Asshat.

Because stronger language cannot be used....

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/06/us/washington-powell-explosion/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Guy's wife disappears and he knows nothing about it.

Two little kids go live with Grandpa for a while. Grandpa gets caught with porn, kiddies taken away.

Guy's having a supervised visit with kiddies and a social worker, house blows up.

Why take the kids with you?

Yep, stronger language is definitely needed.

I'm...speechless.

Oh, wow.

I'm not sure anyone would be quick to condemn you for using the language that befits the story. berkeleying disgusting.

MG Bryan wrote: I'm not sure anyone would be quick to condemn you for using the language that befits the story. berkeleying disgusting.

This, pretty much.

if he had killed his wife and was sorry.. he should have just done self immolation.. but to bring the kids into it...

At least he was nice enough to save the social worker's life.

And where was his kiddie porn father?

Those poor kids.

There is a special Hell for that.

In reply to mad_machine:

His father is in jail on voyeurism charges.

This guy was asshat day one , shifty eyes midnight camping trip in frigid temps with young kids what where the cops thinking/smoking . This guy was a timebomb no offense . Seen this coming he should have been beaten until he talked ,guarantee he would have gave it up first tooth gets knocked out

This all came about because the kids started to remember events of the day mom dissapeared. They started to report "We went camping, mommy rode in the trunk. We got there, mommy and daddy got out of the car and went away. Mommy dissapeared."
Not a direct quote.

In addition to blowing them up the Asshat also hacked their necks with a hatchet.

http://news.yahoo.com/autopsy-kids-killed-wa-suffered-hatchet-wounds-083040308.html

Hmmm...I wonder who killed the Mom?

Police needs to watch these folks very closely when a loved one goes missing during a camping trip...

I hear he sent out a lot of emails before hand. I wonder if he had the courage to confess?

did he kill himself before the fire, or did he burn to death? because suicide by fire is berkeleying hardcore.

AngryCorvair wrote: did he kill himself before the fire, or did he burn to death? because suicide by fire is berkeleying hardcore.

It is, it is.

Joey

Normally the smoke gets you before the fire. But since the house exploded from natural gas (likely intentional), maybe he did burn. One can only hope.

spitfirebill wrote: Normally the smoke gets you before the fire. But since the house exploded from natural gas (likely intentional), maybe he did burn. One can only hope.

He is burning now. IMO.

wearymicrobe wrote:

spitfirebill wrote: Normally the smoke gets you before the fire. But since the house exploded from natural gas (likely intentional), maybe he did burn. One can only hope.

He is burning now. IMO.

word.

He hacked the kids necks with a hatchet, but they died of smoke inhalation. That shows that this bastard basically tortured them before they died. I had hopes that he had some HUGE freaking bomb in a box of something, then brought them over to the box and detonated it. That way they'd have no idea what was about to happen. But this DB.......man I can't even type I'm so freaking mad.
There was a quote from a good friend of his that said he didn't think the murder-suicide was revenge. He said Josh was too self-centered to think of anyone but himself, doesn't make much sense to me but the point is even his friend thinks he's an asshat. He sent a voicemail to family that basically said if he can't have the kids, nobody will.
Now they are looking at the paternal grandfather, the one with the kiddy-porn. The friend mentioned earlier said Josh went downhill quite fast after moving in with g-pa.

I usually don't follow news stories that don't effect me personally, but, having lost a son, this hits hard.
I gotta stop typing now.....