02-07-2012, 06:10 AM
evil.
those boys not only suffered pain and terror, but knew their own daddy was killing them. this is the stuff of horror movies.
KOMO
GRAHAM, Wash. -- Seven-year-old Charles Powell and 5-year-old Braden Powell died of carbon monoxide poisoning, but an autopsy also showed that both boys were attacked by a hatchet, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner.
Released Monday evening, the autopsy results showed that all three members of the family were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning.
While it wasn't the official cause-of death, the medical examiner's report showed that both boys had significant "chopping injuries" to the head and neck.
Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said deputies recovered a hatchet from the burned out rubble where Powell's house once stood.
"We recovered a hatchet - a small ax," he said. "It was right there with them (the bodies)."
Investigators now believe Josh Powell attempted to murder the children with the hatchet, but was overwhelmed by smoke before he could finish the job
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those boys not only suffered pain and terror, but knew their own daddy was killing them. this is the stuff of horror movies.
KOMO
GRAHAM, Wash. -- Seven-year-old Charles Powell and 5-year-old Braden Powell died of carbon monoxide poisoning, but an autopsy also showed that both boys were attacked by a hatchet, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner.
Released Monday evening, the autopsy results showed that all three members of the family were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning.
While it wasn't the official cause-of death, the medical examiner's report showed that both boys had significant "chopping injuries" to the head and neck.
Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said deputies recovered a hatchet from the burned out rubble where Powell's house once stood.
"We recovered a hatchet - a small ax," he said. "It was right there with them (the bodies)."
Investigators now believe Josh Powell attempted to murder the children with the hatchet, but was overwhelmed by smoke before he could finish the job
MELTED GAS CAN FROM HOUSE