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On July 26, 2024, ABC’s “20/20” presents a special two-hour program titled “‘If Something Happens To Me….” focusing on the unresolved case of Susan Powell. Over a decade after Susan, a wife and mother, vanished from her Utah home, her disappearance remains a haunting mystery for her friends and family.

The program delves into recent developments in the search for Susan’s remains, which her family hopes could finally provide answers. It also explores Susan’s secret will, which might hold crucial clues to solving the case. Additionally, the episode reveals a tragic and unexpected twist involving Susan’s two sons that emerged more than two years after her disappearance.

“20/20” features interviews with key figures, including Chuck Cox (Susan’s father), Denise Cox (Susan’s sister), Kiirsi Hellewell (Susan’s best friend), Jennifer Graves (Susan’s sister-in-law), JoVanna Owings (Susan’s neighbor and the last person to see her), and...

When Utah police led 20 searchers and five cadaver dogs onto a property in Salem, Ore., this week, they were acting on suspicions that Susan Cox Powell was buried there - and that the man who buried her was not her late husband, Josh Powell, but rather his brother, a politician and graduate student who later committed suicide. Susan's father, Charles Cox - who has worked tirelessly with authorities to find his daughter - shares with People that West Valley City, Utah, police believe Josh's brother, Michael Powell, was an accomplice in her murder. According to Cox and other sources, detectives...

Josh Powell will not be buried in the same cemetery where his two sons were laid to rest, according to his mother. "We have tried so hard to be loving and considerate and respectful in making Josh's burial arrangements. We love our little Charlie and Braden and want their resting place to be a place of peace and comfort," Terri Powell said in a statement released Thursday. "We have made the determination that Josh will not be buried at Woodbine Cemetery, but are in the process of making other arrangements." Added Terri: "Thank you to all who have so lovingly...

Terrica Powell faces family woes that few others have to endure. And now Josh Powell's mother is lending her support to her son as he fights to regain custody of his boys - Charlie, 6, and Braden, 4 - after they were removed from the home Josh and the youngsters shared with Josh's father, Steven Powell, who was arrested Sept. 22. The boys are now living with their maternal grandparents, Chuck and Judy Cox. Josh Powell, is a "loving and very engaged father," Terrica, 56, stated in a declaration recently filed in Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash., reports the Salt Lake City Tribune.