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McEntee: Sorrow for the Powell boys, and none for their murderous father

McEntee: Sorrow for the Powell boys, and none for their murderous father

By peg mcentee
Tribune Columnist

Published Feb 6, 2012 02:47PM MDT

Why did he have to take the boys?
Clearly, Josh Powell has been under intense pressure since his wife, Susan, vanished on a frigid December night in 2009. Although uncharged, his life has been under the legal and public microscope ever since, and rightfully so.
Lately, the boys have started to talk about the night their mother went missing. They were 4 and 2 at the time, but told their grandparents about their mother being in a car trunk.
Although we’ll never know for sure, that alone might hav...

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