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Dave Cawley

Salt Lake City

Investigative Journalist and Reporter at KSL-AM (Salt Lake City, UT)

Host of the KSL Podcast COLD. Investigative journalist. Pulitzer reject. #findsusan #justiceforjoyceyost #startbybelieving

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  • Dec 9, 2024 | thecoldpodcast.com | Dave Cawley

    Dave Cawley: As a kid growing up on the outskirts of Spokane, Washington, Josh Powell dreamed of becoming a self-made millionaire. But achieving that goal proved more difficult than young Josh expected. Josh Powell (from Dec. 13, 2000 audio journal recording): At the moment, I’ve only got a thousand bucks in savings. Dave Cawley: His first attempt to make it big was a woodworking “business,” he started in high school. He bragged to his friends about spending thousands of dollars on tools.

  • Dec 9, 2024 | thecoldpodcast.com | Dave Cawley

    Dave Cawley: Fifteen years have passed since the last time anyone saw Susan Cox Powell. The Facebook groups that once buzzed with tens of thousands of members, all clamoring for answers, are pretty quiet these days. Every once in awhile, someone new to Susan’s story will join and post a question, asking if this-or-that place has ever been searched. The comments will inevitably turn into a discussion of abandoned mines, caves, or “crystals.”Charlie Powell (from Dec.

  • Dec 6, 2024 | ksl.com | Dave Cawley

    WEST VALLEY CITY — An experiment by KSL's COLD Podcast has revealed the likely source of a key piece of evidence in the death of Susan Cox Powell, 15 years after she disappeared. The evidence is a chunk of melted metal, along with a few charred wire scraps. Police located them during a search of the Powell family's minivan on Dec. 8, 2009, the day after Susan Powell was first reported missing.

  • Dec 6, 2024 | thecoldpodcast.com | Dave Cawley

    Susan Cox Powell disappeared on Dec. 7, 2009. The day after Susan turned up missing, her four-year-old son Charlie Powell spoke to a detective from the West Valley City, Utah police department. Charlie told the detective his mommy had joined him, his little brother Braden and their dad, Susan’s husband Josh Powell, on a camping trip. But Charlie also said Susan didn’t come home. She stayed “where the crystals are.”Charlie Powell’s interview provided police with leverage.

  • Dec 6, 2024 | ksltv.com | Dave Cawley

    WEST VALLEY CITY — An experiment by KSL’s COLD Podcast has revealed the likely source of a key piece of evidence in the death of Susan Cox Powell, 15 years after she disappeared. The evidence is a chunk of melted metal, along with a few charred wire scraps. Police located them during a search of the Powell family’s minivan on Dec. 8, 2009, the day after Susan Powell was first reported missing.

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22 Oct 24

RT @KSL5TV: What happened to Lynn Simmons? KSL uncovers forgotten cold case of surveyor lost in Uinta Mountains. @ashergrey has the story.…

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1 Oct 24

RT @KSL5TV: Ted Bundy myths: folklore surrounds case of first Utah victim, 50 years later. KSL's @ashergrey has the story. https://t.co/H6P…

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Dave Cawley @ashergrey
17 May 24

RT @NewsKeira: Big news in @thecoldpodcast season 3! Cary Hartmann is back behind bars tonight @ashergrey @KSL5TV https://t.co/DyiEirgPFp