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Kyron Horman, 7, Disappeared From Elementary School

June 6, 2010 at 6:05 am by  

Portland, OR - Just before 8:00 Friday morning, 7-year-old Kyron Horman and his step-mother, Terri Horman, attended a science fair at Skyline Elementary School. Terri snapped a picture of Kyron standing in front of his red-eyed tree frog exhibit and the two wandered around for a bit looking at the other exhibits. At 8:45, Terri walked Kyron down the hall near his classroom. “I’m going back to the classroom, mom,” he told her. Terri waved good-bye and watched him walk down the hall. Kyron hasn’t been seen since. Nearly 8 hours passed before anyone even realized the child had vanished. Law enforcement was notified after Kyron failed to materialize at his bus stop at 3:30 that afternoon. That’s when they finally found out that Kyron hadn’t been in class all day long – members of the school staff said they never saw Kyron after the science fair, and he didn’t make it to his classroom. Portland Public Schools spokesman Matt Shelby says the Horman’s weren’t notified of the absence because Skyline doesn’t use an auto-dialer which calls parents to report the student is absent. Shelby said the school doesn’t use such a system because it doesn’t have problems with attendance.

Kyron is described as a timid little guy, very aware of stranger danger and not prone to being adventurous or wandering off. Searchers have been at it day and night since early Friday evening and have come up empty handed. As of Saturday night, there had been no Amber Alert issued because in this case, there are no known suspects or suspect vehicles. Authorities and school officials will be conducting interviews with school staff, parents and anyone else who was at the school on Friday – those interviews are expected to take place throughout the day today. Investigators say the child’s family is cooperating in the case and report that Kyron’s bio-mom arrived in Portland from Medford, Oregon, soon after learning of the boy’s disappearance.

He is 3′ 8″, 50 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair. He was wearing black cargo pants, white socks, worn black Skecher tennis shoes with orange trim and a dark t-shirt with the “CSI” show logo. Anyone with information regarding Kyron’s whereabouts is asked to call a tip line at 503-261-2847.

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  • kaylara

    This is the kind of case that they NEED to issue an Amber Alert for. Forget that you have no suspect or suspect vehicle. People need to be looking for this kid!

  • Su Do Nim

    I have a real bad feeling about this one, and my gut tells me that it probably wasn't the step-mother. That kid radiates pride and happiness, and the amount of patient parental assistance that appears to have gone into his project doesn't fit with a parental killing.

    There is a possibility of a non-custodial parent kidnapping. I hope to God that's the case here. I am praying for this child and his family.

  • http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

    “Portland Public Schools spokesman Matt Shelby says the Horman’s weren’t notified of the absence because Skyline doesn’t use an auto-dialer which calls parents to report the student is absent. Shelby said the school doesn’t use such a system because it doesn’t have problems with attendance.”

    Well they may have to rethink that now. In this day and age. Geesh. Children missing left and right. It only takes one time. Odd how a child can go missing in a school and go unnoticed for 8 hrs. They would have to of seen him at some point.

  • UniqueMommy1984

    Even if my son is in class they have called asking if he was there. I guess it's because he goes to a different class room then his home room since he is autistic. If we forget to call in to tell them he will not be coming in to school because of an illness, his school will call. They are really hardcore about that which I am grateful for. I agree this school needs to rethink how they do that.

  • UniqueMommy1984

    I hope so too but I am not sure if that is the case here. :-(

  • AMGallagher

    So what if they don't have a suspect…shouldn't an Ambert alert be issued, just so people would know to keep an eye out?! That is really scary. Kids aren't even safe at school. It used to be okay for kids to talk to ANYONE in their school building. “Strangers” in the school building weren't really “strangers”, they could be trusted. I give up, I'm not having children!

  • http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

    There are guidelines to issue an Amber alert. In MHO they also need fixing badly.

    http://www.amberalert.gov/guidelines.htm

  • Lukiemia

    Seriously??? Why the hell didnt the school make contact with the parents after the child didnt show up after the science fair?

  • http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

    I am not sure WHEN they noticed him missing. I could of missed something in this report.

  • Lukiemia

    it shouldnt matter when they noticed him missing….any teacher (SHOULD) be able to notice when one of there students hasnt returned from a class outing. Maybe im wrong.

  • http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

    I understand what you are saying Lukiemia. But every minute does matter. The sooner one notices the sooner one can be found.

  • akika666

    it wasn't a class outing. the science “fair” was right there in classrooms at the school.

  • Lukiemia

    what I meant by class outing was out of the classroom. I thought the fair took place in the gym or library, thats how it was in my day. Something weird about this story…Did the mother witness him go into the classroom? or did she just wave goodbye?

  • Isa Bunneh

    Poor little guy.

  • akika666

    that's the part i don't get either. it also says 2 teachers saw him with the mom, and assumed he'd left with her. but i'm not sure if that means they saw him leave, or just made assumptions when he wasn't there anymore.

  • akika666

    oh i see. for us, “outings” mean field trips for fun, like a picnic or beach day.

  • Ravyn1965

    I'd say start checking into school staff, particularly custodians and others aside from teachers if they've eliminated the parents as suspects. A kid doesn't just vanish into thin air. I hope they find him soon and he's safe and sound.

