OR KYRON HORMAN: Missing from Portland, OR - 4 June 2010 - Age 7

Kyron's photo is shown age-progressed to 14 years. He was last seen at school on June 4, 2010. Kyron was last seen wearing a black t-shirt with "CSI" in green letters and a handprint graphic. He was also wearing black cargo pants, white socks, and black Sketchers sneakers with orange trim. Kyron may wear glasses.
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Kyron was last seen in Portland, Oregon on June 4, 2010. He usually rode the bus to Skyline Elementary School, where he was a second-grader. The school is in the 11500 block of Skyline Boulevard in a rural area in northwest Portland, about two miles from Kyron's home in the 15700 block of Sheltered Nook Road.

His stepmother, Terri Lynn Moulton Horman, stated she drove him to school because there was a science fair that day and Kyron wanted to set up his exhibit, a display about the Red-Eyed Tree Frog. They arrived shortly after 8:00 a.m. and dropped Kyron's coat and backpack off at his classroom.

A witness saw Terri and Kyron together at 8:15 p.m., in front of Kyron's exhibit. The bell rang at 8:45 a.m. and Terri says she left then. She said Kyron told her he was going to his classroom. He has never been heard from again.

Terri reported Kyron missing at 3:45 p.m., after he failed to arrive home at 3:30 p.m. as scheduled. No one reported having seen Kyron at the school after the 8:45 bell. His teacher marked him absent after classes began at 10:00 a.m.; she thought he was at a doctor's appointment.

Because so many hours had passed since he was last seen, police launched an extensive search immediately. Over the next few days they interviewed all the students and staff at Skyline Elementary School and searched the school, school grounds and the surrounding area. It was one of the largest searches in Oregon history.

Kyron's loved ones described him as timid and stated he would be unlikely to leave the school and go off on his own.


Less than two weeks after Kyron's disappearance, police stopped the search and announced they had upgraded his case from a simple missing child to a criminal investigation.

At the same time, they stated they didn't think Kyron had been abducted by a stranger. They focused on Terri, stating cellular phone records indicated she wasn't where she said she was on the day of her stepson's disappearance.


Investigators questioned Terri's friend, DeDe Spicher, about her possible knowledge of Kyron's disappearance. They searched her home and asked the public if they had seen Terri, her white pickup truck or Spicher on June 4 between 9:45 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Spicher stated knew nothing about Kyron's disappearance and she believed Terri was innocent of any wrongdoing.


Authorities have yet to name a suspect in Kyron's disappearance, in spite of their focus on his stepmother. Kaine speculated Terri caused the child's disappearance in an effort to hurt him, and suggested she may have had help from other individual. Both of Kyron's parents continue to hope that he is alive. His case remains unsolved.

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KYRON HORMAN has been missing from Portland, OR since 4 June 2010, in spite of hundreds of hours spent trying to locate him.

His stepmother, Terri Lynn Moulton Horman, stated she drove him to school because there was a science fair that day and Kyron wanted to set up his exhibit. They arrived shortly after 8:00 a.m. Terri reported Kyron missing at 3:45 p.m., after he...

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[Kimster]

For example, starting an affair with Terri while Desiree was pregnant, or promising to give Kyron back after her stay in Canada and keeping him instead . Or before Kyron vanished, not taking her concerns seriously about Terri psychlogically abusing him.
And there is more..
Just my opinion, source is the book by Rebecca Morris.

I think him not letting Kyron live full-time with his mom was definitely horrible. Kyron would still be alive. Bottom line.

 

[Regina]

They evidently don't trust it enough to the it in front of a jury right now.

Well, I'm sure it'd be for good reasons, I'd just like to know what they are even though I highly doubt I'll ever know unless there ever is a trial. (Not sure that's clear to anyone who isn't of the same mindset, lol!)

 

[Regina]

She was unable to legally change her name. She may be going by a new married name, however. I need to read the book! I need to get caught up lol.

The book is read aloud on YouTube, chapter by chapter; each episode is a chapter.

 

[Regina]

 

[GrandmaBear]

Info from Terri was that there was a sign-out sheet at the office where parents sign-out their student. Since that wasn't done, she expected they would have called.

