more than a thousand gathered to say good-bye to 7-year-old charlie and 5-year-old braden.rothers who shared a single casket, fondly remembered today. >> in our class, charlie was known as the little scientist. he loved rocks, sticks, leaves and bugs. braden had an enthusiasm for life and took pleasure in everything. >> reporter: the service for charlie and braden came nearly a week after they lost their lives in a place where they should have been safe. >> he blew up the house and the kids! >> reporter: last sunday, they were killed in a house fire set by their father who also died. the social worker who brought charlie and braden for the supervised visit said powell locked her out, told the boys i have a surprise for you and then torched the home. just before the explosion, she called 911. >> they have to respond to emergency, life-threatening situations first. >> well, this could be life threatening. >> reporter: a deputy wouldn't be dispatched for eight minutes. >> i just wish i had understood better what -- what the circumstances were. and the lethal quality of this ca

braden followed two years later. but having kids zs only seemed to increase the friction between susan and josh. >> she would want to put them to bed, go as far as putting them in bed. then he would get mad and tell them to get out of bed and not do what mom said to do. >> where did josh get these parents ideas? >> from my dad. >> reporter: more and more influence from dad, said jennifer. >> josh started talking on the phone with my dad a lot. he would spend multiple hours, multiple times a wiek, on the phone with him. and susan would complain to me about how josh would just become unbearable to live with. it was really obvious to had her that my dad was trying to drive a wedge between them. >> reporter: it seemed to be working. jennifer shared something with us she has never made public before, excerpts of e-mails from susan. did they contain hints of what was coming? in one of them, she describes her attempts to rekindle romance with josh. i've tried the dates thing with him, and it goes to negative or no conversat

he loved to work alongside his mother in the garden, make salsa and bake bread. >> braden loved being at school with the other children and always that big, beautiful smile on a face so like his mother's. >> reporter: the boys' mother susan cox powell mysteriously disappeared from her utah home more than two years ago, since then her parents and powell family embroiled in a bitter custody about thele for the children. today, both families put those differences aside. susan's father thanked the community for the outpouring of compassion. >> it helps us to know there are good people in the world, good people that would fight against evil. >> reporter: police here in washington and in utah are still pushing forward with their investigation into susan's disappearance. investigators say they've discovered a blood-stained comforter in a search of josh powell's storage unit. today, a community grieving from an unspeakable loss and two parents still looking for answers, hoping for the day their daughter will be laid to rest. the boys will by buried together in a private ceremony on monday. a

. >>> an emotional day in washington, where a public funeral was held for charlie and braden powell. investigators say the boys were killed in a house explosion set by their own father. >> amazing grace ♪ >> reporter: prayers echoed in the walls of this children, in honor of 7-year-old braden and 5-year-old charlie powell. hundreds attended the memorial for the two boys sunday. family members, friends and teachers remembered the boys. >> we are knitted together in love and sympathy for the cox family and for the graves family, who have endured this unspeakable loss, of two isn't children -- innocent children, charlie and braden. >> reporter: a social worker dropped the two boys off for a supervised visit but was blocked from entry herself. police say moments later, josh powell attacked the boys with a hatchet, before setting the house on fire, killing himself and has son. powell had been under a cloud of suspicion for more than two years over the disappearance of has wife susan. he had lost custody of his sons to his wife's parents, chuck and judy cox, who tried to keep the boys safe

." >>> tonight, the heartbreaking day in tacoma, washington, a funeral for charlie and braden powell, almost a week after their lives were taken by their own father. the crowd of mourners filled the church and spilled outside to support the family suffering shatering grief. ab abby boudreau is in tacoma. >> reporter: more than 1,000 people gathered in this church, to mourn the loss of two innocent boys, brothers, 7-year-old charlie and 5-year-old braden, two brothers sharing a single casket. six days after their father josh powell killed himself and his two children in an unimaginable tragedy. this community came together to say their final good-byes. >> i was charlie's kindergarten teacher. he loved to work alongside his mother in the garden, make salsa and bake bread. braden loved being at school with the other children and always that big, beautiful smile on a face so like his mother's. >> reporter: the boys's mother susan cox powell mysteriously disappeared from her utah home more than two years ago, since then her and powell family embroiled in a bitter custody about thele for th

