Social Worker ‘Couldn’t Have Saved’ Josh Powell’s Children
Feb. 8 2012, Published 10:30 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
The chilling 911 call from the social worker outside of Josh Powell’s house as he killed his two sons inside has haunted everyone who has heard it, and now Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal that the social worker could not have done anything else to save their lives.
Elizabeth Griffin-Hall, a contracted care worker for the Foster Care Resource Network, was taking 5-year-old Braden and 7-year-old Charles for a supervised visit with their dad at his home in Graham, Washington, on Sunday when he slammed the door in her face, causing her to make the frantic call alerting the emergency services that she was “afraid for their lives.”
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As everyone involved in the heartbreaking scenario has questioned if it could have been prevented, a spokesperson for the Children's Administration at the Department of Social and Health Services explained that Griffin-Hall could not have acted any differently.
“She is very broken up, she is severely impacted by it,” Communications Officer Sherry Hill exclusively told Breaking Celebrity News. “She had worked with the children long enough to bond with them and know them.
“This was a supervised visitation the entire time,” explained Hill. “It was the highest level of visitation. None of the parties can be out of the line of sight of the care worker at any time.
“She was right with the children, and she was one step behind them and that would have made se