The parents of Powell, her husband Josh Powell's sister, Jennifer Graves, and Graves' husband Kirk Graves appeared on the show with Cox family spokeswoman Shelby Gifford.
7, when he left to take the couple's two young boys camping in a remote part of Tooele County.
"The thing that has bothered me the most about Josh's behavior is that he has been uncooperative with the police in giving them any details," she said.
Much was made of the couple's two young sons, now 3 and 5, who are in Joshua Powell's custody.
Charles "Chuck" Cox, Susan Powell's father, said he and his wife haven't seen the boys since Jan. 3 despite attempts to reach Joshua Powell on numerous occasions. He said the oldest boy told police in an interview that he did go camping, but Chuck Cox said he knows that his daughter would not have allowed her boys to go camping under such circumstances.
"If she had a breath in her body, she would not let them out at that time in the morning," he said.
"We will be talking to them," he said.
In an e-mail Monday, family spokeswoman Shelby Gifford asked the media to refer to Susan Powell as Susan Cox Powell. Gifford said this was because those who loved her knew her as Susan Cox, though the world knows her as Susan Powell. The foundation started in her name will be the Susan Cox Powell Foundation.
The mystery of her disappearance has since deepened, and authorities are now treating the case as a criminal investigation. Concerned that the family could have succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning, police, accompanied by a family member, entered the Powell family home. At this time, it remains unclear if the "wet spot" is connected to the case, as police are refusing to comment.
As the investigation continued, Joshua Powell showed up at his home on the evening of the 7th, along with the couple's two children. Investigators attempted to verify the story by visiting the area in question; however, recent snowfall made it impossible to determine whether anyone had been there.
Two days after Susan was reported missing, police confiscated the family’s van to search for evidence. The contents of the warrants are currently sealed by the court; however, The Salt Lake Tribune has filed a motion to have them opened.
In addition to the warrants, police have named Joshua Powell a "person of interest" in the case.
Increasing police pressure and media tension caused Joshua Powell's father, Steven Powell, to break his silence and speak out about the case. During a brief interview with The Salt Lake Tribune, the elder Powell said his son was being "vilified."
Further prompting from reporters caused Powell to clam up again, and he asked to be left alone.
"I don't need to explain anything," Powell said. "There is nothing to explain." Authorities say they have no reason to prevent the move and that he is free to come and go as he pleases.
Meanwhile, Susan's friends and family members continue to raise awareness of her disappearance and have taken the search to the Internet – setting up pages on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.
It was the first visit they’d been able to arrange with Josh in more than 3 months.
Shelby said Josh was there and was … well … Josh.
Also there was Josh’s father, Steve, who was taking pictures of the Cox grandparents with Charlie and Braden.
I admit that in the past I have been critical of Josh and his apparent willingness to use visitation as a tool to punish the Cox grandparents.
After all, back in January, the Cox family started turning up the heat on Josh by publicly challenging their son-in-law to step up and cooperate fully with the West Valley Police.
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