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SALT LAKE CITY -- Workers at a South Salt Lake strip club say Josh Powell may have been there in the hours after his wife Susan was reported missing.
A bartender at the Duces Wild exclusively tells KSL Newsradio a man, whom she later identified as Powell in several pictures provided by police, made sexual advances toward her then turned belligerent with her and other customers in the afternoon of Dec. 7.
"He wanted me to come over and bend down so he could see my boobs, kept telling me I had a nice [behind], telling me to come down there; he wouldn't hurt me; bend over," Liz Burkholder said.
Customers also claimed the man identified as Powell made them uncomfortable and said things like, "You don't know what kind of day I've had."
He even grabbed another patron's drink, and customers applauded when he finally exited after his nearly two-hour stay.
Police were looking for Susan, Josh and their two children until Josh and the kids showed up at their home between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. the evening of Dec. 7. Josh has said he took the boys camping to the west desert, beginning at 12:30 that morning.
West Valley Police Capt. Tom McLachlan says investigators are aware of the tip, and they did investigate it, however police were not able to confirm it was for sure Josh based on statements from the eyewitnesses.
The owner of the Duces Wild says surveillance cameras were not working that night.
KSL Newsradio will have much more on this story coming up on Utah's Morning News at 7:20 a.m. Tuesday.
E-mail: aadams@ksl.com
