"Has he threatened to kill the kids before?" "No." "Emergency services have to respond to life threatening cases first." As if it's normal for people to get explicit warnings on previous occasions before they're killed. The first is often a moment before they die.

i hope he was fired

Right? The kids are crying, she smells gasoline, and he is only allowed to see his kids on supervised visits (which typically doesn't just happen for no reason). But 911 dispatcher doesn't see how it's a life threatening case. I hope he faced some kind of repercussions for his negligence.

😭😭😤😤😠 right!!? 😥

I know! The 911 dispatcher, I'm furious!! He should be locked up as an accessory, friggen hate him, everytime I hear this I wanna pull my hair out, stupid a -hole

Agreed

Yeah exactly! Especially knowing who he was, the situation, and she said she smelled gas!!!

Why didn't she just break through the window or find away in

Don't worry. He was "reprimanded."

Very rude like she said she is fearing for their lives smh time is of essence.. those poor boys.. they never stood a chance with a family like that

not the right sort of crying

There are some dispatchers who sound like you're inconveniencing them lol

It's so maddening to hear! Especially because one of my longtime BFFs is a dispatcher, and she prides herself so much on always being of service to the people who call. I was naive enough before heading this to assume most dispatchers were like her...but sadly, apparently not.

Amen to that..

Agreed

I recently watched Stephane Harlowe cover this case and she mentioned that this dispatcher does carry a lot of guilt over this and in fact now trains other dispatchers on how to handle these situations (much better than he did).

@@Spayroe the fact that they didn't even fire him..

It's the dumb woman's fault too talking his ear off and not giving the fucking address. Like shut up and give the damn address.

Agree!! I could not believe the attitude, disgusting!! I hope something was done about it.

Isa legit. The operator has the blood of those poor children on his hands. Hearing the fear in that woman’s voice and knowing what happened to those kids breaks my heart

I just listened to the full audio of the call and it is even worse than I imagined. He spent 10 minutes asking her asinine questions about Josh's hair color and height and making snide remarks at her expense. Then he marked the call as a "routine call" (even though she repeatedly stated that she smelled gasoline) and took 8 minutes to inform the police about it. In a subsequent interview, he boasted about his wealth of experience and shrugged that he was just clumsy. But don't worry, he was "reprimanded."

Lol I hope he was fired.

I remember the Super Bowl was about to start so when my dad and his friends were talking about it they said that they thought the operator just didn’t care because he was more worried about wanting to watch the Super Bowl

_Roseeee Not that it at all excuses his behavior, but he now teaches new dispatchers and runs programs to make sure that dispatchers are well trained and know how to act

Kelsey Lobb doesnt seem like he’s qualified to do that lmfao

@@marleycurtis794 its because he acknowledges all the mistakes he made here and now wants to keep others from making his mistakes.

The lady who called Could have been a little more urgent about the situation. Just listening to her speak to the operator just ugh made me so anxious and angry.

@@fs8345 ye same and why would she allow them to get out before her 😑

I'm saying

He was probably abusing them too

Honestly Josh’s Dad should have spent the rest of his days in prison. It’s his fault Josh ended up like that.

I have a theory that Maybe Josh and his dad talked about moving in together so they can both inappropriate things to his his both him and his dad. It's so sickening.

@@woodworkingandepoxy643 Yes.. I thought this from the very beginning when they said the dad would watch “inappropriate” things with Josh as a child. My mind immediately went to dad being a predator and unfortunately Josh growing up to be the same way with his own children.

I'm not a dispatcher and it infuriated me on so many levels from his lack of compassion, complete rudeness, failure to assess the situation properly, etc. I mean seriously, AFTER she tells him she's with CPS there with the children on a supervised visit and the dad had just lost custody, the same dad who took the kids inside slammed the door in her face and locked it not letting her in, she can hear one of the boys screaming and crying, and she smells gas...after all this he has the ignorance and audacity to say he will have an officer "call" (not respond, but call) her because they have to respond to life threatening emergencies first... I mean wtf did he think was happening that they were throwing her a surprise party?!? It wouldn't matter if he knew about this case, in spite of the case, the situation she's described is obviously urgent and a life threatening situation. I sincerely hope he was fired, and quite honestly he doesn't even have the intelligence to clean the toilets at McDonald's. ...Sorry just so irritated at his rudeness and complete incompetence.

