‘There Was Enough Evidence To Arrest Josh Powell,’ Over Susan’s Disappearance, Say Parents
April 2 2012, Published 10:00 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
As previously sealed documents have been released shedding light on the case of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, her parents have revealed that they believe her husband should have been arrested at the time for her suspected murder.
“It’s unbelievable, there was certainly enough evidence to arrest Josh and get some serious discussion out of him, because he was never actually taken in and interrogated,” Chuck Cox told the Today Show on Monday.
“The first evidence that springs to mind is the cell phone business, where he had Susan’s cell phone with him,” he said, adding that “the fact that she’s missing and there’s blood in the house” should have been a smoking gun.
Susan went missing in 2009, and almost immediately Josh, who claimed he was camping with their two sons, Charlie and Braden at the time, became a suspect.
“Knowing somebody did something and proving they did it in a court of law are totally different, I underst