Susan Powell's father-in-law Steven found GUILTY of child porn possession

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The father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell found guilty Monday
The 65-year-old now faces five years in prison
Already served two years in prison after he took sexually explicit photos of two young neighbors in their bathroom from his bedroom window
He kept the images on a disc for sexual purposes, prosecutors said
Susan Powell disappeared from her home in West Valley City, Utah, in December 2009 and has never been found
Her husband, Steven Powell's son Josh, was long a person of interest in the case but never charged; he killed himself and their two sons in a 2012 fire

By Associated Press Reporter and Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 21:45 EST, 13 July 2015 | Updated: 07:21 EST, 14 July 2015

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Back to jail: Steven Powell, seen in an old mug shot, is facing five five years for child porn possession

The father-in-law of Susan Powell, a Utah woman who went missing six years ago, has been found guilty of possessing child pornography.

Steven Powell was on trial since last week for possessing explicit images of two neighbor girls.

Jurors returned a unanimous verdict against the 65-year-old Monday afternoon.

Powell was ordered held without bail until his August 21 sentencing, The News Tribune reported.

He faces up to five years in prison.

Powell was convicted in 2012 on 14 counts of voyeurism for shooting video and still pictures of the girls, ages 8 and 10, from a window as they used a family bathroom.

A judge threw out the child porn charges before the voyeurism trial, but they were reinstated by an appeals court.

Powell is the father of Josh Powell, who killed his two sons and himself in February 2012 while under investigation for his wife's 2009 disappearance

In 2012, authorities searched a home he had previously shared with his father, Steven Powell, and allegedly found that the elder Powell had child pornography in his possession.

In May 2012 he was convicted of 14 counts of voyeurism for taking photos of two young neighbor girls in the bathroom and was sentenced to serve two-and-a-half years in June 2012.

He got out of Washington State prison in March after finishing up his sentence.

But last month, prosecutors refiled a charge of possession of child pornography against him after an appeals court determined that the charge was wrongly dismissed during his original trial.

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Family: Josh Powell, the son of Steven Powell, is pictured with wife Susan and their sons, Charles and Braden.Susan disappeared from her home in West Valley City in December 2009 and was never found

In court: Steven Powell, pictured in court in 2011, spent two years inside for taking explicit photos of two young girls who lived next door to him

On his release from prison, Powell was ordered to complete a sexual deviancy treatment program and undergo a psycho-sexual evaluation.

He was also ordered to stay away from places where juveniles are typically found such as pools, parks, playgrounds and schools.

In July, police found Powell in a Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant and he was sentenced to nine days in jail for visiting an establishment frequented by minors, according to police reports.

In August, Powell's counselor 'terminated treatment' because Powell refused to cooperate with the psychosexual evaluation, according to the report.

His parole officer determined he was being 'manipulative,' and he was sentenced to three days in jail.

Powell again refused to answer questions about his sexual behavior during treatment in October, according to the report.

His parole officer recently asked the judge to sentence him to another 60 days behind bars, saying that he poses a 'continued risk to the community' for failing to undergo the treatment.

911 call before Josh Powell 'exploded house' in Feb. 2012

Tragic: Josh Powell, who was long suspected of killing his wife, attacked his two sons with a hatchet and then set his home in Graham, Washington (pictured) on fire, killing him and the boys, in February 2012

On Saturday, it will be the five-year anniversary of Susan Powell's disappearance - which means she will be declared legally dead under Utah law.

Josh, 36, is suspected to have killed his wife, although family members have voiced their belief that Steven was complicit in her presumed death.

Thousands of images of Susan Powell were seized from the home that Steve Powell was sharing with his son in 2011 by police serving a search warrant.

The images - some sexually suggestive - showed the missing Utah mother walking in public, doing the laundry or sitting in her car, apparently unaware that someone was taking her picture.

Steve Powell has never been charged with any crimes related to images of Susan Powell.

THE TRAGIC POWELL FAMILY: A TIMELINE

The Weekend of December 6 and 7, 2009 - Susan Powell, then 28, is last seen at the West Valley City, Utah, home she shares with her husband Josh and their two sons. Josh Powell tells police that he decided to take his boys on an impromptu camping trip that night in the middle of a blizzard but returns home to find his wife gone.

December 24, 2009 - After two weeks of investigations during which Braden and Charlie confirm the camping trip, Josh Powell is named a person of interest in his wife's disappearance.

Josh's father, Steve, tells the media he thinks Susan skipped town with a man from St. George, Utah, who also vanished from a party the same night she was last seen.

January 2010 - Josh Powell decides to move with his two sons to Puyallup, Washington, which is where he and Susan grew up. He has now begun to tell the media his wife was 'extremely unstable' and was mentally ill.

August 18, 2011 - Investigators working on a lead travel to abandoned mine shafts in Ely, Nevada, 200 miles away from West Valley. However, nothing is found.

August 20, 2011 - At a remembrance service for Susan, Steve Powell and her father Chuck Cox engage in a public shouting match in which Powell calls Cox a 'liar'.

August 25, 2011 - Forenisc investigators remove three computers from Josh Powell's home and Steve Powell claims that Susan made sexual advances on him that were 'a little beyond the pale'.

September 14, 2011 - Authorities in Utah find a shallow grave in a mountainous region which they believe could contain the remains of Susan Powell - the site, near to Topaz Mountain is 30 miles from where Josh said he took the boys camping.

September 22, 2011 - Steve Powell is charged with child pornography charges after the computers removed from his sons house reveal incriminating evidence.

September 23, 2011 - Steve Powell and Josh Powell are issued with an injunction preventing them from publishing any material from Susan Powell's journals.

September 28, 2011 - Josh Powell's sons are removed from his custody and placed with Chuck and Judy Cox because they are living in a home with sexually explicit material. He is, however, granted visitation rights with his boys.

February 1, 2011 - Josh Powell is ordered to take a psychosexual evaluation and polygraph test to regain custody of his boys. Police note that there is information and images on his computer that 'specifically related to their children's welfare.'

February 5, 2012 - Josh Powell sets off an explosion at his Washington home that killed himself and his two sons. He is also believed to have attacked the boys, then five and seven, with a hatchet.

May 2012 - Steve Powell begins a prison sentence for 14 counts of voyeurism after images showed he took explicit photos of two young neighbors in their bathroom.

February 11, 2013 - Michael Powell files motion attempting to have his brother's $1.5 million life insurance policy which he was a beneficiary of paid out.

May 2013 - Police announce their investigation into Susan's disappearance is closed and release the documents.

March 2014 - Steve Powell released from the Washington state prison after serving 30 months.

October 2014 - Steve Powell arrested on reinstated charges of possessing child pornography.

December 2014 - As the five-year anniversary of his daughter-in-law's disappearance is marked on Saturday, he will be serving 40 days in jail for failing to get sexual deviancy treatment.

July 2015 - A Pierce County jury found Steve Powell guilty of possessing child pornography