WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – After suspending the active search for Susan Cox Powell, West Valley City police are revealing more details about the likely involvement of Michael Powell in Susan’s disappearance.

Deputy Chief Phil Quinlan, West Valley City Police Department, had in-depth knowledge of the case, and he shared more information about the close connection between brothers Michael and Josh Powell in the months after Susan disappeared.

Quinlan said there is strong circumstantial evidence that Michael Powell knew what Josh had allegedly done and helped him dispose of the body.

“And a pivotal point there was the discovery of a car he’d salvaged in Pendleton, Oregon,” he said.

SALT LAKE CITY — Researchers at a UCLA think tank say the Salt Lake City metropolitan area ranks highest in the nation for same-sex couples raising children.

Twenty-six percent of same-sex couples in Salt Lake City are raising children, according to a press release issued Monday by The Williams Institute at UCLA.

“The metro areas with the highest percentages of same-sex couples raising children are in states that have a constitutional ban on marriage,” the press release said.

The Williams Institute published separate findings for metropolitan areas with populations above 1 million (including SLC), metropolitan areas with populations below 1 million and individual states.

The State of Utah ranked 13th in the nation for the percentage of same-sex couples raising children. Slightly over 20 percent of same-sex couples in Utah are raising children, according to data provided by The Williams Institute.