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Chuck and Judy Cox, in-laws of Josh Powell, speak during a news conference about how they say Washington's child protection system is flawed, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, in Olympia, Wash. The two said Thursday that they are hoping to see changes to better ensure safety of children involved in custody cases. The Cox family had cared for Powell's two young boys until he killed the children and himself in a fire earlier this month. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Powell in-laws say child protection system needs fixing

Last updated Friday, February 24, 2012 - 10:33am

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Josh Powell's in-laws said Thursday that Washington's child protection system is flawed and could better ensure the safety of children with changes in policy.

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Aubree Jo Anderson died in February 2011.

'Gender' holds up child custody bill known as Aubree Jo's Law

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 10:51pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The definition of gender has stalled in a Senate committee the bill known as Aubree Jo’s Law, almost one year to the date after the bill’s namesake, 3-year-old Aubree Jo Anderson, died in a car accident.

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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, Josh Powell, husband of missing Utah woman Susan Cox Powell, pleads his case during a custody hearing at the Pierce County Superior Courthouse, in Tacoma, Wash. An explosion at a Washington state home has killed Josh Powell and the couple's two young sons, officials said Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan, File)

Powell had 'incestuous sex' images on computer

Gene Johnson, Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2:47pm

SEATTLE -- Before Josh Powell was going to try to win back custody of his children last week, Washington state authorities received materials from Utah police that had been discovered on a computer in Powell's home two years ago. Authorities say the images depicted "incestuous" sex and were disconcerting enough that they prompted a psychologist to recommend that Powell undergo an intensive psychosexual evaluation.

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It took 22 minutes for cops to get to Powell home after 911 call

Gene Johnson, Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 9:43pm

TACOMA, Wash. — Emergency call logs show that nearly eight minutes elapsed between when a social worker called 911 to report that Josh Powell’s children were in danger and when sheriff’s deputies were dispatched. It took another 14 minutes for a deputy to get to the home, but by then, the home was engulfed in flames with Powell and his two young sons inside.

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Don Easton, a special investigator with Unified Investigations & Sciences, Inc., collects evidence, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in the charred rubble of the home where Josh Powell and his two sons were killed Sunday, in Graham, Wash., in what police said appeared to be a deliberately set fire. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Frantic 911 call from social worker: Powell ’exploded the house’

Christine Clarridge, Lornet Turnbull The Seattle Times

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 6:42pm

SEATTLE — After Josh Powell locked himself in his home with his two young sons, the caseworker assigned to supervise the visitation pleaded for several minutes with a 911 dispatcher to send help, at one point saying, "I’m afraid for their lives," newly disclosed 911 tapes reveal.