reporter: the home exploded moments after a social worker brought 7-year-old charles and 5-year-old braden for a supervised visit with their father. powell is the person of interest in the disappearance of his wife from their utah home. the children lived with susan's parents, who say the boys didn't want to visit their father sunday. >> they seemed to be losing and in going to see him. >> reporter: a judge denied josh powell custody of his sons wednesday. powell sent a letter to his lawyer wednesday, saying, i'm sorry, goodbye. >> it's just senseless. senseless. to slaughter two innocent children. >> reporter: an attorney for the grandparents say they are starting to remember what happened the night their mother vanished. >> they had been camping. their mother had been in the trunk. and that later, their mom and dad walked out into the desert. and mommy got lost. >> reporter: fire investigators will sift through the charred rubble of the home to try to

vanished. >> charlie and braden were in the back seat. their mother was in the trunk. the boys reported she and their father got out of the van, went for a walk and their mother got lost. >> reporter: after susan disappeared josh moved with the boys from utah to washington state. together they lived with josh's father steven powell but after steven was arrested on child pornography charges and voyeurism custody was awarded to susan's parents chuck and judy cox. in august josh powell told nbc news his boys were his life. >> some days i don't know how i get through the day. except for my sons. >> reporter: sunday charlie and braden said a final good-bye to their grandparents. a social worker was taking them to see their father. it was the last time chuck and judy cox would ever see the boys alive. >> they're innocent children that were killed by their father. they are back with their mother now. his act was a cowardly, desperate act. >> reporter: utah detectives say they want to speak to josh powell's father steven powell. he's in jail awai

so braden. he said mommy is in the trunk. that they had stopped somewhere, daddy and mommy, they stopped and mommy and daddy got out and mommy didn't come back. >> reporter: charlie and braden powell's grandparents say the boys did not want to make that visit to their father and that they are classmates are meeting with grief counselors at their washington state school. >>> another arrest in the murder of a community activist and this time police say they got the triggerman. the story is coming up next. >>> also ahead a close call caught on camera, the run-away stroller that ended up on the train tracks. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's bever

police say josh powell tried to kill his 7-year-old son charles and 5-year-old braden with a hatchet before the fire could take their lives. >> he's disturbed. he's just disturbed. the act that he did was cowardly. >> reporter: what began as a supervised sunday visit quickly turned tragic when josh powell closed the door on the case worker locking the children inside. minutes later, the house exploded into flames. police believe powell started the fire with an accelerant after sending an e-mail to his attorney with just three words -- "i'm sorry. good-b good-bye." >> we've discovered multiple e-mails that he sent to his pastor, he sent to his cousins, and he sent to other people that are longer in length. they dictate what to do with the utilities, what to do with his money, what to do with certain aspects of his life. >> reporter: the coxs say their grandsons had recently started remembering more about what happened on that night in 2009 when their mother vanished. josh powell claimed he had taken the boys on a latenight camping trip in the dead of winter. >> i would never hurt my b

their two grandsons, 7-year-old charles and 5-year-old braden, killed, police say, at the hands of their own father. >> he is disturbed. the act is cowardly. >> reporter: what began as a supervised sunday visit quickly turned tragic when josh powell closed the door on the caseworker, locking the children inside. minutes later, the house exploded into flames. police believe powell started the fire with an accelerant after sending an email to his attorney with just three words -- "i'm sorry. goodbye." >> we've discovered multiple e-mails that he september to his pasto pastor, he sent to his cousins, other people, longer length. they dictate what to do with utilities, what to do with money, what to do with certain aspects of his life. >> reporter: but today, the coxes say their grandsons had recently started remembering more about what happened on the night in 2009 when their mother vanished. josh powell claimed he had taken the boys on a late-night camping trip in the dead of winter. >> i would never hurt my boys. i would never hurt anyone. >> reporter: one boy recently drew a picture of t

