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Steve Powell's legal troubles may not be over

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 1:21pm

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The voyeurism conviction of a missing Utah woman’s father-in-law may not be the last of his legal troubles, as an attorney said Thursday she is working on a lawsuit that could keep pressure on Steve Powell.

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Steve Powell is led out of court after hearing the verdict in his trial, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. A jury convicted Powell on all 14 charges in a voyeurism case that stemmed from an investigation into the 2009 disappearance of his daughter-in-law Susan Powell, a Utah mother of two who has never been found. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Steve Grffin)

Jury convicts Steve Powell of all voyeurism charges

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 4:37pm

TACOMA, Wash. — A jury on Wednesday convicted Steve Powell on all 14 charges in a voyeurism case that stemmed from an investigation into the 2009 disappearance of his daughter-in-law Susan Powell, a Utah mother of two who has never been found.

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Steve Powell looks toward his attorneys during the day of final arguments in his voyeurism trial, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. The trial was sent to the jury Tuesday without a verdict, and deliberations will resume on Wednesday. Powell is the father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Jury resumes deliberations in Powell voyeur case

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 11:29am

TACOMA, Wash. — A jury handling the voyeurism case against a missing Utah woman’s father-in-law resumed deliberations Wednesday, a day after struggling to reach a verdict and asking a question about the key evidence gathered in the case.

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Jury needs more time in Powell voyeurism trial

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 7:35pm

TACOMA, Wash. — A Washington jury needs more time to deliberate in the voyeurism case against the father-in-law of a missing Utah mother.

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Jury has questions in Steve Powell voyeurism trial

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 5:15pm

TACOMA, Wash. -- Shortly after beginning deliberations, jurors in the voyeurism case against the father-in-law of a missing Utah mother asked the judge whether all the items found in boxes in Steve Powell's bedroom were his.

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Jury deliberates Steve Powell voyeurism case

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 2:09pm

TACOMA, Wash. -- Jurors began deliberations Tuesday in the voyeurism case against the father-in-law of a missing Utah mother after a prosecutor said the man lurked in the shadows of his bedroom to capture nude images of young girls who lived next door.

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Steve Powell thanks his attorneys Travis Currie and Mark Quigley following closing arguments in his voyeurism trial, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. Powell is the father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Steve Griffin)

Lawyers make final arguments in Steve Powell voyeurism case

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 1:49pm

TACOMA, Wash. — A prosecutor finalized his voyeurism case against Steve Powell on Tuesday, saying that the father-in-law of a missing Utah mother lurked in the shadows of his bedroom to capture nude images of young girls who lived next door.

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West Valley City Police detective Ellis Maxwell looks at evidence from the witness stand during the trial of Steve Powell at the Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash., Monday, May 14, 2012. Powell faces 14 voyeurism counts, including accusations that he filmed two neighbor girls using their second-floor bathroom. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Steve Griffin) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUT

West Valley investigator testifies on Steve Powell journals

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, May 14, 2012 - 1:06pm

TACOMA, Wash. — Testimony in Steve Powell’s voyeurism trial came to an abrupt end Monday as prosecutors rested their case and defense attorneys declined to call their own witnesses.

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Powell voyeurism trial likely wrap up this week

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, May 14, 2012 - 10:04am

TACOMA, Wash. -- Testimony continues Monday in the voyeurism trial of Steve Powell, with the case likely to go to the jury this week in Tacoma.

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Judge Ronald Culpepper speaks during a Pierce County Superior Court hearing, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. Culpepper cleared the way for the voyeurism trial of Powell, the father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, after he dismissed Steve Powell's motion Tuesday to suppress evidence collected during a search of his home last year. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Judge blocks move to suppress key Powell evidence

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 2:44pm

TACOMA, Wash. — A state judge on Tuesday cleared the way for the voyeurism trial of missing Utah mother Susan Powell’s father-in-law, dismissing his request to suppress key evidence in the case.

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Judge Ronald Culpepper, right, listens to arguments in a Pierce County Superior Court hearing, Monday, April 23, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. regarding the status of evidence in the upcoming voyeurism trial of Steve Powell. An attorney for Powell said Monday that investigators frustrated by their unsuccessful quest to find his missing daughter-in-law pursued an “illegal” warrant that eventually led to voyeurism charges. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Judge to decide on handling of key Powell evidence

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 10:05am

TACOMA, Wash. -- A Washington judge is preparing to decide whether prosecutors can use evidence gathered in Steve Powell's voyeurism case.

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Steve Powell, right, appears in a Pierce County Superior Court hearing with his attorney, Mark Quigley, left, Monday, April 23, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. Quigley said Monday that investigators frustrated by their unsuccessful quest to find Powell's missing daughter-in-law pursued an "illegal" warrant that eventually led to voyeurism charges against Powell. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Powell attorney says search warrant was 'illegal'

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 23, 2012 - 2:26pm

OLYMPIA, Wash. — An attorney for Steve Powell said Monday that investigators frustrated by their unsuccessful quest to find his missing daughter-in-law pursued an "illegal" warrant that eventually led to voyeurism charges.

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Steve Powell seeks to suppress voyeurism evidence

Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 23, 2012 - 6:21am

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The father-in-law of Susan Powell is seeking to suppress evidence used to charge him with voyeurism and possession of child pornography.

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(TED S. WARREN/The Associated Press) In a Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 file photo, Josh Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, listens during a court hearing regarding the custody of his two sons, in Tacoma, Wash. Josh Powell had said that he took a late-night camping trip in Utah with his two boys on the night Susan Powell disappeared. While authorities never named a suspect in the case, they had consistently called Josh Powell a “person of interest.” Josh Powell killed himself and the couple’s two young children in a fiery home inferno in Feb. 2012.

Co-worker says Powell described snowy camping trip

Gene Johnson, Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, April 7, 2012 - 5:27pm

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A former co-worker of Steve Powell’s in Washington state says she contacted authorities about a snowy camping trip he says he took with his son and grandchildren in Utah around the time his daughter-in-law disappeared in 2009.

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Co-worker says Steve Powell spoke of Utah camping trip with Josh, kids

Gene Johnson, Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, April 6, 2012 - 10:03am

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A co-worker of Steve Powell says the father-in-law of Susan Powell planned to travel to Utah for a camping trip shortly before she disappeared in 2009, an attorney said Thursday.

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