  • angela

    he had to have known his killer (like maybe a janitor) otherwise how would you get him out of the school w/o him kicking and screaming?

  • akika666

    god, i was so hoping this would be resolved as a mix-up by now. where the hell is he??

  • grammar police

    could *have* not could *of*

  • Janelle

    If his mom saw him walk down the hall to his classroom, then someone at school he knows, or is at least familiar with, must have taken him. I'm sure everyone who works or volunteers there is being thoroughly checked out. But. . . . . . . since there were a lot of parents there for the science fair, then more people were there than usual, so that of course makes it more difficult to find out who exactly was around. As for the teacher not noticing he was missing. . . . that's most likely because he went with his mom to the science fair before he went to his class, so if she didn't see him she would just mark him absent. On a school field trip away from school, of course I take attendance before we go, then count them in line getting on the bus, after they're on the bus, when we arrive, when we leave, etc. Most teachers do the same. But in this case it was at the school and parents were with the kids before they went to class. I hope and pray for his safe return.

  • Sugarglider1

    Oh, this sounds like it will end very badly. What a cute little guy. A Science Fair day is one on which any adult could wander in off the street. I don't think it would have been easy to snatch Kyron away, although if an adult were a parent of another child at the school, who Kyron knew, that would be a possibility.It is also possible that Kyron's body (I hate to say this, because I hope he is not dead) is somewhere there in the school, or that he was killed there in the school. A janitor, say, would know where to take a child to do something bad to them, or would know where to hide a small body in a basement or storage/supply room. They need to search that school VERRRYY carefully.

    :(

  • BlueDreamer

    Agreed. I think they still have a lot of investigating to do given the amount of people attending that were not the usual staff/faculty. Here's hoping somebody at that science fair took some video that day and at least got a look at the other visitors that day.

    With a timid child, as he is known to be, my gut tells me he must have been familiar with the person that took him.

    My heart almost pounds out of my chest just thinking of the terror this little guy and his family members are going through! I just hope he's home safe and sound very soon.

  • 3Xmommy

    I'm sick to my stomach over this poor little guy! Here is one situation where I can not say “Well, I would have never done that”- This step-mom seems to have done everything right! I would feel totally comfortable leaving my child in the hallway of their school (well, maybe not anymore!). I pray that he will be found safe and sound.

    P.S. I think I will start construction on an underground bunker to live in with my children until they turn 30- got a shovel anyone!

  • Ravyn1965

    Exactly.

  • http://twitter.com/bogustoo bogustoo

    A janitor, another parent. With the lacksadasical attitude the school has about calling parents when their child was absent, I would not be surprised if the school was unlocked during the science fair, allowing anyone off the street to walk in. Who knows if a pedophile was just waiting for the prime opportunity for the school to be accessible.

  • http://www.dreamindemon.com Jaded

    Missing Kyron Horman Facebook page…

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Missi…

  • Jim

    This is easy.
    The Step-Mom Did it.
    Wait and see.

  • gratefulchild

    I'm not a parent, so I don't understand the sizes of classrooms and rules, but I can imagine that there couldn't be more than 25 students in a class? I'm not blaming the teacher for this child's disappearance, but (even in an attempt to cover his or her own behind) wouldn't a teacher want to check with the office staff to see if a child is called in absent? Also, I would be interested to know if his teacher was involved in and attended the science fair and saw him there? Could she just have assumed that his step mother took him out of school for the rest of the day? And, even so, are there not any rules regarding documentation of absence if a child is removed from the school (even by a parent or guardian) premises early?

  • http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

    Thank you grammar police bwaaaaaaaaaaa. You have your work cut out with me.

  • Jim

    Red Eyed Tree Frogs eat their young.

  • http://www.sickcrimes.us/ Captain Obvious

    I hate to say it but that was my first gut instinct. Too many damned bad stories about bad parents. I'm sure that law enforcement has looked at her by now.

  • Parrot Toes (kathybird)

    I hope he is found alive and well.

    Stranger Danger. That is such a problem. I watched an episode of “Criminal Minds” that said the same thing I feel. It's ok to teach your kids about Stranger Danger, but be sure to also talk about Friendly Danger. Statistically, more kids are harmed/killed by someone they know well or have briefly met. The schools tend to drill the kids about Stranger Danger and unfortunately, so do a lot of misinformed parents. It's a sick world we live in. I will bet that this is the case here. It will turn out to be someone he knows.

    Also, how did it happen that no one noticed for 8 hours that he was missing? The school's excuse is not satisfactory to me. They are nieve if that is truely how they operate and therefore they are not a school concerned for their students' well being. The stepmother too. The kid said he was going back to his classroom, while the science fair was going on and she just leaves without saying goodbye? Seems fishy to me.

  • Parrot Toes (kathybird)

    I know that in ALL schools that my kids have been/are in has a policy to do attendance multiple times per day. When school starts, after lunch, after recesses, after class changes, during field trips, after field trips……whenever they leave as a group, they are at MINIMUM head-counted or attendance is called.

  • dr.awkward

    She didn't just leave him at the science fair though, she left him in the hall by his classroom, and waved goodbye. From the information available so far, the stepmother absolutely should not be vilified for assuming he could make it a yard or two without poofing into thin air.