So even though she said he'd be gone on Friday (wasn't it a Firday?) and she was SEEN with him by several people, she took him and didn't sign him out then? Interesting how she was trying to turn this around backwards.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I don't believe the reason would be that there isn't enough evidence, I think it'd be that what ever they have- or think they have- against her is weak and probably is contradicted by other facts and circumstances.

Some departments and some D.A.s etc. (probably most) are still stuck in the thought they need a body and need a TON of direct evidence, etc. This crime was also some years ago now and we have seen even recently many successful convictions with just a number of lies by the perp, a lot of circumstantial evidence, video evidence or sightings, cell records, eyewitnesses, etc. and more.

I think it very likely they could go with this if they chose to do so. I think of the recent West case with both parents convicted and NO bodies and not even reported at the time they went missing, unlike this one.

I don't know why you think it is contradicted or weak (what they have). What is contradicted is Terri's claims. You can dismiss her polygraphs as well, I don't.

No offense of course. You like to find reasons the likely perps are innocent and you find them. I find the opposite most of the time. To each their own

In this one, most I think feel she is the perp and most have said so and there are very valid reasons for thinking so as does, most likely, LE.

It all makes for interesting discussion that's for sure.

 

[Regina]

So even though she said he'd be gone on Friday (wasn't it a Firday?) and she was SEEN with him by several people, she took him and didn't sign him out then? Interesting how she was trying to turn this around backwards.

I think the fact of the matter is that he wasn't signed out.
Now, as for her having said he'd be gone on Friday, I don't know that she said that. I mean, I believe it's a fact that he had a Dr. appointment on the following Friday (the 11the, the last Friday of the school yr) but as to why the teacher's impression would be that it was on the 4th, I don't know. It doesn't appear to me that there was any mention of it that morning- which I'd expect there would've been had they spoke at all- and so I need to read the email before I can decide whether I think it wasn't clear.
At this point, for me, if the teacher was confused, then that's on the teacher.

 

[Whatsnext]

This is an old article and I don't know if it's accurate, but Kyron's classmates knew about the appointment as well.

Sources: Terri Horman vague on Kyron's doctor appointment date

{p}There was no expectation on the part of Skyline School that Kyron Horman would be in class after the science fair the day he disappeared, according to multiple sources.{/p}

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Prior to his June 4 disappearance, Kyron Horman's stepmother, Terri Horman, informed his teacher he had a doctor's appointment on Friday, the sources said, and it was why there was no expectation Kyron would be in class after the science fair. Once class began at 10 a.m., his teacher marked him absent.

According to sources, investigators believe Terri Horman was vague about which Friday she was referring to when she gave notice to the school Kyron would be gone and only after he was missing did she clarify that the doctor's appointment was on June 11, the Friday after the science fair.

Portland Public Schools spokesperson Matt Shelby told KATU News, "Two teachers were the last school staff to see Kyron at Skyline. His own teacher and another teacher saw him inside the school with his stepmother, and there didn't appear to be anything out of the ordinary."

Kim Holm's son, Kurtis, who Terri Horman photographed with his science project around the time she took a picture of Kyron that morning, said her son knew about the appointment too.

"And the teacher said, 'I thought he left with his mom,' because they thought they had a doctor appointment," Holm said. "And then at lunchtime, Kurtis ate lunch with him every day, he wasn't there at lunchtime. And then I got a call at 4:30ish, saying he didn't get off the bus, I guess. And Kurtis said, 'Oh yeah, I knew he was already gone all day Mom.'"

 

[Kimster]

Yes, I definitely remember that the school believed he had gone to an appointment with Terri.

 

[Regina]

This is an old article and I don't know if it's accurate, but Kyron's classmates knew about the appointment as well.

To me, that's a fairly lousy article. lol! Thanks for sharing it but you know, it references only one classmate who didn't actually say that he'd known why Kyron was absent, just that he'd known prior to the automated phone notification that he had been.
On another note, I take it that the unidentified teacher must be Kyron's prior teacher whose classroom was downstairs and he'd visited that morning.

 

[Mel70]

I wonder if this was typical of that school or if absence reporting was just lax on that particular day because of the science fair.

My kid's school even called you when you had called in to report them being absent, which was great when they got older (having somebody call in pretending to be the parent), but notsomuch when they were young and I had been up with a sick kid all night and then the phone was ringing, impeccably as soon as we had just gotten to sleep.