kill his 7-year-old son charles and 5-year-old braden with a hatchet before the fire could take theirs. >> he's disturbed. he's just disturbed. the act that he did was cowardly. >> reporter: what began as a supervised sunday visit quickly turned tragic when josh powell closed the door on the case worker, locking the children inside. minutes later, the house exploded into flames. police believe powell started the fire with an accelerant after sending an e-mail to his attorney with just three words -- "i'm sorry. good-bye." >> we've discovered multiple e-mails that he sent to his pastor, he sent to his cousins, and he sent to other people that are longer in length. they dictate what to do with the utilities, what to do with his money, what to do with certain aspects of his life. >> reporter: the coxes say their grandsons had recently started remembering more about what happened on that night in 2009 when their mother vanished. josh powell claimed he had taken the boys on a late-night camping trip in the dead of winter. >> i would never hurt my boys. i would never hurt anyone. >> reporte

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first susan and now charlie and braden.h powell denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance. utah police called him a person of interest but never charged him with a crime. susan cox powell vanished in december 2009, the same night josh told police he took his boys on a late night camping trip in freezing temperatures. her body has never been found. >> i could never hurt susan or my sons. >> reporter: according to police powell did exactly that. killing his children, two innocent boys whose short lives had already been filled with incredible loss. >> this was something evil. this was not a tragedy. this was a horrible murder of two little kids. >> reporter: the attorney for the cox family says the young boys were just beginning to, quote, verbalize more about the night their mother disappeared. the oldest, charlie, saying when they went camping their mom was, quote, in the trunk and their mother and father disappeared and mother never came back. as for the e-mail that read, "i'm sorry. goodbye," sent by josh powell p

more than a thousand gathered to say good-bye to charlie and braden powell.shared a casket. >> charlie was known as the little scientist. >> braden had an enthusiasm for life and took pleasure in everything. >> the service for charlie and braden came nearly a week after the boys lost their lives in a place where they should have been safe. >> he blew up the house and the kids! >> last sunday the boys were killed in a house fire set by their father, josh powell, who also died. the social worker that brought them for a supervised visit said powell locked her out, told the boys, "i have a surprise for you" then torched the home. just before the explosion she called 911. >> we have to respond to life-threatening situations first. >> this could be life threatening. >> a deputy would not be dispatched for eight minutes. >> i wish i had understood the lethal quality of this call and the danger potential that was there. >> named a person of interest in wife susan's 2009 disappearance, josh powell was never charged with a crime. potential evidence against the man poli

last weekend in this story that has gripped the nation. 7-year-old charlie powell and five-year-old braden powell, eulogized by their teachers today as two boys who loved the outdoors, were thrilled to work in their mother's garden, and valued the importance of god. their remains placed in the same casket that lay adorned with flowers at the front of the life center church outside of seattle a little earlier. while the children's choir sang "amazing grace." father of susan powell speaking briefly at this service where his wife was by his side. >> charlie and braden, we were privileged to provide support for the last 3 1/2 months. all their teachers there, social workers, the police, everyone was doing everything they possibly could to keep them safe and to help them and love them. >> the boys were living with their maternal grandparents because their father, josh powell, had lost custody of them. their visits with josh were supposed to be supervised, but the social worker tells police that charlie and braden on sunday were so excited to see their father, that they ran ahead of her when the

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kids that she loved like her own. >> braden and charlie were incredible.rlie was smart and funny. he loved bugs. bugs and frogs were his favorite. i was like a grandma to the boys. like a piece of furniture. they crawled all over me. they chatted with me in the car. they had things to tell me. >> reporter: while elizabeth knows she's lucky to be alive, she's in too much pain to appreciate that fact. what is the hardest thing to deal with emotionally, when you think about losing the boys? >> that they won't grow up. that they didn't see the sun the next day. that they're not going to ever look at bugs and frogs and -- and -- that -- that all that life had in store for them has been taken away from them. >> reporter: elizabeth is dealing with tremendous guilt. she feels she let the cox family down. i told her what the cox family told me. they take strength in the knowledge that she survived. they take solace that the boys were with someone that loved them before they entered that house. >> such perspective and such strength. thank you, chris. and of course y