    Whatever the hell happened here, it's certainly far out of the norm when it comes to pretty much anyone's kid (hence the newsworthiness) to simply disappear between a hallway and a classroom. I just hope beyond hope that he's found somewhere, safe and sound. But the inevitable alarmists like to grab onto to every horrible circumstance as more reason to shove their 9 year old back up in the uterus, where they'll be SAFE.

    Sorry for the dripping sarcasm, but while the school's attitude toward investigating absences isn't ideal or even responsible, it's hardly unusual. Classrooms are overcrowded and a great many parents aren't exactly diligent about informing schools when Junior's got the sniffles. Underpaid, jaded as fuck teachers and a school system that cares only for the test scores that get them more government funding, plus a horde of unruly children whose parents tend to think that the school should discipline them (unless it's newsworthy and can lead to a lawsuit, natch)… well all of that horribly put together sentence means that somewhere along the line someone was distracted and maybe something really bad happened to this kid. If so, it fucking sucks, don't get me wrong. But hindsight is 20/20, and it's easy as hell to forget that from behind a computer screen.

    I guess that was just an incredibly rambling way of saying I'm reserving judgment until they know a little more about what may have happened. 'Cause from what I've read, this is one random freak incident that has everyone going “where the fuck…?”

  • Boringusername

    Shhhhhh!!!!!!!, don't let the crazies know your not one of them! They have torches, and pitchforks!

  • dr.awkward

    Hmmmm, the “honor” of having you agree with me is highly dubious. :P

    Besides, where are your conspiracies? Clearly the woman did it, right? I mean, there must be so much more to the story! Hell, the stepmom probably didn't even take the kid to the science fair in the first place! That picture looks so obviously photoshopped! Anyone could see that she devoured him whole at least a week ago and has been using her hidden talent as an expert ventriloquist to throw off suspicion!

  • lisaznola

    I agree with much of what you said, doc.
    My crystal ball is broken right now but I am thinking this kid walked away with someone he has met, but not a school employee.
    Even janitors and lunch ladies have duties during the day and would be missed if they took off with a kid.
    Bus drivers have more time.
    Still, I am thinking a local, or a newbie in town who worked in an area (grocery store for example) where they would see the kid and 'kind of' know him. At least enough to say hi and bye and “I liked your project, wanna see my frog? Oh Yeah, I have a tank……..”
    Sweet, polite kid walks off with this person talking and hoping to see something cool with this adult he 'knows, kind of, so no freaking and fighting.
    Most people never notice or register anything since the adult and the kid are acting normal.

    *shivers*

    This story hit a nerve for some reason.

    I SO hope that I am wrong.

  • lisa

    I hate to say this but I think you are right. First his step mom is on facebook and if you look at her profile she was playing games after she was told he was missing what mom would even think to play a game after being told that? Second she has never changed her profile pic to his to support his face being seen by all his father has changed his. If it were my child or step child I would have changed my profile picture to make sure when someone look at my profile that they would see his face first in hopes for a faster return but that is just what I think..

  • Parrot Toes (kathybird)

    I suppose I got what I meant out wrong. I realize that they weren't at the science fair when he wanted to go back to his classroom, they were walking in a hallway at the school. I just assumed that the stepmother was waving to him as she watched him go, but that she expected him to come back, since everyone else would have been at the science fair. I assumed that though and I suppose that is why the stepmom didn't realize he was gone for 8 hours.

    I actually feel that the stepmom is less likely to have done anything to him than say, the janitor, another parent, a spectator to the fair (or pretending to be), ect. I know that there are a lot of parents out there who don't report their children's absence from school (stupid parents), but where I live (Canada), there are policies about taking attendance multiple times during the day in elementary schools, returning from a science fair even at your own school included. Not so much in high school though.

    I still have the feeling though that he was taken by someone he knows somewhat. Either that or someone entered the school with kidnapping or whatever on the mind, taking advantage of the science fair as cover.

  • Lisa

    I think the stepmom did this also first she has a facebook and played games after they told her he was missing what mom would think to do this? Second her husband changed his profile pic so it would be of kyron but she has not changed her if it were my child./stepson I would have change the picture on my profile to grow more attention to his face in hopes of a quicker return. Sorry but this seem a bit odd to me that she played games and didn't change her profile pic. Check out her profile and look where she was playing a game Friday between 5 and 6pm and tell me it's not a bit strange! Also the FBI isn't involved because they think he just wonder off there is more to it trust me!

  • Parrot Toes (kathybird)

    I find it odd that people go on the computer period so soon after something like this happens.

    I'm addicted to my computer, but if one of my kids went missing or even my dog, I wouldn't be going on it. I just don't get that.

  • lisaznola

    Someone was posting on the child find net works.

    http://www.childseeknetwork.com/horman.htm

    also

    http://www.helpfindmychild.net/kyron-horman

    I just do not think step mom.
    She helped him with his school work, including the tree frog exhibit. She has been a major part of his life since he was a baby. He seems to be a happy kid and he lived with her and his bio dad.
    She is the one that freaked when he was not on the bus, did not come up with a “oh, thought he went to a friend's house for a few nights” excuse and she is the one saying he would not have wandered off or went with a stranger.
    IF she did cause him harm she is a well studied psycho.
    I still say an acquaintance of some sort has this boy. I just hope the baby is ok.

