Posted on 12/22/2009 10:44:18 AM PST by sodpoodle
The husband of a missing Utah woman rented a car two days after his wife was reported to have disappeared, logging hundreds of miles on the vehicle as police try to determine where he traveled, the Deseret News reported.
Police in West Valley City, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, say that Joshua Powell — a person of interest in his wife's disappearance — rented the car for 24 hours while police had his minivan in custody to process it for evidence.
Police are now looking into where Powell drove during that 24-hour period because the car lacked a GPS tracking device but had "several hundred" extra miles on it when he returned it to the rental car company, the Deseret News reported.
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Acting berry, berry guilty.....
However many miles that car had on it, cut it in half, draw a circle on a map that corresponds with that mileage, and begin your search.
My thinking too!
Too bad that LE could not have put a tag on the car before he drove off - as they did with Drew Peterson (??)
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
He’s the guy!
Here's a tip, Police(super-genius) Chief Wiggam ... when your Prime suspect is out free, and a body hasn't been found - it may JUST be a good idea to keep an eye on him, where he goes, what he does....
But, I'm just an engineer; not a super-genius detective.
It amazed me that these guys think they’ll get away with it. He’s seems particularly inept.
Currently there is enough emotion for a jury to convict him, but there is not enough facts and evidence to charge him.
doea the name Scott Peterson ring a bell?
Who in their right mid takes a 2 and a 4 year old out camping at 1AM???? This guy’s stories don’t pass the smell test
The police are even MORE inept, if they didn’t follow him on his rental car journey, and make SURE anything he rented had a police GPS tracker stuck on it!
Apparently Susan did not have a *second* car. No APB out for a car - only her cell phone & purse were found in the home...no mention of car keys.
Lucky for the police - deciding to break into the house - believing the family was perhaps suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Otherwise - the perp would have had time to dispose of the wet carpet, the purse and the cell phone.
he was just out looking for his missing wife. So what.
Not a very bright murderer!
RENTING a car?!?!? come on! Even tv crooks are smart enough to steal a vehicle for criminal purposes!
My guess is that LE put a tracker on the rental. Big mistake if they didn’t. Smells like a duck.
His minivan was taken by LE to search for evidence.
Seems like LE should keep some well-equipped *rental* vehicles on hand for cases like this.
Like other FReepers, I cannot believe that LE did not GPS the rental car. But, he does have a lawyer!!!!
there is a lot of area in a 150 mi radius circle.
This guy drove, dumped the body, and drove back, IMHO.
He probably paid cash for the rental car and thought he was being smart.
And lots of it is pretty rugged.
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