then i heard braden cry out. and so i knocked and i knocked and i rang the doorbell. started yelling out, josh, let me in. >> reporter: elizabeth is banging on the door when she catches the strong smell of gasoline. she rushes to call 911 and is shocked by the response. >> how long will it be? >> i don't know. they have to respond to life-threatening situations first. >> this could be life-threatening. >> reporter: you're telling the dispatcher, this is a big deal, there are kids. what are you getting from the other side? >> i'm getting how can you -- who is your supervisor? >> he won't let me in. >> whose house is it? >> josh powell. >> and whoa is the -- >> he's the husband of -- >> you supervise and you're doing the visit? you do the visit yourself? >> they're not responding to me at the level that i'm telling them. i can smell the gas. i can smell the gas. i told them that. >> reporter: after two 911 calls, she's knocked back by a massive explosion. the house becomes a fireball. what did you tell yourself about how this could have happened? >> because josh powell

braden loved being at school with the other children and always there was that big beautiful smile onace so like his mothers. >> the boys' mother, susan cox powell, mystery mysteriously disappeared from her utah home two years ago. since then her parents and the powell family have been in a bitter custody battle. today they put their differences aside. >> helps us to know that there are good people in the world, good people that would fight against evil. >> police here in washington and in utah are still pushing forward with their investigation into susan's disappears. investigators say they discovered a blood-stained comfort easterly in a search of josh powell's storage unit. today a community grieving and two parents looking for answers, hoping for the day they're daughter will be laid to rest. >> the boys will be buried in a private service on monday. >> five editors and reporters at britain0s largest selling tabloid, the sun, are under arrest. they were taken into custody on suspicion of corruption and conspiracy as part of a phone and e-mail hacking investigation. the parent comp

first susan and now charlie and braden.owell always denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance. utah police called him a person of interest but never charged him with a crime. susan cox powell vanished in december 2009, the same night josh told police he took his boys on a late night camping trip in freezing temperatures. her body has never been found. >> i could never hurt susan or my sons. >> reporter: according to police, powell did exactly that, killing his children -- two innocent boys whose short lives had already been filled with incredible loss. >> this was something evil. this was not a tragedy. this was a horrible murder of two little kids. >> reporter: and police say this murder-suicide was certainly well planned out. they say they found a hatchet on the scene, that it appeared josh powell injured his boys first before they ultimately died of smoke inhalation. they say they found ten gallons of gasoline in the home used to fuel the fire and powell sent out several e-mails, not only to family members but t

funeral services for the boys named charlie and braden are scheduled for early saturday afternoon inton. 3 a guilty plea from ew york collector who admits to &pstealing thousands of dolllrs worth of historical documents. documents. barry lannau entered the plea in federal court yesterday. he was arrested while leaving the maryland historical society where he stole 60 historical documents including onn signed by abraham liicoln. police say he has stolen at least 4-thousand documents from other east coast libraries. but it took a librarian to stop landau and another man visiting the baltimore museum in july. (5:37:58) "i think they saw that we're a fairly small operation and thought that thee had a golden opportunity to rob us blind." blind."landau's co-defendant has also pleaded guilty. both men could be sentenced to 15-years in prison. so how safe are the artifacts at the museum ow? joel d. smith is streaming now from the maayland historical society to show usshow safety measures hhve changed ... and some of the most interesting pieces they are protecting. good morning joel d. 3 &p c

the boys, five-year- old braden aad sevvn-year-old charlie, at their father's hoose for a scheduled visit. once iisidee police sayypowell used a hatchet on thh kids. says both boys had neck injurres before dying off carbon monoxide poisoning..the home... doused with gasoline and set ablaze. police say it was a delibeeate act.he had taken boxes f toys and books and donated them to the goodwill sometime over the weekend so his is definitely a deliberate, planned out event. the boys' mother, susan cox-powell,,disappeared in 2009. her husband josh was a rime suspect. last week, a judge ruled that the boys should remain with susanns parents. susan's sister saidda recent change in the boys, may have puuhed josh powell over the how they were being close to us and shutting down on him, and the way they were opening losing control, he had to get it back somehow.police sayypowell passor and others telllng them what to do tommy police investigating susan cox- powell's disappearance believe continue pursuing the case.her family saas the boys were starting to say thingsslike according to investigatorr