  • Sugarglider1

    People handle things in different ways. So what if she played a game? Facebook games are soothingly stupid and mindless. It isn't odd at all. People try to abstract their mind from such overwhelming woes. Other people might go on a bender. Playing a stupid mindless computer game is a better thing to do than getting wasted or pacing the floors for hours on end losing your mind. For pete's sake.

  • sarabei

    I agree, the last thing I would be thinking of is my profile pic on facebook, etc. or updating it for that matter.

  • Parrot Toes (kathybird)

    Going on the computer doesn't prove that she's guilty to me, I just simply don't get how people do it. I know when something traumatic happens for me, I go into panic mode. I used to keep my CPR updated, but when my oldest was a toddler, she choked on a candy. Everything that I knew did me no good because I paniced so badly I couldn't even remember the phone number for 911…..seriously. I doubt I'd even remember how to turn a computer on, lol.

  • EveryVillainIsLemons

    Exactly!

  • http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

    Security camera's should not only be on the outside of school buildings they should be in every hallway. It could prevent this from happening in the future.

  • JD

    This kid is too young to be watching CSI….just saying

  • UniqueMommy1984

    Wouldn't surprise me now a days :-( poor kid

  • UniqueMommy1984

    Depends on the kid and their understanding of things….just my opinion though but yeah CSI really is not a show for kids.

  • isntblind

    This make have been mentioned (Im at work and can't read all the replies) but did they scour the school? Maybe a kid shoved him in a cabinet or locker while no one was looking….

    I really hope they find him- not harmed. I have two 7 year olds and this story just makes my stomach sink….

  • Jim

    The Step-Mom did it.

    1) She didn't call 911 right away.
    2) No one knows where she was right after she droped him off at school.
    3) No statement right away.
    4) No statement after search.
    5) No public statement asking for help in finding her step-son.
    6) Red Eyed Tree Frogs prey on their young.

    I would think she would do something to help.

    Wait and see.

  • UniqueMommy1984

    I would be out there looking for them not at home playing games at the computer, that almost makes her look guilty. It also wouldn't of matter if I was the step parent or bio, I would be freaking out.

  • http://karebu4672.multiply.com/ karebu

    Ummm, what killer??

  • Arls

    Idiot

  • Soobs

    I'm not sure how you can prove that SHE was the one playing games on her Facebook. I know plenty of my friends who let their kids play games (and vice versa) on FB, since they don't have their own page. Are there any other kids in the family? Nieces, nephews, etc. that could have had access to the computer?

    I'm disappointed that “teachers” claimed that they didn't see him in school that morning at the science fair, and yet, there are photos of him. Seems like the school is already closing ranks, and talking about how this isn't their fault.

  • Ravyn1965

    If that was the case, you'd think the kid would be yelling his head off to be let out, though.

  • Christy

    Do we know exactly when “she was playing games”? & that she was and not other in-house-kids? And how do we know that “she didn't call 911 right away”?

    Nothing about this makes sense. *And* it is terrifying to think that your kid can't even make it from the hallway to his freaking classroom. Yikes!

  • 3Xmommy

    I can't give up hope yet that Kyron will be found unharmed. My kids and I prayed for him last night- I prayed that he was safe, my 7 yr, old daughter prayed that he was being brave- that made me cry a little. Wherever you are little Kyron, I hope you will come home to your family very soon, I know they need you & miss you so much!

  • Kaos

    This breaks my heart, I hope the little guy is ok, and makes it home ok. I don't think it's the step mother, i just don't see it. But if the sick fucks who perpetrate these gutless crimes against kids, we could just weed them out and mow em down

  • Kaos

    forgot to add if the sick fucks who perpetrate these crimes were that obvious, we could weed them out and mow em down

  • Jim

    Arls was in on it.
    Wait and see.

  • Janelle

    As a teacher, I can tell you that we take attendance on a computer right after school starts. Students that come in up to 15 minutes late I update on the computer. The information is sent to the office. Any students that come in after the first 15 minutes have to go through the office (the front gates are closed after that), and they update it there in the office, but of course we notice as the children come in. So techniccally, we take attendance once a day. However, if a student does not come back after recess, or lunch, or during any other temporary trip out of the room (bathroom break, etc.), then we call to notify the office. I've done this several times, and usually they endid up at the bathroom or nurse's office. Thank God no one has ever really been lost. In this case, the teacher would just mark him absent because he never made it to class. Since this was a school-wide event, it is quite possible the teacher didn't see him since there were many parents there with their children. It sounds like the parents were allowed to take their children around to the exhibits individually, instead of as a whole class with the teacher.

  • http://www.dreamindemon.com Jaded

    A truck driver said he saw a child who resembled a missing second-grade boy on Highway 26 on Saturday afternoon.

    David Vaughan said he was driving toward Portland when a pickup truck turned in front of him onto Salmon Berry Road in western Washington County. Vaughan said he slammed his brakes to avoid a collision with the gray or black truck.

    He said he saw a boy in the front seat who looked like Kyron Horman.

    “I saw this young boy looking out the window at me (with) a startled look on his face and that was it until I got home that evening. My wife and I were talking and we saw this come on the news, and it flashed that this looked very familiar to me — a very distinctive young man and I thought it was worth making a call,” Vaughan said.

