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(TED S. WARREN/The Associated Press) A makeshift memorial continues to grow behind the house where Braden and Charles Powell were killed.

Susan Powell investigation treated as murder case for some time

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 6:58am

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Utah authorities have for at least six months investigated the disappearance of Susan Powell as a murder case. But without a body, they publicly held out hope that she would be found alive.

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Pierce County Sheriff's deputies and Graham Firefighters work around the smoldering remains of a house near Fredrickson, Wash., Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, where, according to a sheriff's spokesman, three bodies were were found. The bodies are believed to be Josh Powell and his two sons. The explosion occurred moments after a Child Protective Services worker brought the two boys to the home for a supervised visit. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Arson investigators probe through what's left of Powell's home

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 4:50pm

 

The Sunday blaze at Powell’s home brought yet another twist in the very public scandal that began when Susan Powell vanished in 2009. The case had since spiraled into a salacious saga of finger-pointing and accusations of sex and lies — and now the unthinkable loss of two young lives caught in the crossfire.

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