josh powell used a hatchet on 4-year-old braden and two-year-old charlie.e gave their toys away ahead of time. the boys were on a court-ordered visit that was supposed to be supervised, but powell locked out the social worker moments after he set the house on fire. he left a voicemail for his brother, cousins aan you seousi family members. take a listen. >> this is josh. i am not able to live without any sons and i'm not able to go on anymore. i'm sorry to everyone i've hurt. goodbye. >> police have been investigating josh powell in the disappearance of his wife susan stemming from three years ago, and susan's family believed an arrest was about to happen before powell killed himself and his two small boys. joining me now is ann bremner, attorney for the koches. they had full custody of the boys just before they learned the news of the murders. i'm sure they're just devastated. >> i had a press call and i wanted to make sure i heard it first before they did. horrific news. >> condolences go out to the family here. chuck koch told "good morning america" that

chuck cox is susan powell's father and charlie and braden's grandfather.hank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >> i want to talk about some of the new revelations we heard in the report. let me ask you about the memorial. i know you moved it to a larger venue. it will be streamed on the internet. you are allowing tv cameras there. why the willingness to make it public? >> well, we have had a great support from many people. it's clear that people all over the world are affected by this horrendous act and care about our grandsons. we want to share with them and allow some other people to have closure on that part of it. so we felt it would be only right to allow other people the ability to grieve and to take part in a memorial service. >> mr. cox, as we heard keith report a moment ago there were disturbing images found on josh's computer, animated depictions of incest between parent and child. i know that only compounds your pain. can you tell me when you found out about that? >> about two minutes ago, i guess. but when i -- i heard it here. at the c

distraught case workkr who was assigned to supervised visits with josh powell and his two sons charlie and bradenas she she described ow josh grabbed - the children...(911 call) something realll weird has happennd... the kids went into the house, the parent, the biological parent whose name name is josh powell, will not let me in the door.her husband telll q13 fox news... the experience has been devastating for her.she's very upset and traumatiied.. she has saad that she thinks this is something that ii going to be a lifechanging event.he says she takes some comfort in knowing she did the right thing whhn she called for help... but there is growinn concernnttat the 9-1-1 dispatcher handling her call did not.at this point weúre doing a full invvstigation.tom orr is in charge of the 911 call center in ierce county . seconds count in what ww do.. lives depends on that. we get that and weúre all about trying to be he best at what we do. the case worker pleaded with the ispatcher for several minutes to send a deputy.. but even after she told him she smelled gasoline, and that josh powell wouldnút let

josh powell tried to kill his 7-year-old son, charles, and 5-year-old braden, with a hatch chet before the fire took their lives. >> i don't know if his intent was to try to put them out before the fire took them, but he didn't do a very good job. >> reporter: the children were taken to the home on sunday by a case worker for court-ordered visitation. he locked the case worker out and ignited two cans of gasoline. it killed both boys and powell. he had been carefully planning the final act, shown by some kinds. he donated his kids toys to charity over the weekend. >> the act he did was cowardly. >> reporter: susan cox's parents say that the children started remembering more. >> he said, mommy's in the trunk. >> you have heard the rumors out there, talk about what the kids were saying. the kids were evidence in this thing. they're gone. >> reporter: the answers to their mother's disappearance may have died with them. of course one of the big questions here, where there warning signs? any clues that josh powell was planning this? we'll get into that more on "good morning america." and we

a local crime stoppers group just bought the plots on either side of the graves where charlie and bradenowell are buried. and the family of the missing wife is outraged. >> killing them, set on fire, involved in an explosion. every time you turn around, it can't get worse. then how to this. >> the cox family hopes to bury their daughter, susan, near the boy ifs her remains are ever found. for now, the sale of josh powell's plot is on hold and will likely have to be settled in court. >>> police have arrested 17 students from texas christian university for dealing drugs, after conducting a six-month undercover operation. the football steam is hard-hit, losing four flars the drug bust. police they caught students making hand-to-hand sales of drugs. toundercover officers. >>> an alarming study released overnight has revealed arsenic has been found in some foods including baby formula and cereal bars. they had a common ingredient, organic brown rice syrup. parents should limit babies' consumption of formula with brown rice syrup. >>> for many people, there's nothing like the smell of a new ca

