The Coxes do not believe the mystery of what happened to their daughter died with Josh Powell. "And I don't know what he did to my daughter, I don't know how, but I know he's responsible for her being gone. And he murdered the two grandchildren, two innocent grandchildren. The act he did was cowardly, a desperate act. "We suspected that if he had the boys in his control with him, living with him, and he felt the police were closing in on him, that he was capable of killing himself and the children. When asked whether he ever suspected his son-in-law would take the lives of his own children, Cox said no. Josh Powell also donated boxes of his boys' toys and books to a Goodwill charity over the weekend before his children arrived, further evidence that he planned to kill his children. The toys will be donated to local nurseries, schools and charities, he said.
Taped to the window of the boy's bedroom was a snowman and snowflakes Charlie had cut out of paper.Īs Chuck Cox went through the boys' room Monday, he showed the two boxes of toys filled with matchbox cars, a Magic 8 ball that given as a gift to the boys and a stuffed Angry Bird. Next to his bed, a plastic container with "Charlie" written across the lid housed his art supplies. "Charlie thought it was like gold to him," he said.īraden inherited his mother's energy and mischief while Charlie got his mother's artistic talents, the Coxes said. Chuck Cox spotted a small bowl with small balls of dirt and clay. "It's not fair that everybody has been taken away from our family,"Īt the Cox house on Monday, even the smallest objects reminded Chuck and Judy Cox of their grandchildren.īefore talking to reporters. She was reflective, angry and numb late Sunday as she stood at a candlelight vigil at the elementary school of her two nephews. "This isn't fair he had to be such a jerk and take them away with him," an emotional Denise Cox said in tears. None of the emails talked about his missing wife, Susan Cox Powell.įamily members - and many others who have been following the high-profile case - continued to struggle Monday to understand what went wrong. "This is something he planned on doing no matter who was hurt." "None of these emails arrived anywhere where anyone could do anything about it, but they do show that he was intending to do this before this occurred and he planned this event out," he said. Some of them simply said, "I'm sorry, goodbye." Others dictated what he wanted people to do with his money, utilities and "certain aspects of his life," Troyer said. Police said Monday that Powell sent multiple emails just minutes before the fire to people like his pastor, relatives and his attorney.
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