Updated Feb 6, 2012 - 7:14 am

The Selfishness of Josh Powell

News that Josh Powell took the lives of his two children as well as himself was like a blow to the gut. The kids had already lost their mom. Then to know that their last moments were spent surrounded by flames, terrorized by a dad who should have been the one person left in their lives most willing to sacrifice himself for their sake, makes the story even more painful. It's a total corruption of what love is. Regardless of what Powell did, if he loved the kids he'd have found a way to do what was best for them. Instead he treated them like his own personal possessions-- pawns with which to inflict more pain on those left behind. They became objects for him to destroy so as to prevent others from taking joy in them. It was the cruelest of power trips.

One person on my Facebook page wrote that, "At least Susan Powell can hold her babies again."

I hope it's true.

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Chuck Gould wrote...

To me, this absolutely confirms his involvement in Susan's death and disappearance....

February 6, 2012 8:26 am

An innocent man would not have killed himself and his two kids. Certainly not his kids, no matter what. I never believed his stories about taking his children out camping, at midnight in a snowstorm, anyway.
Quite likely to cops were closing in. Maybe they were very, very, close- but only Powell realized how ridiculously close they were.
Mr. Boze is right, this dreadful deed is the epitome of selfishness. (He can some be pretty perceptive sometimes)
If the fundamentalist view of the afterlife is accurate, Susan and the kids won't be troubled by Josh again; they're not in the same place now.
If I were investigating this case, I would clear away the wreckage and start excavating in the crawl space. No telling what one might find down there.

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vashonmatt wrote...

This whole thing makes me very sad Dave.

February 6, 2012 9:47 am

I am glad to see you not jumping on the blame CPS wagon, before all the facts are out. That worker is very luck she is not dead as well, and has to live with the fact that those kids died on her watch. He had made up his mind that they were going to die, and from what I read, she did everything she could have done. The facts will come out, and hopefully this can be prevented in the future. My heart goes out to those little boys.

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messiah101 wrote...

I scratch my head and think

February 6, 2012 11:11 am

Why would a single CPS worker be bringing the children to the home of a suspected murderer for a "supervised visit"?In all likelihood she had no chance to stop any violent attacks on the children or on her self.This worker should have had either another worker (male) with her or a police officer.And please don't say that they were following Department policy.Policies are supposed to be written to anticipate the "unexpected".I'm sure CPA will holler Budget cut backs and that might be partially true

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Kitsapbass wrote...

As a foster parent, I have had some dealings...

February 6, 2012 8:25 pm

with supervised visits. They aren't in any way set up to stop any harm to befall the children; they're designed to report back so the information gets put in the file. My wife did visit supervision and basically that's what they told her to do - if she feels the kids are in danger to stop the visit and report it to DSHS, if she was not able to stop the visit, she was to stay there and call 911. All that being said, the state has designed the system to help reunify families, which I'd say about half the time is a worthy prospect - the other part it's to determine where the kids should be living. In this case, I don't believe the worker is culpable in any way, nor should it fall on anybody with the exception of Josh Powell. Rest in Peace boys.

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uherdme wrote...

the good samaritan strikes again

February 8, 2012 5:14 pm

I wouldn't be so fast to absolve CPS of any blame in this matter. Obviously they blundered big time in this instance even given completely clear conditions. That's not protecting children. And they had absolutely no back up plan in case something went wrong. CPS is organized crime in my opinion. They are organized and they practice crime in the form of incompetency and intent.

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