he then leaves to go camping with his son, braden and charlie, just 2 and 4 years at the time in subatures in the utah desert. the next evening when he returns, josh claims his wife has vanished. >> reporter: do you have any idea what happened to her? >> no. >> reporter: immediately, authorities hone in on powell, he's interviewed multiple times by police, and on december 9, a search warrant b is served on the family home. december 10th, authorities begin looking for clues in the area where powell claimed to be camping with his sons. december 16th, after another interview, police named josh powell a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife. he maintained his innocence in the "cbs early show"? >> did you have anything to do with your wife's disappearance? >> no. >> did you kill your wife? >> i have never hurt her. people who know me know i could never hurt susan. >> reporter: january 6th, 2010, while authorities continue to search for susan, josh moves with his sons to his father's home in washington state. over the course of the next year and a half, josh and his father, s

solemn day in takoma, washington, as family and friends remembered 7-year-old charlie and 5-year-old braden grace that taught my heart to fear ♪ >> two little boys were killed sunday in a home explosion set by their father josh powell. cnn affiliate komo report the boys' grandparents thank people of all faith who prayed for their family. their daughter susan powell has been missing since december 2009 and presumed dead. josh powell has been the only suspect in her disappearance. >>> tonight at 7:30 eastern, more on the josh powell case. what led to the murder/suicide, and could anything have been done to stop it? i'll be joined by dr. wendy walsh and criminal prosecutor holly hughes 7:30 eastern here on cnn. >>> the video is shocking. three attackers savagely beating a gay man on the street in atlanta. police say they arrested one suspect and they know who the other two are. sophia choi reports from a rally near the site of the beating led by civil rights leader congressman john lewis. >> when you see something doing wrong, do what you're doing today. >> reporter: they are coming together t

moments later powell detonated an explosion that killed himself, braden and charles.erson for the department of social and health services says authorities had no evidence that powell was a danger to the children or to himself. that was a claim repeated by a detective at a press conference today. we all know there will be investigations and finger pointing of course. on the surface it seems like everyone did everything not only that was required of them under the law but also everything that felt right. and it got us thinking about a broader issue. across america counties have been forced to make tough decisions and make very deep cuts. services like foster care and emergency dispatch are often hit first and hardest. lower budgets lead to longer hours and larger case loads for the workers. social work is one of those jobs like police that we rarely hear about until something has gone horribly wrong. there are so many social workers out there trying to do the right thing and juggle the cases they have to handle and they do it with compassion and with love and when some

but given that braden was only 2 at the time of the camping trip when susan disappeared, authorities have taken the boy's age into account. it's unclear what authorities did, though, with that information. it is important to note that from the time he was granted supervised visits up until his death josh powell was never charged with the crime. well, right now the romney campaign is holding an event in colorado, the gop front-runner will watch voting results from minnesota, missouri, and the centennial state come in from denver this evening. the shift to these states has also brought with it about a change in a strategy for mitt romney directing his attacks at other republican rivals. peter alexander is following the romney campaign from johnstown, colorado, and peter joining me to talk about this. it was all about knocking down newt gingrich before now. rick santorum is getting the treatment from mitt romney, correct? >> reporter: this was the one candidate who had avoided the romney attack machine. the romney machine had gone after rick perry, after newt gingrich consistently and n

police say josh powell tried to kill his 7-year-old son charles and 5-year-old braden with a hatchet before the fire could take their lives. >> i don't know if his intent was to try to put them out before the fire got them but he didn't do a very good job of it. >> reporter: josh powell was no stranger to police scrutiny. he was the prime suspect in the disappearance of his wife, susan powell, missing over two years now. just before 12:30 sunday afternoon, the two boys were escorted to josh powell's home by a caseworker for a court-orred visitation with their father. police say they locked the caseworker out and ignited two five gallon cans of gasoline, sparking an explosive fireball that levelled the house, killing both boys and powell. there were signs he had been carefully planning his final act. he donated their toys to a local charity over the weekend. and sent good-bye e-mails to several people. >> we've discovered multiple e-mail also he sent to his pastor, his cousins and he sent to other people that are a bit longer in length. they dictate what to do with the utilities. what