Sheila Bryant I agree 100%. it’s extremely ignorant on the dispatchers end. We get daily emails about ongoing cases and things to be looking out for. A unit should always be dispatched to something like this. ESPECIALLY when she says she can smell gasoline. When the woman was unaware of the address, the immediate protocol is to get the nearest intersection, not just sit there waiting for her to find it. Horrible work.

hey dispatcher, you need to do a series, we need to know more about what you guys experience every day

@@nicholasc.5944 I think that is an awesome idea.

You can literally hear the social workers voice loses all hope when she realizes the kids are probably going to die after the dispatcher tells her they need to assist life threatening emergencies first.

They are.

yeah that's what i thought, where i live even if you accidentally call and hang up right away the cops will still show up almost immediately

They literally never do though

Wow Wut i don’t know what it’s like in the US but my mum is a 999 call dispatcher here in england and it completely depends x

Ex dispatcher here. Calls are put through EMD to prioritize the emergency. Not all calls are treated as life threatening.

I just thought that they got abducted Or something 😭

Yep I think shes documenting all the expensive stuff he continued to buy after they filed for bankruptcy. Also for the courts to see how he used her credit and broke her stuff and was abusive. He gave her no money for food so I reckon she was about ready to leave with those boys. I felt sorry for Charlie for the way she shouted at him. He was only 2.

Yes I was thinking the same thing

I have watched several documentaries and listened to an entire 10 episode podcast on this case and she made that video at the request of her divorce lawyer she had went and seen shortly before he killed her.

@@nikkiwaddell5169 yes this is a well known fact

@@Malcolmblacc i didn’t know it! thank you to that person for sharing this! definitely speaks to his motive

Miss Nicole Arie life*

I know what a dick!!! I hope he feels like shit

That was really rude and that is life threatening

He's still working and he's now training people 😠

Omg right. He was a dick! And when she asked about if they can track her via gps "nope." And got snarky like "I'm waiting for you to tell me the address!" Like ok....

🤦🏿‍♀️

anyway ACAB

Brayden told a server at a Denny’s “my mommy is in a shaft by the pretty rocks”

@@03debrah For real?

I'M SHOCKED THEY NEVER TOOK THIS LEAD.

A lot seem to be like that. They probably don't get chose for their empathy, but just so they an turnover calls quickly to meet standards

Heather Bailey him?! What about the dumbass lady who didn't know the freaking address?! Lol not even the cross streets?! I mean come on lady!

That's Washington for you

Kimberrsworld in an urgent situation I can certainly see her drawing a blank; remember it's not a house she lives at, and just because she may visit the home, it doesn't mean she'd know the address. I'm 99% certain that dispatcher had a way to do a speedy GPS ping, he was just an ignorant, callous, incompetent asshole. The reason I'm certain he could've, or at minimum, known the street block she was on; remember when she called back, the new dispatcher immediately asked her if it was about the house fire...logically she saw the address her phone pinged from and it was in the vicinity of other callers who had called in; she then asked if she knew the house number. Regardless, it's a moot point, unfortunately those poor boys fate was sealed long before the dispatchers became involved, they were sealed when an idiot judge and the system set up to protect them continually failed them and even required the children to have visitations with a homicide suspect and person proven mentally unstable. So sad.

@@sheilaNrichard this this this this this. Couldn't have said it better myself!!!!

Sheila Bryant thank you!

I cried

I was crying imagining that and hearing the 911 call. Those poor children. It makes me so incredibly sad and angry...

Shelby LovesIreland there’s this podcast called cold and goes more in depth about the case

If I were the woman supervising that visit, I would have smashed through a window and gotten in there anyway possible to get those kids, I can’t believe that the dispatcher said they need to respond to life threatening stuff first. Are you kidding me?

I was almost crying, and panicking, wbile hoping they'd live..

