‘I’m Sorry. Goodbye,’ Father Says in E-Mail Before Killing Self, 2 Sons
Shortly before he set fire to his Puyallup, Washington, house and killed himself and his two sons, Josh Powell — a suspect in the 2009 disappearance of his wife — apparently sent a three-word e-mail to his attorney.
It said simply: “I’m sorry. Goodbye.”
It was a tragic end to a puzzling case that began two years ago in West Valley City, Utah, with the disappearance of 28-year-old Susan Cox-Powell and devolved into a bitter custody dispute between Powell and his wife’s parents.
Pierce County, Washington, sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer accused Powell of committing murder-suicide, saying Sunday’s fire “was done intentionally.”
“This was all on him,” Troyer said. “He set this up. He did it.”