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Scott D. Pierce: What’s the continuing fascination with the Susan Powell case? There’s a new TV show about her disappearance.

Nine years after Susan Powell was last seen at her home in West Valley City, she’s the subject of a two-hour TV documentary.

“Susan Powell: An ID Murder Mystery” premieres Wednesday at 7 p.m. on the Investigation Discovery channel. And the big new is — there is no news. Her body still hasn’t been found. No additional evidence has been discovered linking her husband, Josh Powell, to her disappearance.

“There is something about that nagging desire to have closure that kind of sparks people’s imaginations more than a cut-and-dried, solved case,” said executive producer Pamela Deutsch.