PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) -- The family of a Utah mother who has been missing for 10 days says they are saddened but not surprised that her husband has been named a person of interest in the investigation.
Susan Powell, a 28-year-old mother of two young children, was reported missing Dec. 7 when she didn't show up for work.
Her husband, Josh Powell, has said he went camping with the couple's boys, ages 2 and 4, in subfreezing temperatures about 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 7 and returned in the evening.
At a press conference Thursday in Puyallup, Wash., Shelby Gifford, a spokeswoman for Susan Powell's family, said Susan Powell is an excellent mother and would not have allowed her children to leave the home in possibly dangerous conditions.
Josh Powell has not been named a suspect.
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