>>>
this morning in the search for missing utah mother
susan powell
. they executed a
search warrant
at her husband's home on thursday removing several computers and other items. nbc's miguel almaguer has the latest on this story.
>>
good morning. for months investigators seemed to be baffled by this case, but this week during the middle of a nasty family feud, they claim to be making progress. then they came here to
washington state
and to the home of
susan powell
's husband. the police raid lasted hours. investigators hauled away computers, boxes, and bags. detectives also combed through
josh powell
's van. a
search warrant
saefrds erved at the home he now shares with his father, two years after his wife disappeared.
>>
we've got probable cause to believe that there are some items of evidentiary value.
>> reporter:
they called the evidence, quote, very, very important, yet shared no details of what they found in the home of
josh powell
.
>>
it's the genuine belief, obviously, of a good many people, that you killed her.
>>
i would never hurt my wife. i've never -- never hurt her.
>> reporter:
late thursday after the raid, josh told "dateline"'s
keith morrison
officers seemed focused on one thing.
>>
war want to take skew san's journals.
>> reporter:
the journals which josh promised to release are a series of lengthy handwritten diaries, that shows his wife wrote of suicide and a pro miscuss lifestyle.
>>
what would a childhood journal have to do with a
missing person
unless there was something in there that they thought might have some significant bearing on what she she -- what her personality, what her capabilities are.
>> reporter:
thursday's raid came just hours after
josh powell
's father,
steve
powell
, leveled allegations against his missing daughter-in-law.
>>
she was open to me sexually, mentally, whatever.
>> reporter:
steve
powell
claims josh's wife often tried to seduce him and admits he openly made sexual advances toward
susan
.
>>
i wasn't going to turn down an opportunity with this beautiful woman, even though she was my son's wife. i'm sorry. she is just a wonderful person, and i enjoyed it.
>> reporter:
jennifer graves is
steve
powell
's estranged daughter and close friend of
susan
's. she said
susan
complained to her about her father-in-law's inappropriate advances.
>>
she's never told me about any inappropriate relationship. my dad never told me about inappropriate relationship.
>> reporter:
disgusted and outraged by the salacious claims,
susan
's father, chuck cox, claims the racy allegations against
susan
are despicable and out right lies. he says the police seizure at his son-in-law's home is progress.
>>
it makes me much more comfort comfortable if the journals are in their hands than in
steve
and josh's hands.
>> reporter:
on a frigid december day in
2009
, josh told investigators he took their boys camping at
12:30 a.m
. in a snowstorm and came home to find
susan
missing. he was soon named a
person of interest
but was never charged with a crime. this past weekend, police searched the
nevada desert
for new clues at josh's home thursday, investigators describe josh as calm and cooperative but have long said he's refused to work with detectives, a claim josh refused.
>>
where do you think they should be searching.
>>
i think they should be searching for a woman who is struggle i struggling, someone who wants to come back, having a difficult time understanding how to come ba back.
>> reporter:
during thursday's search no one was taken into custody, no one was arrested. police say
josh powell
and his father are cooperating fully with investigators. and though they say they are making progress, they will not talk about what that progress is.
ann
?
>>
miguel almaguer, thank you so much. clint
van zandt
is a former fbi profiler. good morning.
>>
good morning.
>>
first of all, interesting that the police have made this move so soon after josh and his father,
steve
, granted a number of television interviews. do you see this as a coincidence?
>>
no, yonli don't think so,
ann
. when you have josh's father coming forward and suggesting there was some type of
sexual relationship
between him and the missing woman, but his daughter says not only is that not so, but he was the one that was hitting on her, she was rejecting this, i think the police not only want the diaries to see what was going on in
susan
's life, but they want to see if they can substantiate any of these claims of inappropriate behavior, perhaps on josh's father's part, as they look for potential suspects in this, they may have to consider him based upon his own statements.
>>
let me understand that a little bit better. if there is inappropriate behavior, as you talk about, how does that make -- what's the link between that and possibly moving this investigation forward?
>>
well, they're trying to find out what happened to
susan
, obviously, and even though josh has always been this person of just interest, now we have this conflict coming up where josh's father says, oh, yeah,
susan
and i had this relationship, too. so now i think
law enforcement
has to question, could he -- could josh's father, as well as josh -- have some type of motive, some type of reason to perhaps participate in the disappearance of
susan
. they do have josh's sister or
steve
's daughter suggesting that there are lies being told.
law enforcement
has to find the truth.
>>
all right. so just basically you're looking at motives here. looking at motives, then they seize these computers. what are they looking for two years after she disappeared?
>>
well, anything that would suggest what was going on at that time,
ann
. we're going back 20 months ago. what was going on. who was
susan
having problems with 20 months ago. were there arguments with josh? there are allegations that she had forced josh to move to utah simply to get away from steven, josh's father, because of these inappropriate advances that are allegedly -- were made by him. so what was going on at that time, this critical
time period
just before she disappeared. perhaps these journals will shed some type of light on that.
>>
to be continued. clint
van zandt
, thank you. always great to get your perspective.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44712637/ns/us_news-life/
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