Susan Powell search Day 10: Return to Topaz Mountain - Salt Lake Tribune
Topaz Mountain • Police returned to Topaz Mountain on Wednesday for the 10th day of the Juab County search for Susan Cox Powell.
Police realized there were "locations where we didn't deploy as well as we wanted to," the first time the search was here, said West Valley City police Sgt. Mike Powell, who is no relation to the missing woman.
Searchers on all-terrain vehicles and foot were to scour areas northeast and southwest of the command center, Mike Powell said. The search, which began Sept. 12, has centered around Topaz Mountain, though on Tuesday the search was moved north to a location near Fish Springs.
There have been no definite signs of the woman who has been missing for 21 months, though Mike Powell said some clothing has been found and collected to determine if it could belong to her.
Last week, cadaver dogs detected what police described as human remains in a suspected shallow grave. But police unearthed only 100 or so pieces of charred wood at the site. Police believe the wood, which will be examined by experts, was used to burn human remains.
Topaz Mountain 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.
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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 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 also recently removed several computer towers and other evidence from the Washington home where Josh Powell now lives with his father.
Susan Powell, 28, has been missing since Dec. 6, 2009. 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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