I just came across the case on TikTok the other day and it had the footage of the explosion. I cried! I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

Yes Joshs father was just the most vile man ever , how Susan put up with all that over the years I don’t know . And he totally messed up his son . But that’s not an excuse for killing his wife ( of course he did) and then murdering his beautiful sons . I watched a documentary on this about a year ago on Sky crime and I was absolutely horrified . I totally broke my heart at the end . A very disturbing case 😢😢

That is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard in my life. It’s like I learn something else about this case every day

What a disgusting man 🤢

Horrendous

Ew 🤢

Especially visitation at his private residence

Literally what I said let alone no disrespect to the woman but with someone who doesn't seem like she would've been able to fight or defend the kids if he decided to get bold and do something whilst she was there

Yeah and even visitation at his private residence should have been with someone properly trained to be able to control, fight and physically protect those kids. What if he tried to attack the lady too? Im sure she wouldn’t be trained to fight him. I reckon a policeman should have been there during those visitations

Most of that system doesn't actually care. It's really corrupt.

I’m not finished the video yet, but I think Josh DEFINITELY has an involvement with this, I bet he murdered her, got blood all over the carpet so he washed it or bleached it, let it dry, went to dispose of the body and as he was returning from disposing the body found the police at his house, so when they asked where he was he said he had been camping because obviously he wouldn’t say “Oh I was returning from disposing of my wife’s body”

I hope that dispatcher was fired.

It’s hard to listen to this call knowing the boys are in there being killed.

@@tobeapearl3430 he wasn't. Now he trains new dispatchers.

He could have easily gotten the fire department!

Unfortunately, this occurs far to many times with dispatchers especially in large cities.

RIGHT!? That hit me *so* hard, too! Right there, he showed himself to be a totally self-absorbed, selfish, crappy dad...at best.

The husband also looked very nervous.

Right

Sulema Sanchez exactly that’s the most important part of the whole case. I just hate so many life’s were lost over law enforcement mistakes and cps. DO BETTER.

Doesn't matter if the spouse is usually the main suspect or not, if you are the main suspect you shouldnt be allowed to see the kids it's just common sense yes that's awful for all the innocent families but I'd rather tear innocent families apart temporarily than hand innocent kids over to potential murderers any day

@@J0SHUAKANE I watch a ton of true crime. I am perfectly aware of how shitty the police are. I stand by my statement that I'd rather keep innocent families apart than allow one more monster like this to kill his kids.

@@trollingmermaids and the

Its the same old same old. If he was an african american man, he'd be dead. If he was an african american woman, he'd be in jail. If he was a white woman, he'd be under house arrest. But he is a white man. So, he remained free until he finished his evil plans to take the lives of himself and his children.

@@cherachapin3826 thats not how things work

Agree

He better have gotten fired

I’m outraged

Agree 100%!

I agree

Selfish bastard deserves to rot and the 911 caller deserves prison.

Heartbreaking 😢

Caitlin Bea i don’t think they would’ve made it in time anyways. It’s probably better that they haven’t, because if they did try to break in, who knows if they would’ve been hurt. The woman should’ve called for this kids to open the door immediately or should’ve asked a neighbor to help break in and grab the kids.this is one of the most disturbing and frustrating cases of all!!! Its scary how the mom predicted that something was going to happen to her and her family. I hope she gets a happily ever after with her kids in heaven.

I was in high school and lived in the area when she disappeared and when he blew the house up. I think everyone in Utah was horrified and a gold majority were livid with the 911 operators, dcfs and the legal system for all the slips.

Why are so many dispatchers so stupid? And rude!

Could've saved those children smh

@@desireevictoria514 honestly he wasted so much time

instagram snapchat doesn’t matter, peoples live are literally ON THE LINE.

Instagram Snapchat TWO CHILDREN LITTERALY DIED BECAUSE HE “HAD A BAD DAY” THATS FUCKING DISGUSTING AND WRONG FUCK OFF AND GO TO HELL

@@mypussysmellslikefish3864 Please never be an officer. 😂

Becky B he resigned. I live in the town where this happened. I could see the explosion smoke from my house

I hope everyone who knows him shook their heads and walked away... what kind of person...

Sippin Wid Sharlele what people don’t realize is kids are so brutally honest.

@@cassidyrodriguez3883 i had a kid used to be like "autumns my girlfriend" a year later I saw him again and he goes "I don't wanna be your boyfriend anymore you got fat" jokes on him apparently I'm thicc so hm

I grew up in a TINY town in Washington. Nothing ever happens here because there are literally less than 2,000 people here. Well, I used to play softball against a girl from the next town over which is equally small (it's basically the same town). She had 2 sisters, and one of them went to school one day and told her school counselor, "My mommy and daddy kill people and bury them in the backyard". They didn't believe her. Lo and behold, a few years later, we find out that the Knoteks, a family everyone knew, were fucking SERIAL KILLERS who took in people who were vulnerable and in need, tortured and murdered them. I would love to see her cover the Knoteks.