    Vaughan said he received a call back from an FBI agent Monday morning.

    Multnomah County sheriff's spokesman said investigators received more than 1,200 tips about the boy who was last seen at Skyline Elementary School in rural northwest Portland on Friday.

    http://www.kptv.com/news/23824427/detail.html

  • Parrot Toes (kathybird)

    Unless he couldn't…..

  • Parrot Toes (kathybird)

    I tend to give the parents' the benefit of the doubt and I always think it's not them at first, at least until there is good reason to believe that it is them or if it is obvious that it is them. It's just so hard to NOT suspect the parents since Susan Smith in the 90's.

  • kristina

    tree frogs… lol

  • kristina

    my kid's school has cameras everywhere. i got a call from the school once that they caught him pushing another kid in the hallway and when they denied it, they showed him the tape.

    awesome!!!

  • http://twitter.com/maeford penelope mccane

    I find myself grossly attracted to Terri Hormans Facebook page. I also find myself wondering why she still hasnt changed her profile picture when so many of her friends have. I am also curious as to why she is going to the gym while her child is missing. Im not judging, I'm just curious. I have children and I for damn sure wouldnt be online if one of them went missing. Hell when my dog decides to tour our neighborhood, I'm on high alert-searching until I find him…I just don't understand. May God bless little Kyron.

  • lisa

    Look at her profile on the day he went missing and she only has one other child and she is under 2 so I don't think she is playing games on facebook and the police are not calling this a kidnapping strange don't you think?? I do!!

  • Redsaid

    I'm sorry, I have to say it. He looks so much like Ethan Stacy. GAWD I hope he's safe. Ya never know, but it's sure been a long time now.
    -good vibes toward Kyron-

  • kaylara

    Yeah, I agree with you. But I can also see where staying home being unable to do anything to find your child would make you insane if you didn't have sometime to get your mind off of it. I don't know how she could do it either, because they probably would have needed to sedate me.

    I really hope that they find this kid alive and well. I hope that the truck driver saw this little boy and not just some kid that looked similar. But I have a really bad feeling about this case.

  • Vitchy

    I can't jump on the step-mother did it station wagon.
    I just don't know.
    He really looks like a happy kid.
    And personally I get why she supposedly isn't giving statements.
    Anyone remember the Ramseys?

  • isntblind

    Okay, at first I didn't think the step mom had anything to do with it. After looking at her facebook I am not so sure….

    She posted this last night:

    ” This message is from one of Kyron's classmates. I couldn't resist posting. :)

    dear terri i rely miss kyron he is a real good frend and kid. i rely like kyron. i hope he gets home soon. sincerly, paige”

    The smiley face is bothersome.

  • shaybytheway

    If she really wanted to do something to the boy, why in such a dramatic fashion? Why bother taking him to school in the first place? She could have just as easily said she dropped him off at the door. The manner of which this kidnap happened is what brought down all this attention. A kid being snatched a few feet from his classroom is freaking every parent out in America right now. (the one who don't believe she did it at least) So why would she tell that story of all stories to cover up foul play?

    Of course none of that matters if she aint got the sense God gave her. But it just doesn't seem logical. And like someone said this boy looks anything but abused so what made her decide to get rid of him all of a sudden? He looks like a happy Ethan Stacy.

  • lisaznola

    One commenter at the newspaper says that the step mom was not on facebook at 4, it was 1.

    “Posted by alreadypaid
    June 08, 2010, 8:18AM
    This is simply untrue. There are some people who thought that, but they are in a different time zone. If I post something on Facebook here at 1:00, someone in New York will see that I posted it at 4:00–their time.

    She was not on facebook at 4:00 our time, it was 1:00 our time. Please don't post falsehoods like this.”

    http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/20…

    Also, police are now saying that he was seen later about 9am in the school. They have not given anymore details to that that I can see.

  • passinthru

    actually she is on pacific time zone, as am i, from what i can see of the time on her FB activity she was playing Treasure Island at 2:34pm pacific time, that's more than an hour before the bus was due to arrive,however, i do agree that as her friends and family are changing their FB photos to the missing child she has not

  • justpassinthru

    again more people claiming she was playing facebook games after learning the child was missing, that is incorrect, she is on Pacific time, facebook shows you only time in your time zone, I am on pacific time and as i stated above the step mom was on facebook … in fact i can pull up the timline of the day the boy went missing… 8:01am she played family feud on facebook, then nothing until 1:21 that afternoon when she uploaded the pics of the science project, then she played Treasure Island at 2:34, more than an hour before the bus was due to arrive… people are getting the times confused because facebook only gives times in YOUR time zone and she is Pacific time

  • bob

    No way the step mom did it. It was one of his classmates parents. The smelly kid's dad I'll bet.

