Disappearance of Susan Powell

Yeah.

The other one that I would love to read if I can get to it this spooky season is If I Can't Have You, Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance and the Murder of Her Children.

Ooh.

Yeah.

And it's written by Greg Olson and Rebecca Morris.

So it's...

I am loosely familiar with Susan Powell and what had happened.

So I'm excited.

Susan went to church that morning with her boys.

Her neighbor and friend, Giovanna, came over for lunch that afternoon and left around 5 p.m., the last confirmed sighting of Susan Cox Powell alive.

Her purse, wallet, and ID all stayed at the house.

Her phone turned up in the minivan.

All three of them died, officially of carbon monoxide poisoning, since the gas filled the house before the explosion hit.

All of that while the social worker was locked outside.

Susan Cox Powell has never been found.

Her mother, Judy, spent the rest of her life hoping otherwise and passed away still hoping this past February.

In 2009, the remains of the two adult members of the family were discovered by experienced hikers, Les Walker and Tom Mahood, who were carefully searching a remote area for evidence of the fate of the tourists, and conclusive proof of the fate of the male adult was later established.

The disappearance of Susan Powell.

This one's heart-wrenching.

I was so absorbed in it when it was still going on, but it's been a while since I looked into it.

Yes? Are you Eleanor Reynolds? Yes, I am.

My name is Susan Powell.

Well, yes.

I'd like to speak to you.

Now, may we speak? Well, come in.

You seem to be under the impression that I should know you, Mrs. Powell.

Susan Powell.

Susan Powell.

So did she threaten to leave, even if there was no paper trail, no att- meetings that she's had with attorneys, no c- uh, confiding in a friend or a family member that she was planning to leave, but was she planning to leave? And is that why he did this in a, "If I can't have you, no one can," type of way, which we very often see in family annihilator-type cases.

I mean, even think of the Susan Powell case.

A little bit different, but not really.

He did end up taking the life of his children and himself after he took Susan Powell's life, which I know they haven't found her body, but I believe that he fully, full stop, was responsible for that.

That could have very well been the case.

We don't know yet.

But as of recent, I've been getting a ton of messages and people tagging me in videos letting me know that you guys wanna see this case, so here we are.

Susan Powell was a wife, she was a daughter, a sister, a mother.

She was only twenty-eight years old when she vanished, and the investigation in looking into her disappearance, everything that happened, honestly, before she disappeared, during the time that she disappeared, immediately after, and as well as years later, is frightening.

Everything in this case from beginning to the end is so disturbing, so traumatic.

Welcome to this episode of I Wish You Were Here.

I'm your host, Michelle Cuervo.

Susan Powell was born October 16th of 1981 in New Mexico, and she grew up in a very close-knit religious family.

Her parents, Chuck and Judy, were absolutely devoted to her, just like they were devoted to her sister.