Looking at it in hindsight makes it seem that simple, but it wasn't. At that point it had been quite a while since Susan's disappearance and the kids had certainly been exposed to all sorts of ideas and thoughts, as well as potentially leading questions. Kids have this wonderful ability to form false memories, which is why, when interviewing children, only specialists can. So yeah, it was suspicious, and everyone already new Josh had killed Susan, but those kids just couldn't be trusted in light of everything they'd been exposed to.

Kids see things adults don’t they are honest, and they can change your perspective on things

Alyssa Bowen she sounds depressed

N what's with her snapping at her son Charlie. Like legit snapped at him and told him to be quiet. I'm sure shes stressed so its gotta be rugged

When Stephen talked about how Susan had this mad crush on him and was openly sexual toward him it sort of makes me want to throw up. This creep was revealing his "fantasies" not what had really happened. I think he was a grade-A pervert who lusted for this beautiful young woman and the fact that she was his son's wife made not one tiny bit of difference to him. Given how warped he was I would be amazed if Josh had been even the tiniest bit normal. That song that Stephen wrote about Susan made my skin crawl. When he jumped on Susan's father asking him why they were holding up their signs "so close to Josh's house", I wanted to scream at him, 'What would be a more appropriate place to conduct a search for a woman who has gone missing than close to HER house?" Oh, did this embarrass your son, Stephen? Too bad, since he's the low-life who murdered not only his wife but also their two sons. Both of these two (I won't call them men but both Stephen and Josh) are totally disgusting and cringe-worthy. Josh's tearful, "I'm not able to live without my sons" is a bunch of BS. If you are not able to live without your sons, kill YOURSELF you moron. Don't kill two little boys!

I've heard from other places that have covered this case that He was financially abusive to her. She had to ask him for money for everything including food for their kids and even then sometimes she would have to ask friends to lend food so the boys could eat dinner. Also, from what I heard the video was taken because she had gone to see a divorce lawyer and was told to document all of the things in their house that he spends an exorbitant amount of money on so he could weasel out of child support

The way and tone of voice when she told her son to be quiet just made me kind of mad no one should talk to there kids like that he was like what 2 or 3 toddlers are loud and hyper, it was just kind of mean of her to say it like that.

Scary!

IKR?? That's disgusting..

RIGHT!?!?

Diana G he was obsessed with her. Saying he was in love, he is crazy.

Ya he sounds like a sicko. I have a feeling he molested Josh as a child too.

Joanna Guerriero my thoughts exactly.

He needs to be brought to justice. The 911 caller deserves to be held accountable or atleast struck off.

Agreed!! I live 1.5 hrs from Puyallup,WA. I often drive through there, & always remember what happened to these poor boys. I also think of the poor social worker, wondering how she copes. Same w/ the grandparents. Just sad how it all went down.

shes an idiot, she wanted to pull out of driveway when she smelled gas, she didnt give a crap about those kids, did she try to get in the house? was she trying to get in when she called 911? no she was already in her car ready to jet, all she cared about was herself.

@Wanderlust I'm sure she wanted to pull away into the street so she and her vehicle wouldn't blow up! She was trying her best to get help there for the boys. I doubt she just threw her hands up and said oh well I'll call 911 and leave. Let's blame her right? I can't imagine the guilt she has felt since this day. They're not allowed to bust down a door. They're not the police. They're a civilian with a degree. Not a gun!

@@wanderlust1229 i’m sorry but.....what the hell could the social worker have even done to prevent this? she would’ve just died with them if she had managed to break in. she’s a social worker, not police officer. she didn’t have a gun to defend herself with.

She could’ve been a little quicker to give the address to the dispatcher for one lol instead of rambling

So true

Honestly like correct me if I'm wrong but why didn't they search their house and look through the search history or speak to the kids themselves and after all of this they should've never let him around the kids let alone at the house with the kids because the kids didn't have to die if they did their jobs

The Sheriff was right. Calling this whole mess a tragedy is sugarcoating it. This is a murder. Plain and simple.

honestly there are so many things in this story that don't even make sense for starters the kids? like come on that drawing and statement they made was a huge red flag and no one seemed to even care. and a camping trip? so suddenly and how nervous he was in the interview. RED flags everywhere

@@jasmineg38 They should've listened to the boys. :(

@@origamipein18 I completely agree I watched the documentary on Hulu made after the case they found so much evidence against him but still didn’t make an arrest due to not finding her body :( it’s honestly really sad

Very true!

