Josh Powell’s Sister ‘Is Delusional’ For Thinking He Is A Victim, Says Family

Feb. 10 2012, Published 3:00 p.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
The family of Josh and Susan Powell are still struggling to come to terms with Sunday’s horrific murder-suicide, and Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal that the grieving relatives have very different feelings about who is to blame.
Josh’s sister, Alina Powell, shocked viewers on Thursday when she made the claim on Good Morning America that despite bludgeoning his two boys with a hatchet and then lighting a deadly fire that killed them all, her brother was actually the victim and was just protecting his sons -- and now other family members are addressing her sentiments.
“She’s delusional, obviously,” Kirk Graves, who is married to Josh’s other sister, Jennifer Powell Graves, exclusively told Breaking Celebrity News. “I probably wouldn’t think much of it (the interview) after what she’s said in the past.
“Is there anyone aside from Alina and a couple of others who doesn’t think Josh is to blame?” he asked incredulously.
Later in her interview, Alina told GMA: “I think he must have just felt that there was only one way left to protect his sons from the pain from all the emotional and physical pain that they’ve been experiencing... I think he must have been more heartbroken - then I realized, then any of us realized.”
Graves has not spoken to his sister-in-law for more than two years, he revealed to Breaking Celebrity News, after opposing views regarding the prime suspect in Susan’s disappearance caused a major rift in the family, and he is mystified as to why she would still stick up for the killer after he massacred his own sons, Charles, 7, and Bra