  • Stacey

    I totally agree with you…I looked into her FB account and the first thing that struck me as odd was the fact that she said she left him at 8:45am (At 8:45 a.m. when the bell rang, Terri walked her stepson down the hall close to his class) and somehow managed to be home exactly 1 minute later at 8:46am to post a comment on a friends link on FB ( Terri Moulton Horman
    LOL!
    June 4 at 8:46am)
    Then she supposedly was frantic about him missing at 3:30pm but was okay enough to play treasure island on FB at 5:34pm??? Then today she is posting comments that she will be “hitting the gym tomorrow”…your stepson is missing and you're worried about hitting the gym?
    I hate to point fingers but this is all a bit too suspicious for me!
    I think that she went to the school and took pics and played out the role of good little stepmommy to make herself look good later and to create an alibi. Where did she go after she left? She states that she ran errands but again was home by 8:46am to post comments on FB??? This boy was 7 yrs old, he would not have went willingly with a stranger and if the school was really that busy that day someone would have noticed a struggle. I think Terri took him in and walked around and took her evidence photos then got him to leave with her…

  • stacey

    Question??? If she was at the school from 7:45am til 8:45am as all accounts state then how was she home to play Family Fued at 8:01am??? Still not convincing me that she innocent.

  • UniqueMommy1984

    I didn't even think about that happening but you would think if that was the case someone could of found him by now.

  • UniqueMommy1984

    I would have to be sedated too and like I stated in another post, that whether he was my bio child or step child, I couldn't stay at home waiting around do nothing. I would be out looking for him until I just couldn't walk anymore.

  • UniqueMommy1984

    She could of been jealous of the attention her husband gave his child. Really there is no telling but some people are sick like that. Just something about this whole story is starting to smell fishy. People do some strange shit when they are upset or grieving but what the step mom is doing just seems off. It's like she doesn't even give a flying fuck that her step son is gone but again certain people show grief in different ways.

  • 3Xmommy

    Goddamit! I was so sure that step-mom had absolutely nothing to do with Kyron's disappearance.

    After reading all of these posts about her going to the gym and posting smiley-face messages online- I'm not so sure anymore!

    I realize that, at some point, parent's of missing kids will have to go on with their lives and get back into normal routines- BUT- Kyron's only been gone a few days!!

    I can guarantee that MOST moms would not have even taken a shower or brushed their teeth yet…..let alone go to the friggin gym!

    Hey! Step-mom! Forget the Pilates class this week! Instead, take a long hike through the woods and look for your kid! You're making yourself look suspicious!

  • kaylara

    That's right! You give up those few minutes of sanity and live in unmitigated fear and pain all the time! Are you sleeping? NO SLEEP FOR YOU. Have you been eating? NO FOOD FOR YOU. MOST Mom's would go a week without urinating! Or changing their clothes! Or sleeping! How dare you groom yourself? How dare you take a moment away to try to get some relief from the utter terror of having your son be taken and not knowing if he's alive or dead, or hurt, or if you'll ever see him again either way!

    You should go search the woods randomly because that is likely to help in the search of a kid who was taken from a school. Oh yeah, by the way, did we tell you? You're looking for your child's body, because if he were just hanging out in the woods, he'd probably come home on his own already. So… Yeah. Your kid is dead. Why don't you go wander around in the woods in the hopes that you'll find his body.

    Also: If you behave in anyway that differs from what we consider acceptable, we will accuse you of killing your son, regardless of what the evidence says, or whether it was even possible. It's your fault. You shouldn't have left him by himself at that school, five feet from his classroom. You should have watched him better. Your fault. All your fault.

    Don't you think she's going through enough hell right now without adding to it? Don't you think that she's already blaming herself? Why should we begrudge her an attempt at stress relief (which is what going to the gym looks like to me.)? I know that we're cynical and jaded on this site and with good reason, but in this case there's no evidence that this woman is involved or is anything other than a loving parent. I know that usually it's a family member who is involved in a kidnapping, but why focus on her? Everything I've read has seemed to say that there is no way she's involved. And then we're blaming someone who is a victim at the worst possible time. Perhaps we should all reserve judgment until there is more evidence presented to us instead of commenting on how appropriate it is if this woman bathes herself, and taking it as a sign of her guilt or innocence.

    Worse, if we focus in on her, it may damage the efforts to find Kyron and whom ever took him.

    And I'd never suggest that a family member go search the nearby woods for their loved one. If you're doing that, you're looking for a body. It's bad enough that you're looking for a body at that point, but what if the family is the one who finds the body. They will have a harder time being eliminated as suspects and it could cause legal problems, and also they will see what was done to their loved one in situ. And we don't know if this child is out there flayed and gutted with all manner of horrible things done to him. Do you REALLY think it's a good idea for his family to be out looking for that?

  • Deety

    “But the inevitable alarmists like to grab onto to every horrible circumstance as more reason to shove their 9 year old back up in the uterus, where they'll be SAFE.”

    This is so depressingly true…

  • Deety

    “I also find myself wondering why she still hasnt changed her profile picture when so many of her friends have.”

    “I have children and I for damn sure wouldnt be online if one of them went missing.”

    Didn't you just answer your own question?

  • Deety

    Please read ALL the comments- it appears the updates talking about the gym, etc. were posted BEFORE it was discovered that he was missing. It just shows up as being later to people on the east coast because of the time difference.

  • aka jas

    After reading this, I have now learned my lesson. I will NEVER just watch my kids just run into there school from the drop off point.
    That is now my official pledge.

    Damn, this does not look good at all for the little guy.

