Powell left a voicemail for his family just 20 minutes before attacking his two young boys Braden, 5, and Charles, 7, with a hatchet and igniting a gas leak that blew up his house on Sunday afternoon.

PHOTOS: The Powell Family Josh Powell and Susan Cox, each the children of churchgoing families, met at a church function. They were engaged when Susan was just 19 and married in 2001.

Courtesy of The Cox Family(NEW YORK) -- A special encore "20/20" airing Friday, July 26, at 9 p.m. ET, which originally aired in 2020, revisits the case of missing Utah mom Susan Powell. The ...

Months after Susan’s disappearance Josh Powell moved to Washington with their two sons to live with his father. He claimed he wanted to keep his family away from the media attention.

Two vigils - almost 1,000 miles apart - were held for missing Susan Powell as friends and family gathered in Utah and Washington to commemorate three months since the 28-year-old mother of two ...

Later, Josh Powell showed up with the couple's two young sons and tearfully told reporters that Susan's father, Chuck Cox, was purposefully engendering hate between family members.

However, despite suspicions, Josh Powell was never charged in Susan Powell’s disappearance. Those close to the family say Josh Powell acted strangely in the wake of his wife’s disappearance.