They knew he was a psychopath and yet .....

The boys had begun talking about the night their father destroyed their family.  "Mommy was in the trunk...  And then Mommy got lost."  they recalled.  Nobody believed his story.  Yet they allowed those children to be in his presence.  

An innocent, gently well-intended social worker, just doing her job, was induced to deliver the victims to his trap, and she could only call 911 as the children eluded her, rushing out of the car and into the death-lock maneuver of their father.
How do we stand by, paralyzed by shock, and permit the courts - whom we understand to be out of control - to fuck this up?

Susan Cox Powell will emerge in her own good time.  Like Holly Notestine, her remains lie in the elements, and another innocent, unsuspecting person just going about their business, will be the eyes to whom she will reveal her fate.  As a society, we add the details and continue to work through the incidents to come, in time, to understand men who abuse.  The common "thread" awaits our discernment.