reporter to know he broke his silence to say his wife is “extremely unstable,” and that he believes mental illness drove her to leave her family behind.

Interesting how he labels his missing wife "unstable." Here is a man that took his  boys ages 2 and 4 on a camping trip in the middle of the night in freezing temperatures.  When he returned with the children the police were already at the home doing a wellness check on Susan Powell. Police found her purse, car keys and cell phone in the home, but no Susan.  And again, no mother especially one who is planning to leave goes without their children. In my opinion this captain munch decoder killer is no different then others whom decide that murder is the only way to "remove the problem" in their lives. And to Josh Powell not being able to control his "property" in his eyes meant his was not a man.

Powell continues his song and dance to say "only reduced scrutiny from her family and the public, he said, will speed her return." “She knows she will be chewed up like hamburger when she comes back,” Josh Powell said in a Wednesday interview with The Salt Lake Tribune.

Was hamburger meat what Susan Powell was served that day for a meal, especially prepared by Josh?  Is Powell telling us he watched her chew her food that he made and within minutes she was suddenly saying "she was tired and needed to go lay down,"  according to the witness at the table that evening.  Or is Powell telling the world too late, she is already gone, been chewed up by something.  Clearly the comment has an interesting tone, as it is laced with deception and guilt.

Interesting how Powell uses the word "scrutiny" as if to say the public needs to back off that's why she won't come out of hiding.

The killer's words, in my opinion are reported in an extensive article I will break it down this week.  Part 2 of this series runs on Tuesday 11/9/2010.


Had Susan Powell been able to create "The Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit" either she would still be with us or the person who murdered her would be behind bars and not discussing hamburgers.

This new tool which has been proven to empower victims and save lives. It’s been proven to change an attitude of a victim and give them hope that they may move forward and away from the violent situation knowing that their wishes will be carried out should the unthinkable happen. It’s been proven that the Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit will stand up in court against Crawford vs Washington rulings, allowing a victim’s testimony to heard and seen, just like a will, should they be silenced.
Take it upon yourself today to get this information into the hands of everyone who comes in contact with a victim. Go the extra mile; it could be that one time you gave extra care and extra time beyond what’s expected that will matter to someone, and save their life. Our fight to end intimate partner violence isn't over till it's dealt with in a manner that's effective.

  Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit by Susan Murphy Milano from the Book "Time's Up"
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(Susan Murphy Milano, is with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction & Public Psychopathy Education for more information visit http://www.saferelationships.com/ and is the author of the new book "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships available for purchase at the Institute, Amazon.com and where ever books are sold. 


She is the host of Time's Up on http://www.herewomentalk.com/ and she is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated show with Dr. Laurie Roth on http://www.therothshow.com/)

Norberto Rodriguez Armed and Dangerous?

Two weeks have passed since Irma Rodriguez was found shot gang land style stuffed in the trunk of her car.

No press conference by the Oak Forest Police. No release of Norberto Rodriguez's photo. No talk of a reward. Not one word of where this former Chicago Police officer could be living after he murdered his wife.

On June 9th, family members in fear for their lives filed a court order of protection in Will County, Illinois in case Rodriguez suddenly appears. Perhaps the family can meet with law enforcement and have the case information posted on America's wanted with his description and photo.

A man takes a life paralyzing not only a family, but a community. It is likely Norberto Rodriguez is also armed and dangerous. Where is the outrage?

Magic Jeannie Is Not an Option for Domestic Violence Victims

Jeanie White from Springville, Utah was found dead in a murder-suicide. Apparently the live-in couple had a history of domestic violence. What disturbs me is the fact that police are quick to point fingers at the dead woman. “Not only did she refuse help from a victim advocate, but also would not cooperate in prosecuting the suspect. “ Then in the next sentence it said “there is evidence the victim was trying to leave.”

She did not pull the trigger of the gun, he did. Furthermore, when these types of crimes reach the newspapers why isn’t there discussion on the dangers of leaving an abusive relationship? It is important to note that perhaps Jeanie White was uncertain as to what the offender would do to her once released from jail so at the time of a prior arrest she opted to live a little longer and refuse assistance at that time from a victim advocate. Pressing charges is not always the best option for a woman. She knows her offender and authories are at a disadvantage, they do not. And these cases are not as simple as they may appear.

Law Enforcement and Prosecutors are under the impression that arresting the offender is like a magic Jeannie popping out of a bottle after a crime between 2 people in a relationship that is some kind of “get out of dodge ticket to freedom for the victim.”

So while the authorities are quick to react and blame the victim they should look into directing their energies into implementing strategies that would go a long way into preventing another crime scene.

Effective methods and stratgies in keeping victims alive is what I do. Perhaps the Prosecutors in Springville, Utah can contact me and we can implement life saving initiatives. My email address is : Contact@murphymilano@gmail.com