  • Suze31c

    I noticed the same thing! She is (as I am) on Pacific time. She was not aware while playing the game in the afternoon. I did notice, however that according to the newspapers (not that they are always factual) that according to the timeline, the Step mom and boy were at the school a little before 8 a.m. on her FB, she was playing Family Fued at 8:09 am. How is that possible. She also said she left him at the school at 8:45 after they went to the science fair. Even if she had stopped the game, ran to the car, drove to the school, and did the science fair that would mean they only had a bout 20 minutes to do the fair….. Hmmmm very strange. She did just change her pic, but she also made herself private. And what mother of a missing child goes to the gym to work out while people are searching for your lost child. Very odd. I'm sure the police have researched the FB account and time line. My daughter had her science fair the same day and we were rushing around getting her display board in the car and making sure she had everything, I wasn't playing Family Fued on FB!

  • Suze31c

    I agree. I am on Pacific time (washington), but my questions is???? She was reported to be at the school a little before 8 a.m. how was she playing Family Fued at 8:09 (that's what I saw). That doesn't give her much time to get him to the fair, enjoy the fair, and leave him at 8:45??? Very odd. She is private now, so you can't see any of that anymore. And she did just change the pic

  • Suze31c

    Your on the wrong time zone! Im on West Coast time, and she was up at 5:45 a.m our time posting and playing, and then at 2:34 our time! Your FB shows you, your time zone! I agree with the gym comment…. very odd

  • lisa

    The police and FBI now suspect foul play from the family does this surprise anyone NOPE not me! This is so sad I just don't understand people anymore I hope they find the little boy and are wrong but I don't think they are.

  • Jgo555

    Sounds to me like he never left the school… someone stuffed him maybe in the heat ducts or something…

    I hate to say this but I think he's dead.

  • guest

    1. Grandmother described him as dreamy, saw a kids project with sticks and went outside to add them to his project and got lost.
    2. Insurance Fraud – Intel and large corporations offer kidnapping insurance. That is why sheriff is relucant to call it an Amber Alert. CSI, who lets their 2nd grader what that crap on tv. I like the person who said the picture was for alibi.
    3. Sexual Prediator – window of opportunity was less than 15 minutes based on the step mom.
    4. Why does Kaine have custody over the biological mom.
    5. Kaine's finance

    Hopefully, he is found safe and sound at a relatives.

  • Jerri_Blank

    I am one who doesn't believe step-mom had anything to do with this. That place was crawling with people for the project fair.

    ****

    According to Website I was viewing about missing children –

    40% of children in stereotypical kidnappings are killed.
    4% of children are never found.
    79% kidnappings are carried out by strangers and 21% by acquaintances.

    74% of tragic outcomes after a child abduction occurred within three hours of being taken. According to one study of missing children statistics and stranger abductions, showed that 44% of the cases ended tragically within the first hour. By the third hour, it was 74%, and within 24 hours, 91%.

    I hate this, but I don't believe this sweet little man is alive. :-(

    ***

  • Parrot Toes (kathybird)

    I do agree with you that I think he is dead as well. However, I disagree with you on the statistics being higher for stranger abduction.

    I browsed through a bunch of stuff trying to find a good reputable site with statistics, but it's not easy to find because the FBI and NCIS and whoever else don't always have enough information over a spread out period of time to commit to actual numbers. The reason for that is that a large amount of the missing cases involve children who have run away. I do believe though that if you were to remove ALL the runaway cases, you would most likely find that parental or acquaintance abduction is still higher than stranger abduction.

    I still am on the fence though about whether the stepmom has anything to do with it. It is possible though, that she could have used the science fair as a way to turn attention away from her. She could have deliberately planned it that way. For that matter, any acquaintance of Kyron could have planned it that way. Whether it's the janitor, lunch lady, another parent, ect. I'm not saying it wasn't a stranger either because I totally feel it's possible that someone “off the street” took advantage of the science fair to grab a kid.

    Personally, I think this is an acquaintance abduction. My gut just says it is. Not necessarily the stepmom, but someone Kyron knows.

  • http://mybiblecompanion.etsy.com Sharron

    I agree! All school systems in America should have some kind of program to let parents know if their child was in school or not. Gee, how dumb on the system’s part. I pray that this kid is still alive, and safe.

  • guillotinegirl

    Kyron Horman's disappearance is now officially a criminal investigation.

    http://www.kptv.com/news/23886542/detail.html

  • mommyto3luckyme

    Reports say they are now focusing on the stepmother :(
    I really wanted to believe it wasn't her.
    Article says her account of the day doesn't match her cell phone records.
    http://www.newser.com/story/92977/cops-focus-on…

  • http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

    Keep in mind that the article you linked to is based off of another article using info from sources not directly a part of the investigation. Not saying that none of what they are reporting is incorrect, but none of that info came from official sources.

  • mommyto3luckyme

    Thanks Morbid.
    I think this is the article that it was based off of:
    http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2010/06/17/sources-…

    I didn't think it was her at first but also something just didn't seem right the way they didn't talk to the media, her going to the gym. Maybe it's just a way to blow off steam. I love working out but if my kid(s) were missing I think I would just be sitting by the phone unable to function. Her facebook profile had a picture of her 18 month old daughter while her husband and family members has Kyron's missing poster up. I think she changed it 5 days later.

