Police in Utah say about 30 detectives are looking for leads in the
search for a 28-year-old mother who went missing last weekend.West
Valley City Police Capt. Tom McLachlan said Friday afternoon that
friends and family still had not heard from Susan Powell as detectives
tried to figure out where she could be.
"It's still a missing
person case. It's highly suspicious," McLachlan said Friday. "We are
putting practically every detective we have on this case."
Powell
was reported missing on Monday. Detectives in the Salt Lake City suburb
interviewed Powell's husband, Josh, who said he had taken the couple's
two young children, ages 2 and 4, camping in Utah's west desert despite
temperatures that dipped into the teens over the weekend.
Josh
Powell returned Monday night, after police had already received a call
from relatives who had not heard from the Powell family.
McLachlan
said detectives tried to verify Josh Powell's story, but couldn't
because snow had covered the spot along The Pony Express Trail where
Powell said he took the children.