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Since Susan Powell was reported missing, there have been many searches and vigils held for her. Here is a look at what has happened since December 2009.

Noon, Dec. 6, 2009 • Susan Powell, 28, and her two sons attended church services at the Hunter 36th Ward, and then walked home with friend Kiirsi Hellewell.

Afternoon, Dec. 6 • Neighbor JoVonna Owings dropped by the Powell's home on Sunday afternoon to visit with Susan. The family had pancakes and eggs for dinner. Susan, who was feeling ill, lied down for a nap about 5 p.m. Owings left, as did Josh Powell, who said he was taking his two sons sledding.

8:30 p.m., Dec. 6 • A neighbor saw Josh Powell as he returned home and pulled into his garage.

12 a.m. to 12:30 a.m, Dec. 7 • Josh Powell said he left home with his two sons, then ages 2 and 4, to go camping at the Simpson Springs Campground, about 25 miles west of Vernon in the remote west desert of Tooele County while Susan went to sleep.

9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Dec. 7 • The Powell's daycare provider became alarmed when the couple failed to drop off their sons on schedule and she could not reach either parent by cell phone or at their home. She contacted Josh Powell's mother and sister, who called police after they could not locate the pair. Police broke into the Powell's home and find no one but notice two fans blowing on a wet spot on carpet in the home.

Evening, Dec. 7 • Josh Powell and his two young sons returned home between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. He was taken to the West Valley Police station to be questioned.

11 a.m., Dec. 8 • Susan's father, Chuck Cox, received a telephone call from Josh Powell, who informed him Susan was missing and that he was about to be interviewed by police again.

Dec. 9 » Police served a search warrant on the Powell residence and removed boxes, bags and a computer.

Dec. 10 • Law officers searched the Simpson Springs area but find nothing.

Dec. 12 • Josh Powell, Chuck Cox, and other family gather outside the LDS Church's Hunter Central Stake Center to pray, sing hymns and start a 24-hour fast in hopes of her safe return. A tearful Josh Powell does not speak, but her Chuck Cox says he's concerned about the focus on his son-in-law. That evening, Josh Powell joins an effort to hand out missing persons fliers to Jazz fans attending a game.

Dec. 14 • Josh Powell hired defense attorney Scott C. Williams and skips a third interview with West Valley City Police.

Dec. 15 » Josh Powell provided a DNA sample to police.

Dec. 17 » West Valley City police subpoenaed Salt Lake City television stations for footage of interviews with Josh Powell taken days after his wife's disappearance.

Dec.18 » Josh Powell and his sons traveled to Puyallup, Wash., to stay in the home of his father, Steven Powell, for the holidays.

Dec. 20 • Friends and family of Susan Powell hold vigils in Utah and Puyallup, Wash. to keep attention focused on finding her.

Jan. 4, 2010 » Family and friends of Susan launched a social media campaign to spread word of the woman's disappearance on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Jan. 6 » Josh Powell and his brother, Michael, arrive at the Powell's West Valley City home to pack the family's belongings. Friends say Josh Powell, who has been fired from his job, may be unable to keep the home and is moving back to Puyallup.

Jan. 27 » Neighbors decorate the Powell home in West Valley City with dozens of purple ribbons, hearts and signs to bring renewed attention to Susan's case.

Jan. 28 » Josh Powell returns to West Valley City to make home repairs to his property to rent it.

Jan. 29 » West Valley City police serve a search warrant on Josh Powell and seize the blue minivan he drove the night his wife disappeared to examine it.

Feb. 15 • The Cox family holds a news conference in Puyallup, Wash. Family members allege Susan had a physical altercation with her husband and detail the couple's problems, citing controlling behavior by Josh Powell. They say Susan had suggested to family and friends she would end the relationship by their April 6 anniversary if the relationship didn't improve. The family also announced a nonprofit organization in Susan's name aimed at helping families of missing persons.

Feb. 25 • Neighbors of Steven Powell cover their Washington neighborhood with missing persons posters and ribbons. The Coxes say it upsets the Powell children.

April 10 • Volunteers search for Susan in the Simpson Springs area but turn up nothing.

Aug. 25 • West Valley City police say detectives have spent at least 6,850 man hours to date searching for Susan, at a cost of more than $150,000. Five of the department's 28 detectives are assigned full-time to investigating Powell's disappearance.

Sept. 10 • Chuck Cox and Ed Smart appear in Utah as part of an effort to raise awareness for kidnapped children and promote legislation that would require that DNA samples be taken from people arrested on suspicion of a felony.

Dec. 6 • Josh Powell and his father, Steve, assert that Susan Powell ran away with missing Utah man Steven Koecher, who disappeared in Nevada in December 2009. The Powells claim the pair ran off to Brazil, where Koecher had served an LDS mission, where they may have married and started a new life.

July 15, 2011 • Steve Powell says he will post portions of Susan Powell's childhood journals online.

Aug. 18 • West Valley City police say there is a break in the case and that a search will be conducted in Ely, Nevada. Few other details are released.

Sources: The Salt Lake Tribune, West Valley City Police Department, Kiirsi Hellewell, Charles Cox, media reports