I bet she feels awful now and she should

Heck yes absolutely disgusting how this guy treated her. So condescending

@@shauneevampyre Yes - he was very condescending to her. He treated like she was being histrionic, when she was genuinely panicked and fearful.

It’s seriously so messed up

Kelsey vlog channel I live in SLC and exactly. Utah’s social workers suck. She was doing everything she could and yet the state didn’t listen. Fuck this still upsets me.

Every dispatcher I've ever spoken with was rude as fuck tbh

Susan Powell and her children let down by the system.

@@Ali-zn6sg the law, the carpet was wet, did they get a warrant and check it out?? Washington state let Josh have visits and he killed them, visits should have stayed at the cps office. She didn't have the address unbelievable.

A murderer who was found in possession of child pornography. Yet mothers have lost custody for leaving their kids unattended for 2 minutes.

@@syria96 So many red flags! How many people have gone to prison, without any evidence.

And it is so frustrating that the 911 operator didn’t even consider it an emergency that the potential murderer had the kids in possession without supervision!!!!! Like wtf that seems like an emergency to me!

Caseworker: Hello, I was supervising a visit for two kids with a mentally unstable father after he was a paedo and being investigated for the possibility of murdering his wife, and raping and starving his kids; I hear two boys screaming and crying, I smell a lot of gasoline, no one is replying or opening the door, and the family and in-laws of this man are receiving creepy and concerning e-mails threatening suicide and wanting his sons (potential down) with him. Can you help? Dispatcher: I'm sorry, we need to contact someone to confirm that this is life threatening. We need to know where you live. Like, fucking what, mate!?!?

Rachel D Mormons are fucking insane. Steven Powell’s behavior is basically considered “normal” by Utah Mormon standards.

SarahSmiles71 he was raised Mormon, which is how he got so fucking weird.

NO. THE FATHER IS TO BLAME

Yeah she even said be quite Charlie in the most hateful tone... he’s a baby... there’s something wrong with the mom and dad

After watching all of it.... this is awful... and I know the dcs worker did not expect anything like that to happen... but why let the kids run off ahead? For the judge to allow the visitations in his home so soon... so fucking stupid.

Well it all happened quick enough that even with a competent dispatcher, emergency services might not have gotten there in time or got the door open/kids out in time.

Crocheting Canuck that’s true... I don’t think the dcs worker should have allowed the children to take off inside the home without her... but we’re all human and who would expect that to happen

@@amandalovatsis true, but to be fair. Under pressure and not being taken seriously I'd find it difficult to remember someone else's address too 🙈

No but he murdered their mother!

TheJaydemarie he probably was an offender of some sort too, sadly

She smelled gasoline! What the hell else could that mean but BAD NEWS? Smh.

At that point i would have been like "NO BUT HE'S A SUSPECT IN HIS WIFES DISAPPEARANCE AND I SMELL GASOLINE!!!!!!"

Yeah, she even stated in the call that she was a social worker and that he just slammed the door on her! Huge red flag. They were acting as if it were a domestic dispute.

Also she stated the smell of gas. Which should of brought up a red flag

And the operator had to have her explain the situation twice.

And the fact that she said she could hear the boys screaming. I mean, I feel like she could’ve sounded a little more distressed.. but this is something that is going to haunt her for the rest of her life. It’s absolutely heartbreaking. The 911 dispatch dismissed tons of different trigger phrases and it makes me mad. Josh was killing himself anyways.. the boys didn’t need to be brought into it. It upsets me so much.

Brittany Bilson Unfortunately I feel it was too late once he slammed the door. Even if authorities showed up im sure he would’ve blasted the place no matter what and they wouldn’t have survived that :( He was suicidal he wasn’t gonna stop for anything or anyone. But yes that dispatcher was a total douche

Yeah they royally screwed up with that one!

That's Washington for you

They Really Dropped The Ball On This One. I Really Hate When They Try To Talk Over A Person & Ask Irrelevant Questions

My God he SHOULD not have been dispatch.

