Editor’s note: This story, originally published on Nov. 8, 2010, is based on one of the most extensive media interviews Josh and Steve Powell granted following Susan Powell’s 2009 disappearance.
Puyallup, Wash. -- Despite pressure from police and the public, Josh Powell has remained tight-lipped about why he thinks his wife disappeared or how she might be found.
But this week the husband of Susan Cox Powell broke his silence to say his wife is "extremely unstable," and that he believes mental illness drove her to leave her family behind.
Only reduced scrutiny from her family and the public, he said, will speed her return.
"She knows she will be chewed up like hamburger when she comes back," Josh Powell said in a Wednesday interview with The Salt Lake Tribune.
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He complained his wife's family has created an image of her that puts her under too much pressure.
"She can't come back with them treating her this way," Josh Powell said. "They want her to be perfect, a saint with no fallibility."
Susan's family and friends have openly criticized Josh Powell's level of cooperation with investigators and recounted instances of controlling and abusive behavior toward his wife. Yet Josh Powell said his wife's family must stop lying about him and be more accepting of an imperfect Susan.
"She doesn't have as much strength as they like to think she has," Josh Powell said.
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