They were to have a supervised visit with their dad on Sunday and he pushed the social worker away and slammed the door, took a hatchet to the boys heads and necks and blew the house up. The boys were 5 and 7. This is the same Powell that took his family on a "camping" trip in the freezing cold in Utah 2 years ago and his wife has never been seen since. His missing wife's parents had custody of the boys and he had supervised visitation only.

The social worker called 911 - took the dispatcher something like 16 minutes to send a responder, had all kinds of questions, etc., about 34 minutes to get someone their - the house was engulfed in flames by then. She told him she smelled gas, etc., too. (He had sprayed gasoline all over the walls of the house.)

Powell's dad is in jail for child porn and voyeurism, I hope the inmates are "showing" him what they think of him for raising such a good son!!!!

Powell's family wanted to bury him next to the boys, but the maternal grandparents of the boys didn't want that to happen. Some local police and others hurriedly bought up the adjoining cemetary plots so that there would be no way he could be buried near the boys after what he had done to them.

Please take a minute to say a prayer for these poor little boys. What horrible little lives they had, and what a horrid way to die. They deserved so much better. If you are interested in the story, you can Google King 5 TV news and look up the story under Powell, it is all over the news and local papers.

{{{Marie}}} I have been praying for these poor little boys and their missing Mom. The one thing that calms me is the fact that they are now back in the loving arms of their mommy....as heart-breaking as it is.

So true Eileen. So sad that their mom's family will never ever know where her body is, her husband took that secret to the grave with him, so sad for her parents and family. I think it is so awesome that the local police and community came together and the father could not be buried with the boys after the horrendous acts he committed on them.

There has been an investigation into the 911 dispatcher too, he said he didn't realize it was a serious threat. He was asking questions like what color car, etc., after he already had the address, etc. The social worker was trying to stress the urgency and he was not responding. So sad, the police likely couldn't have stopped him, the house was soaked in gas, but still, no excuse for not responding sooner.

Just makes me sick, these poor beautiful little boys.