>>>
we begin this half-hour with new details on the arrest of the father-in-law in the case of a missing utah mom,
susan powell
. he's now facing serious charges, including
child pornography
after a raid on his home tied to his daughter-in-law's disappearance. in a moment we'll talk to
susan powell
's parents. but first, nbc's
miguel
almaguer is in tacoma, washington with the latest.
>> reporter:
good morning.
steven
powell
spent the weekend in jail unable to make bail. detectives say they've just begun their investigation and say more charges could follow. in his first court appearance,
steven
powell
pled not guilty to 14 counts of voyeurism and possession of
child pornography
. behind bars on $200,000 bails, the father-in-law of
susan powell
is accused of secretly videotaping the missing mother & and an unknown number of other females, including two sisters from his neighborhood just 8 and 10 years old.
police
say some of the unsuspecting victims including the children were nude.
>>
we don't know how many victims there are because we've only looked at 5% to 10% of the photographs and videos. what's most disturbing to us is the weird creepy factor with this is already high.
>> reporter:
police
raided
powell
's home last month. detectives then saying only the search warrant was connected to
susan
's disappearance.
police
now say they've recovered over 1,000 images, some ten years of secret videotapes and pictures. the raid conducted the same day
steven
powell
told nbc news his daughter-in-law had likely run off with another man and often flirted with him.
>>
susan
and i -- it just happened. i don't know -- i think it was more her than me at the beginning but as it progressed, it was both of us.
>> reporter:
susan
's family has always denied
steven
powell
's allegations, calling them
victim blaming
.
>>
clearly, blatantly, attempt to assassinate my daughter's character.
>> reporter:
police
say the arrest is not connected to
susan
's disappearance but
susan
's sister says
steven
powell
may know something more.
>>
just knowing that -- what he's capable of, i thought i heard it all, seen it all from that family.
>> reporter:
susan
's husband,
josh powell
, told
police
his wife disappeared nearly two years ago after he had taken their
young boys
camping overnight in a snowstorm in the utah desert. shortly after
susan
vanished,
police
named josh a person of interest. but he's always denied any involvement in her disappearance.
>>
i could never hurt
susan
or my sons.
>> reporter:
shortly after
susan
vanished, josh and his children moved back home here to
washington state
with
steven
powell
. but after
steven
's arrest, the boys were removed from the home and placed in
protective custody
.
>>
i want them to be with a stable family where they can learn good values and grow up normally.
>> reporter:
susan
's family is now ready for a custody hearing set for wednesday. a legal battle playing out in the same courthouse where
steven
powell
's been charged with multiple felonies and faces five years in prison. since the arrest, the
powell
family has denied all of our interview requests and late last week they suffered another setback in court -- a judge said they could not publish
susan
's private journals. ann?
>>
miguel
almaguer, thank you so much.
>>>
chuck and
judy
cox are
susan powell
's parents. good morning to both of you.
>>
good morning.
>>
morning.
>>
possession of
child pornography
, voyeurism. chuck, let me start with you. what's your reaction to hearing these kinds of charges against your daughter,
susan
's, father-in-law?
>>
very disturbing. i had no idea that this was going on.
>>
do you think, given that the
police
are now treating his case as a separate case -- you know, i guess i'm asking what is your thinking about this? are you more concerned that
steven
powell
could have been involved in your daughter's disappearance?
judy
, want to weigh in on that?
>>
i feel, being his father, i think it is very possible that he knows something. but that's the investigation with the
police
.
>>
chuck, you want to add to that?
>>
well, it increases my concern but we let the
police
do their
police
work. we are very comfortable that they investigated all aspects of our daughter's disappearance and they're continuing to work hard on it.
>>
have they asked you about what
susan
may have told you regarding
steven
powell
's behavior toward her, whether she reported any instance in which she caught him videotaping her?
>>
we discussed all aspects with the
police
and we have told them that she was uncomfortable with
steven
.
>>
you know, i am just trying to get a sense about how you two are wrapping your minds around all the sort of facts of this case. i mean would you say that you are shock by these charges against
steven
powell
?
>>
oh, definitely. definitely shocked by the charges. we had no idea that there would be this -- that this type of situation was going on.
>>
does it change the way you look at josh,
judy
?
>>
it's hard to look at possibly even the whole family. we just are amazed of -- and shocked and outraged at
steven
powell
.
>>
i know that at the end of
miguel
almaguer's report we heard that your grandsons have been removed now from the home. have you been able to see these children, your grandchildren? do you know that they're okay?
>>
we haven't been able to see them. we heard they were in
protective custody
and we're glad that they're being taken care of.
>>
so what is your best hope now as you wait for word about your still-missing daughter, still missing after two years, and your two grandsons now in someone else's care?
judy
, what is your best hope now?
>>
well, we're very pleased that the children are staf aafe and out of the home. we still want to focus on finding our daughter and we feel with all the energy and actions that have been going on with the
police
that they are doing their job and i think they're doing an excellent job.
>>
we hope they're getting close to resolution. they're going to arrest the persons responsible and we're going to find out where our daughter is.
>>
well, that's what we all wish you the best on that, chuck and
judy
cox, thank you so much this morning for joining us. our best to you.
>>
thank you.
>>
thank you.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44690664/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
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