We use to call in sick. Yep. It was a bad idea. But did it. That is a good idea implementing a call back from the school.

 

[Whatsnext]

To me, that's a fairly lousy article. lol! Thanks for sharing it but you know, it references only one classmate who didn't actually say that he'd known why Kyron was absent, just that he'd known prior to the automated phone notification that he had been.
On another note, I take it that the unidentified teacher must be Kyron's prior teacher whose classroom was downstairs and he'd visited that morning.

Yes, the fact that there are so little confirmed facts (I mean confirmed by LE) plus the underwhelming media coverage at the time (they got so many things wrong) is pretty frustrating. All one can do is speculating and relying on hearsay. I know it's to protect the investigation , but without seemingly any progress I find it so depressing. I cant imagine how it must feel for Kyron's family.

 

[GrandmaBear]

The fact of the matter is she informed them of a doctor's appt. on Friday. And she was seen with him and he was missing from school that day and was with her. THAT all adds up perfectly.

Also either one person (Terri) is lying OR a number of people of all ages are lying.

I personally hope every once in awhile she sweats bullets every time she sees so many cases like this but newer ones being tried these days and successfully tried.

 

[Regina]

Yes, the fact that there are so little confirmed facts (I mean confirmed by LE) plus the underwhelming media coverage at the time (they got so many things wrong) is pretty frustrating.

I think they should have shared what they determined to be the facts and circumstances of Kyron's movements through the school that morning.
Why they didn't is beyond me.

 

[Mel70]

Trying her and having her aquitted would be even worse I agree. Can't forget Caylee Anthony. What a disaster. Hoping for a break in Kyron's case soon. For Desiree's sake, Kaine is an hole.

Whenever I think of "Casey Anthony". I become enraged. That f'in jury! Really. WTF?!!!! Then she said it was an accident. It wasn't an accidental drowning like you say IMO. But I have my theory on what happened. You didn't mean to do it. But you were responsible. And lied endlessly. The jury didn't pay attention to her behavior right after she was missing. Partying?. That's not normal! Casey was and still is for Casey.

 

[Mel70]

The fact of the matter is she informed them of a doctor's appt. on Friday. And she was seen with him and he was missing from school that day and was with her. THAT all adds up perfectly.

Also either one person (Terri) is lying OR a number of people of all ages are lying.

I personally hope every once in awhile she sweats bullets every time she sees so many cases like this but newer ones being tried these days and successfully tried.

I agree. I don't see anyone else being a viable suspect but her. With no direct evidence. IMO it was her. And she had it very well planned as far as what she was going to do to him and with him. But her alilie. Yeah O.K. But it's the lack of direct evidence that is a problem. I can't remember the boys name. Dangit. It took years to have enough solid evidence against the mother to arrest her. She said he went missing from a carnival. His body was even found on property where she had worked. It was a good area of land. And that was fairly early on. I think her first name was Michelle.

 

[Mel70]

I was thinking Timothy. But I could only think "Pitzen". And I knew that wasn't right. I didn't know about what happened later. Complete Bulls***!!!!

Death of Timothy Wiltsey - Wikipedia

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[Mel70]

Another example of technicalities protecting these people. And NOT victims! That b**** is so guilty IMO that it is obvious.

 

[Mel70]

Some departments and some D.A.s etc. (probably most) are still stuck in the thought they need a body and need a TON of direct evidence, etc. This crime was also some years ago now and we have seen even recently many successful convictions with just a number of lies by the perp, a lot of circumstantial evidence, video evidence or sightings, cell records, eyewitnesses, etc. and more.

I think it very likely they could go with this if they chose to do so. I think of the recent West case with both parents convicted and NO bodies and not even reported at the time they went missing, unlike this one.

I don't know why you think it is contradicted or weak (what they have). What is contradicted is Terri's claims. You can dismiss her polygraphs as well, I don't.

No offense of course. You like to find reasons the likely perps are innocent and you find them. I find the opposite most of the time. To each their own

In this one, most I think feel she is the perp and most have said so and there are very valid reasons for thinking so as does, most likely, LE.

It all makes for interesting discussion that's for sure.

I see the reasons they are guilty too. Most of these cases. It's so obvious. No one else had motive. Last seen with. Etc.

 

[Mel70]

Hai @Whatsnext mein freund. Hai albern Benny!