It's SO infuriating and sickening. The dispatcher is so condescending and idiotic

Complete mf bullshit!! Them babies are gone because of that disgusting nasty dude who works for dispatch

And Scott Peterson... 😫

Mitchell Quy was the same and whenever he was talking to the media he was always sort of smiling

@@MissMalikaA and chris coleman

Scott petterson did look for his wife. He cheated on her but never stoped looking. I'm not sure if he's innocent but they did not prove with out a doubt thatch murdered her.

There have been cases where they are too proactive and the media thinks it’s weird 🤷‍♀️

Asuncion, it was really hard to listen to.

Angelina Davis he could’ve helped save the children

no you are rude they could’ve had a bad day

if they had a bad day they don’t need to help

instagram snapchat ur actually stupid

And at that point they were at the age where what they say wouldn't/should be l a ughed off like they were possibly 9 and 7 so I mean plus I'm sorry but if I suspect my daughter's husband killed her and he has sexual issues if they at any point are resistant to see said person they're not going fine me 🖕

What does your comment even mean Sadie? What are you talking about? How about using English and grammar? (It makes all the difference!!)

@@claire040776 you're trying to be rude for no reason. I was saying they were at the age where what they were saying/drawing shouldn't have been shrugged off, he shouldn't have had visits at all let alone visits at his house, if I were the grandparents and the kids were talling me they don't want to go to the house of the person who most likely killed my daughter or the same person who has sexual problems and is mentally ill i wouldn't allow it visitation or not they can fine me or throw me in jail idc he's not taking the kids.

Seriously !

@@sadiedixson6116 I felt the same way from your first comment. 2nd was better!

👏👏

While we are criticizing the 911 operator let's not forget that there may be a bit of blame to lay at the feet of the woman who was calling him. Could she have been any more vague? In my opinion she did not do much to convey a sense of urgency or a sense that this was life threatening. She did not even know the address of the house to give the dispatcher and had to keep him waiting while she located it. If this was such an urgent case (which of course it was) why on earth didn't she have the address at her finger tips to give the dispatcher. So perhaps we could cut the dispatcher just a little bit of slack? And really why are we blaming the social worker OR the dispatcher? How about we put the blame where it actually should be placed...on the shoulders of the POS who killed those children...Josh Powell?

Good! Tbh incompassionate, insensitive, ignorant assholes like him ought to be named and shamed after hearing that 911 call! Like seriously, from what I can assume, this dude sounds like he's been living under a goddamn rock!!😡🤬😠😡😠🤬

@@maryannanderson7517 exactly!

@@maryannanderson7517 are you serious? I know my home address by heart! But if I was at my sister's house or my boyfriend's house and suddenly had to call the police I wouldn't know their address any more than I know the Pope's birthday!

Kytteh Wytchwood ughh ikrrr like why would a little kid lie about that

Something similar happened with me and my brother. We were taken to a child psychologist because the judge ordered us to, to see if my dad was fit to be around us. The court appointed child psychologist interviewed us and said our father should NEVER be around us alone. The judge (who ordered us to see the psychologist in the first place) saw the recommendation that we should not be around our father, and the judge IGNORED IT and threw it out. We were made to go see him even though it was documented that he would be a threat towards our safety. The justice system is completely fucked, even if you go about all the right steps.

That kid was saying that his mother was remaining with the crystals! Were can you find the crystals??? In the mine's! Where is Susan? With the crystals!

This family's misfortunes were mishandled by so many branches of authority. A true train wreck. Most of these videos feature a case where the police were slow to take things seriously and the main perpetrator.

Do you happen to know what type of psychologist this is called? or the field? I want to be a psychologist that helps children with past trauma or something related to this.

Right?! I must admit- when I was a much younger parent, I once thought it would be fun to take my kids on a spontaneous camping trip to my parent's property in the nearby mountains. The weather was fine when we left, but by the time we were trying to set up the tent the wind was so crazy that the tent practically blew away! And then, the pouring rain started... I learned that day that "spontaneous camping trips" with kids are NOT a good idea!! (Luckily for us, my parents house was so close that we bundled what was left of the tent into their garage, made a "tent" out of sheets in their spare bedroom, hung up a lantern, and had a make-believe "camping trip" in the nice, warm, dry guest room!)

