Husband, two sons of missing Utah woman killed in fire
Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies and Graham, Wash., firefighters work around the smoldering remains of a house, where, according to a sheriff’s spokesman, three bodies were found. The bodies are believed to be Josh Powell and his two sons. An explosive fire occurred moments after a Child Protective Services worker brought the two boys to the home for a supervised visit. (John Froschauer / Associated Press)
Officials remove the second of three bodies from the smoldering remains of a house. The bodies are believed to be Josh Powell and his two sons. (John Froschauer / Associated Press)
Josh Powell is surrounded by reporters as he leaves a Pierce County courtroom in Tacoma, Wash., in September 2011. (Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)
Eliana and her mother, Jennifer Bakley, hug while Melissa Phillips look over the smoldering remains of the house. (John Froschauer / Associated Press)
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Mark and Pam Figliola place flowers and a card at a candlelight memorial for the two sons of Josh Powell and Susan Cox at Carson Elementary School in Puyallup, Wash., where the older of the boys attended school. Police said that the two boys and their father, Josh Powell, were killed when Powell apparently blew up a house with all three of them inside Sunday afternoon. Powell’s wife, Susan, went missing from their West Valley City, Utah, home in December 2009. (Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)