Susan Powell | Evidence Echoes
Source check: November 12, 2026
The comparison charts
The December 6 and 7 police charts distinguish interview accounts, phone records and other observations. They are useful for checking the sequence of events. They do not make all the statements in them proven facts. December 6 police chart; December 7 police chart.
The home and its limits
COLD’s account, drawing on police material, describes the cleaned couch area and small blood traces. The amount, location and context matter. A trace does not by itself establish an injury’s cause or time. Readers can follow the report into the larger released-records collection rather than relying on an isolated image. COLD’s account of the searches.
What the FBI actually identified
The April 16, 2010 FBI report describes copper wire and predominantly steel fragments. Its conclusion leaves the fragments’ source unidentified. The document does not identify a weapon, establish an event involving Susan or state when the object was damaged. Read the two-page examination.
The 2024 comparison
COLD heated a Ridgid impact driver and compared the result with the police photographs. Its reported resemblance is a hypothesis about the object. It is separate from the original laboratory result. The experiment was reported December 6, 2024. Read the dated explanation of the experiment.
What remains unproved
The reviewed record does not provide Susan’s location or a complete account of her disappearance. The official missing-person listing remains the current status source. A proposed explanation should remain labeled as a proposal until the supporting evidence is verified.
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