Susan Powell search continues, moves to Topaz Mountain itself - Salt Lake Tribune
Topaz Mountain • After completing their investigation of an area where cadaver dogs had indicated human remains, search crews regrouped Sunday at their original command post to begin searching other areas in the desert near Delta for missing woman Susan Powell.
The Sunday crew numbered about 100 — the largest group yet to assemble in the area — and included Juab and Millard County search and rescue teams.
The plan for the day was to divide the search into five areas, covering several square miles. Teams have moved their search to Topaz Mountain itself, rather than the surrounding areas where they have searched for the past week.
People on ATVs and horseback, along with several cadaver dogs, likely will continue looking through Tuesday, said West Valley City Police Lt. Bill Merritt.
Police had expressed disappointment that the area they believed to have human remains instead turned up only small, charred pieces of wood that may have been used to burn human remains. It was unclear whether that site had any connection to the Susan Powell case.
Hopes had run high for some that Susan Powell's resting place or other clues to her disappearance might have been found. This remote area is about 30 miles away from where Josh Powell, the only person of interest police have named in his wife's disappearance, says he took his two young sons camping the night his wife disappeared from their West Valley City home.
Police have said Josh Powell liked to gem hunt — and family and friends have confirmed that Josh and Susan Powell had visited the Topaz Mountain area on previous family excursions.
West Valley City police recently conducted a search in the desert around Ely, Nev., and over the past months have conducted numerous searches in Tooele County. Police serving a search warrant have also recently removed several computer towers and other evidence from the Washington home Josh Powell lives in with his father.
Susan Powell, 28, has been missing since Dec. 6, 2009, when her husband reported her missing from their West Valley City home. Josh Powell has said he had taken the couple's young sons, then ages 2 and 4, on a winter camping trip to Simpson Springs in Tooele County, and returned home to find his wife gone without a trace.
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