    Was it ever determined if anyone really saw Kyron after the stepmother left the school. I know it was said someone saw him think it was a male classmate at 9 & the stepmother left at 8:45.
    Also I know the police are searching a body of water but I wonder if it's around sauvie island which is where according to the sources her cell phone pings show she was after she last saw Kyron.

  • WriterOnFire

    While reading the link mommyto3luckyme posted, I found an interesting bit of info. It seems that Kyron's uncle is a pedo.

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/kyron-horman-plea-miss…

    “Kristian Horman, 32, was taken into custody Thursday night in Washington State following his conviction earlier in the week on charges of child molestation in the third degree. Officials say he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl. He will serve six months in prison.

    Meanwhile, the Multnomah County Sheriff's office released a three-page flyer seeking information from anyone who was at the school or had children at the school where Kyron was last seen on June 4.

    Police said dive teams continued searching bodies of water near where Kyron disappeared. Investigators including members of the sheriff's major crimes team and the FBI are canvassing a four mile radius around Kyron's school and re-interviewing parents, students and school employees.”

    This link has a pic of the uncle;
    http://blinkoncrime.com/2010/06/17/kyron-horman…

  • Hey2night

    Terri Moulton has been the accused since day one. Why is that she is not arrested? Why is it that she is so the scrutiny of Everyone (public/media) and LE included? And yet she is ” not considered a POI” yet the LE is making all the efforts to make her to be ” the One” responsible for Kyron's disappearance. I am playing devil's advocate here. Does anyone realize that her entire family of MEN – ( all within marriage and or family members of Kyron have IT back grounds) All of them. That she may be a victim herself. Its easy to point fingers yes. I want Kyron to be found as all of us do. But if she truly is to be suspect of wrong doing with evidence to back it … WHY is she not held by LE? Why? All these Men within Kyron's family are old school IT and today employed in IT. Does anyone ever think that Terri is being held to the wall by someone else – who hacked her Facebook, her life. Just saying. Just because it looks like a Duck, Walks like a Duck – It could found to be a Goose.
    I just offer up that there is a lot on going within all of this – that is speculation – and No One has been named a Perp. Nor a POI. Think beyond the Box people. If it were so easy – they would have Terri in custody even without Kyron.

  • guestie

    um, where is the kyron's other arm in the photo?

  • http://twitter.com/maeford penelope mccane

    no, because she was online, she posted a letter from one his classmates

  • tenente

    good for that truck driver. fuck man they solve more crimes than the police.
    anyway, at the risk of sounding shallow and judgemental, I say janitor. That's my bet.

  • littlemoonseductress

    http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/20…

    I wanted to put a link up to update what is going on in the Kyron case. I hated to use this one because the stepmoms friend is whinning for her little butt buddy. But the massive loads of comments following the article is full and I mean full of all kinds of interesting case details. I would love to see the demonites tear into some of the stuff discussed.

  • littlemoonseductress

    http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2010/06/18/the-step…

    Here is another… you can actually get the pdf of the flier that was distributed (the questionaire)

  • http://www.dreamindemon.com Jaded

    The father of missing 7-year-old boy Kyron Horman is staying elsewhere this week after taking the daughter he has raised with Kyron's stepmother out of their home.

    Friends of the Horman family told FOX 12 that police encouraged Kaine Horman to take the couple's 18-month-old daughter and stay at a different location. Investigators would not confirm that information Monday.

    http://www.kptv.com/news/24074276/detail.html

  • http://www.dreamindemon.com Jaded

    Kyron Horman's stepmother was served with a restraining order and a petition for dissolution of marriage at 6 p.m. Monday, a law enforcement source confirmed.

    The legal papers came as a complete surprise to Terri Moulton Horman, the source said.

    Approached earlier in the day at her home in Northwest Portland, she had denied a report by Fox TV that her husband, Kaine Horman, and 18-month-old daughter, Kiara, had moved out.

    “Everything's good,” she said, giving a thumbs up. “We heard that rumor. It's just a rumor that needs to be squelched. Everything's fine.”

    http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/20…

  • http://www.dreamindemon.com Jaded

    In a statement released Monday afternoon through the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, Kyron’s biological mother, Desiree Young, his stepfather, Tony Young, and Kaine Horman, said they don’t want to say too much to the media for fear that it may damage the integrity of the investigation.

    “We are in complete support of that investigation,” they wrote. “Any actions taken by the investigation, or by us, are based on the best interests of Kyron and Kiara and comply with the law. Beyond this, we have no comment on the matter.”

    The statement was not signed by Terri.

    In a phone interview Monday evening, Desiree Young was asked if Terri knew they had written the statement. She said, “No, Terri didn’t know that we wrote this statement.” She wouldn’t comment as to why Terri wasn’t involved in the writing of it.

    http://www.katu.com/news/local/97360254.html

  • mommyto3luckyme

    Hmmmmmmm……

  • mommyto3luckyme

    Good article with some new info.
    http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/20…

  • http://www.dreamindemon.com Jaded

    Updated post can be found here….

    http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/06/29/kyron-ho…

  • Justsomebroad

    Some of the most affluent, beautiful and perfect “looking” kids are abused.

    Just because a child is in too small jeans and too big shoes doesn't mean he is automatically abused. Poverty washes alot of the sheen of childhood away, but the love remains…