PUYALLUP, Wash. – The investigation into the disappearance of Susan Powell, 28, who has been walkabout for nearly two years, took a turn for the stupid this week when her father-in-law and her husband allegedly placed a personal ad on a supermarket bulletin board.
According to local police, the following ad appeared recently at the Safeway market on South Meridian in Puyallup:
“Thirtysomething area resident and his youthful-looking father seek imaginative, sexually charged young woman for interpersonal growth and light housekeeping. Must like children and be agreeable to sharing herself with two men in an open, caring relationship. Dysfunctional family history and low self-esteem desirable. Reply with current photos to Josh or Steve at [email address redacted].”
Safeway’s produce manager and four-time employee of the month, Sally Myers, noticed the ad when she was arranging gourds for a Halloween village in the store’s foyer.
“Something about that ad seemed familiar,” said Ms. Myers, “it reminded me of a missing-person case that’s been in the news here lately, so I phoned the police on my next break.”
That missing-person case began with the disappearance of Susan Powell, who was last seen by her husband on December 6, 2009, in their house outside Salt Lake City. He reported her missing the next day when she didn’t show up for work. Police say Mr. Powell is their only person of interest, but they haven’t been interested enough to arrest him.
Mr. Powell and his father, Steven, appeared on Good Morning America this week to discuss their complex relationship with Susan Powell. That’s when Steven Powell revealed that he had enjoyed flirting with his daughter-in-law.
“It was a little beyond the pale,” he said. “Father-in-law, daughter-in-law flirting with each other, maybe some sexual touching or whatever. I was beginning to fall in love with her, and there’s no question in my mind that the feelings were mutual.”
Josh Powell told Good Morning America that his wife was flirtatious and mentally unstable as well. “She was even beginning to flirt with our boys,” he said. Then he told a ribald story about Susan running out of the house in her underwear one Christmas eve.
Puyallup police say Josh Powell has never been cooperative. He maintains that Susan ran off with Steven Koecher, 30, who left a party abruptly in the Salt Lake City area the same night Susan went missing.
Therefore, Josh Powell has refused to answer questions, especially about a midnight camping trip he claimed to have taken with the couple’s sons–then ages 4 and 2–in the mountains west of Salt Lake City the night before Susan Powell was reported missing.
When police questioned Mr. Powell about the ad in the supermarket, he replied, “I don’t see that much resemblance between the details of Susan’s case and that advertisement.”
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