It's heart breaking that Josh Powell decided to comment suicide, and felt the need to take his sons with him. Â Read more. I don't advocate suicide, but, if he wanted to go, then, he should have just blew himself up and left the children alone.
Unless you haven't been following the story, Josh Powell is the husband of Susan Powell, 28, who disappeared in December 2009. Â At that time, Josh Powell fell under suspicion, especially, when his son said that his mother was in the trunk. Â She has never been seen again, nor has her body been found.
Sunday, Josh Powell, during a Child Protective Service supervised visitation, blew up his home; killing himself and his two sons, 5 and 7. Â CPS delivered the children for there scheduled visitation, but, Powell, immediately, took the boys and blocked them from entering the house, before the explosion.
My question is, how will this effect the way CPS handles visitation orders in the future? Â As a father, Josh Powell, who was under suspicion, but, nothing had been proved against him, had a right to see his children. Â However, Child Protective Services should have known that this man wasn't stable. Â No one can predict the future, unfortunately.
Because of the Josh Powell incident, I am afraid that this will make CPS policies harsher, in the future, on parents who may have lost custody of their children, but, truly want to spend time with those children. Â How do you think this will effect future Child Protective Services cases, especially ones were the parent is under suspicion of a crime?
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". . . a middle-aged man, who appears to others (outside the family) to be a good provider, a loving father, and a faithful and loving husband. But he tends to be isolated, with no close friends or support system of his own, aside from his family. He has suffered with feelings of inadequacy and some form of long frustration. Ultimately, he suffers some catastrophic loss which leads to his crime. This trigger may be the loss of his job, or loss of money through a bad investment, but sometimes it is the impending loss of his wife. He doesn't hate his children, although he may hate his wife and blame her for his own problems. He has previously been a controlling man, within the family, but now feels powerless."
I agree it's going to be hard on fathers in the future, in some states. I can imagine that the CPS workers who were directly involved will look at everyone differently. Very sad.
I resisted her attacks, sometimes very violently and escaped the worst of it.
It's a shame that no one noticed Josh Powell's personality, before he killed his whole family. Or maybe someone did. We live in a 'mind your own business' society, even when it comes to family.