COLD Episode 19: Josh Powell Visited A Series Of Dumpsters After Wife’s Disappearance

KSL’s COLD team has uncovered new evidence in the Susan Powell case, which appears to have escaped the notice of police after she disappeared nearly 10 years ago. COLD host Dave Cawley is back with his latest finds from his ongoing investigation.

[@annetteelliott1494]

A whole family gone......so very, very sad.........rip little boys, rip Susan...

[@Sunny25611]

Sloppy initial police investigation and her children paid the price. They’re all horrifying but This is the saddest case of kids falling through the cracks that I’ve ever seen. Heartbreaking 💔

[@angelacousineau5006]

OMG are you kidding me!!! This is absolutely stunning that this would be disregarded. Just shaking my head at the absolute ineptness of this police force.

[@whitedragoness23]

The police were too busy going after dead end leads such as looking for imaginary hookers and an inmate trying to trade make up leads so he could change jails

[@thomasrobertson9643]

Hindsight is 20/20, just saying

[@karoonboomie2813]

Well it’s a little late now to go search those dumpsters, again, the system has failed Susan COX, just like the system failed her 2 little boys too.

[@cal-qw8ov]

The dude did have a lot of tools,I thinks bits of her were going in the dumpsters...

[@deannekliene2673]

He probably disposed of her in several bags....sick as it sounds....

[@outlawedmedia4336]

THIS is where West valley botched the case. IMO. They never went out to check these areas immediately and that was a mistake.

[@islaannisainsworth4443]

Thanks for your continued interest & investigating for Susan. What a botched case. No wonder they awarded her parents funds. Embarrassing work by police!!!!!!

[@dejacavu6259]

Cops, CPS, Foster care, and Youth Correction facilities are all overwhelmed in Utah. Irresponsible people having lots of kids with neglect, abuse and murder constantly. Hine sight is always best but in the moment its not hard to stay a step ahead.

[@zacariasblanco8291]

Indeed. The police totally screwed the pooch

[@thomasrobertson9643]

Thanks to the internet, everyone’s now an expert on police work.

[@trees915]

This is absolutely terrifying!

[@laawaer7265]

How did the cops not pick up on this when there were so much opportunities to solve the crime?

[@outlawedmedia4336]

Because they were sloppy cops.

[@cherylandersonhollinger148]

I loved The cold podcast two years ago. When I see this video on dumpster drops, I can’t help but wonder if Josh powell did the same thing to his wife that Mark hacking did to his wife only disposed of her in various dumpsters instead of one. It really is a terrible thought but so many scenarios in this case you never know. Why a GPS tracker was put on the minivan and these dumpsters not checked is beyond me and just blows my mind that they weren’t searched!! it is sickening and extremely sad too that the boys were left to their own devices living in Stevens home for over a year. there seems to be so many things that were simply missed as Josh was always one step ahead somehow.I am so sad for Susan’s family

[@whitedragoness23]

Sadly I think he would do this, some have speculated he dismembered her and may have re buried her or put her body in different bins

[@charityhouze647]

The police involved in this investigation should be held accountable for not doing basic work.

[@jessicam5712]

I'm starting to pick up on that. The interviews with Charlie are almost painful to watch. They could have learned more from him but the person interviewing him seemed completely unqualified. The 911 call from the fire was baffling too.

[@cal-qw8ov]

A calamity of error going from the social worker,dispatcher and police the perfect storm for a cock up.

[@harmonymomentofbeing5753]

Especially that child investigator .. she had the answers right there but couldn’t connect to the child so she didn’t get anything out of him to use for a simple arrest ! We alll know what happened and they are looking in the wrong places and sometimes I wonder if that’s on purpose . Utah is a funny place where certain ppl like the Powell’s run the Show !

[@walterkehn2459]

The police did outstanding job for what they had an information gathered

[@thomasrobertson9643]

No

[@robbyrutz2925]

His brother Michael was involved....

[@joanysohayda7233]

Charlies second interview charlie says "john didnt, but john didnt tell me where she is."

[@bobcoopersliveyoutubevlog]

he was guilty.dumping all the parts ..shes not in the mines in the desert of utah

[@andrewvaughn5150]

It seems to me that Powell figured out he had a tracker on the van. Likely he inspected it after it was returned. Looking at the dumpster drop pattern and other stops, these were “red herrings” on his part.

[@dirtisbetterthandiamonds]

I listened to Charlie's interview. I wonder if the flowers that "werent very pretty" were gypsum flowers? They are actually cave formations that look like flowers. That might narrow down the search to specific caves....this is one case I cant forget. Was married to a guy like Josh and their thought processes are truly twisted.

[@theforensicastrologer]

I think it was elderberries. The red berries and flowers are exactly like he said.

[@dirtisbetterthandiamonds]

@@theforensicastrologer ..I do think he saw berries too. So sad 😥

[@zebrinapendula922]

DirtisBette ThanDiamonds. Very good point! I wonder if the police got the info, like you? Makes sense to me and Forensic Files.

[@joanysohayda7233]

I think the red berries was actually him refering to very tramatic wounds. Listen to charlies wecond interview

[@jeandixson5610]

Good observation

[@jeandixson5610]

Alina knows something. Why don’t you they try to crack her story? She may be complicit.

[@amywethey4223]

Could it be possible all of his stops Are to get rid of pieces of Susan?

[@benben6054]

Crazy what if they were body parts

[@CaptainMarget]

I wonder if Josh was stopping to take photos because he needed a purposeful act to disguise him as cars drove past while he located suitable spots to hide evidence.

[@walterkehn2459]

Did police check the place were josh bought the power tool what as come in the bag see if there was a salsa an extra blade’s 2.what kind of bladder were is that bag of power tools at

[@iffybakker7440]

Yeah,come on, So Obvious!! DUH!

[@larryyouguessame6078]

If they had searched those places..they would have said so!🙄

[@MrsCree8tive]

Very similar to the Jennifer Dulos case

[@Patricia-vd9xh]

Pretty brushy grassy place?

[@Hannah-201]

He could have also stopped along the hwy to go for a pee at one of the stops?

[@deannekliene2673]

Why didn't they check these areas??

[@melanieallen8980]

oh wow!!

[@QueenofNonSequitur]

Disregard all this. They found her.

[@Summer77700]

They did? I saw they found remains they suspect might be hers, but last I heard there's been no verification that they had identified her. Have they verified they found her?

[@QueenofNonSequitur]

@@Summer77700 Who else would it be

[@Summer77700]

@@QueenofNonSequitur As I said, I saw there were remains found. I also saw they were not sure as of yet if they were human or animal remains, so I wondered if there had been confirmation!

[@noelinerenwick5347]

@@Summer77700 no it wasnt her remains, sorry

[@Summer77700]

@@noelinerenwick5347 No worries...I hate in a way that it wasn't, as I hope for closure for her family!

[@whitedragoness23]

Police said we didn’t have enough evidence, but they kept passing up every very strong circumstantial evidence.

[@tiffyyorkshire6124]

Barry Morphew also stopped at a number of dumpsters. If it's true that cadaver dogs can work with older dna then why not take one to all of these spots. For anyone to dispose of another human being it's imperative to investigate known movements.

[@tinakarns3509]

Why don't they search all those landfills as they could still find something. D N A can still be there.

[@vince1845]

G a s c a n

[@heebeegeebees1952]

Mark Fuhrman needs to investigate this one.

[@anavoorhees2896]

Well he really knew how to get away with murder... n now so does many others

[@angelacousineau5006]

Who allowed that comment from a josef brokowski to be published. Ugh!!! I'm ill.......