Honestly I would have broken in through a window or something and gotten in. Although she probably would have just died too. So sad. Idk how they didn't see this as life threatening when the dad had to have supervised visits and locked the person supervising out, and the children are crying inside. A distress call made about children should always be a number 1 priority, regardless of the circumstances.

@@marisapereyra5436 they said the social worker had waited for several minutes for something, that's not including the amount of time it took her to get in, she could maybe have broken in and tried to save the boys. Every second counted in the situation.

@@alexfry2292 she waited to call 911?she did/tried to break in?

Me too. Poor Susan and her boys 💔

Not to be a fan girl but you liked my comment and I'm currently crying, love ya kendall😭❤

Angela Marie couldn't agree with you more! Those children should have only had supervised visits as previous - and definitely not in the father's home. Those drawings and statements of the children should have been taken seriously and investigated thoroughly before continuing with ANY paternal visitation. Such a tragic story and so much loss for Susan Cox's family. My heart goes out to them. God bless.

Catherine Brock indeed. It's very hard in those situations I'm sure. The judge probably sympathized with the father who was most likely a sociopath, thus very good at lying. Of course who knows, there are many questions unanswered. It's so sad.

I'm a 911 dispatcher and those two idiots pissed me off!!!! I would NEVER treat a caller like that. And a "father" essentially kidnapping his children during a supervised visit is DEFINITELY a priority 1 call!

Also, they should not have been visiting with that creep anyway! Those drawings and cartoons are how pedophiles groom children, and anyone with half a brain recognizes that. He was definitely doing something to those poor babies. DHS is absolutely liable for their deaths. The system is broken, and has to be fixed. The only way that can happen is through litigation that changes/creates laws.

Exactly. Obviously in some cases they have to distract the person, but dang. That first guy on here was an asshole. Like did he have no empathy? Yikes

HE COULDVE HAD A BAD DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! SO YOU ARE RUDE AND MEAN!!!!!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes they have to repeat questions to get the info correct or calm the caller down (my moms a dispatcher), but this guy is just down right rude

Simplyyy Chey you are rude

@@mypussysmellslikefish3864 ??

People don't understand when they say no abortions that I would rather save the child from that life. Some of the worst things happen and go under the rug. Also the feelings you feel as an adult and child from not being wanted. It's a life time of mental illness.

bee I’m pro choice but it will never be my choice, I’m in a position to care for a child but other people have the right to do as they please with their own body. I do think that we should value the lives of children who are already out of the womb. I agree that the worst things happen and are swept under the rug. I see why people would rather get an abortion than put their child in foster care.

@@TheV8lerie Same for me pro choice. I was there before laying on the table. I had an 80% neither of us would make it. It was the last time I could have another child. I would rather risk it then never have him. What gets me if pro lifers complain about paying others welfare but are pro life. Most children who grow up will be in the system. If the mother keeps the child and needs Financial support, they complain. They will not be happy either way.

They don't look at all aspects of it. I am a grown adult but i would have rather never had this life and I'm away from the abuse but still suffer the ptsd, depression and anxiety. It's with me for life.

Ikr a year or so ago there was a news report of kids missing from orphanage. No one seemed to care it was kids literally missing not just one runaway.

Third eye Brunette the fact that he was planning on ending his life anyways.. he should’ve left the boys out of it. That was the most selfish, devastating, frustrating things to have ever happen. Those poor boys.

This is why it's so important that children grow up in a loving and caring environment.

This is pure speculation on my part, but I'm guessing after his experiences with his own father, if he was in a cycle of the same behavior, in his mind he didn't want his kids growing up to be like him (which, if he was treating his kids the same way...). This whole thing reads like a cheap, contrived novel that you could never imagine to be a true story in a million years.

Theveganflower Unfortunately I feel it was too late once he slammed the door. Even if authorities showed up im sure he would’ve blasted the place no matter what and they wouldn’t have survived that :( He was suicidal he wasn’t gonna stop for anything or anyone. But yes that dispatcher was a total douche

Theveganflower josh was planning on killing himself and the kids regardless, unfortunately even if police had arrived there would have been very little they could have done

Theveganflower Although I'm infuriated at the callousness and incompetence of the dispatcher I believe the system failed these boys long before the dispatcher became involved. It's incredibly sad when a system that's supposed to be in place to protect children fails them repeatedly ultimately leading to their brutal and horrific demise.