Disappearance of Kyron Horman

Kyron Horman
Born	Kyron Horman 2002 (Age 8) Portland, Oregon, United States
Disappeared	June 4, 2010 Skyline Elementary School
Status	Missing for 1 year, 4 months and 23 days
Nationality	American

The last photograph taken of Kyron Horman, during his school's science fair on June 4, 2010. Kyron disappeared within an hour of when this photo was taken.^[1]

Kyron Horman is an 8-year-old missing person who did not return home from Skyline Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, on June 4, 2010.^[2] Local and state police along with the FBI completed an exhaustive search for the boy and launched a criminal investigation, but have not uncovered any significant information regarding the boy's whereabouts.^[3]

Disappearance

On June 4, 2010, Kyron was brought to school by his stepmother, Terri Horman, who then stayed with him while he attended a science fair. Terri Horman states that she left the school at around 8:45am and remembered seeing Kyron walking down the hall to his first class.^[4] However, he was never seen in his first class, instead he was marked absent for the day and has not been seen since.

Search and rescue vehicles along Skyline Boulevard during search in March 2011

Terri Horman's statements to the police indicate that after leaving the school at 8:45am, she ran errands at local grocery stores until about 10:10am. Between 10:10am and 11:39am, she states that she drove her daughter around town in an attempt to use the motion of the vehicle to soothe the toddler's earache. Terri checked in to a local gym at 11:39am and worked out until about 12:40pm. By 1:21 she had arrived home and posted photos on Facebook of Kyron at the science fair earlier that morning.^[5]

At 3:30pm, Terri went to meet the school bus to pick Kyron up, but he was not on the bus. Shortly thereafter, he was reported missing to police.

Divorce and restraining order

In late June of 2010, in the midst of the investigation into Kyron's disappearance, Kyron's biological father Kaine was reportedly told by investigators that his wife, Terri Horman, had offered their landscaper "a lot of money" to kill him. Investigators convinced the landscaper to confront Terri while wearing a wire, but they were unable to obtain any hard evidence and therefore did not make an arrest. On June 28, Kaine filed for divorce and obtained a restraining order against Terri.^[1][6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pinto, Barbara; Netter, Sarah; Schabner, Dean (29 June 2010). "Kyron Horman's Stepmother Reportedly Barred by Restraining Order From Seeing her Kids". ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/article/kyron-horman-case-father-files-divorce-stepmother/story?id=11040606. Retrieved 1 February 2011. 
2. ^ "Police looking for missing Skyline Elementary student". KATU. 4 June 2010. http://www.katu.com/news/local/95669809.html. Retrieved 1 February 2011. 
3. ^ "Desiree Young says waiting for word on Kyron Horman is 'torture'". The Oregonian. 31 January 2011. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/01/desiree_young_says_waiting_for.html. Retrieved 1 February 2011. 
4. ^ "Arrest Imminent in Kyron Horman Search?". CBS News. 26 July 2010. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/26/earlyshow/main6713605.shtml. Retrieved 1 February 2011. 
5. ^ Song, Anna (23 July 2010). "Sources detail Terri’s timeline day Kyron disappeared". KATU. http://www.katu.com/news/local/99151549.html. Retrieved 1 February 2011. 
6. ^ "Complete coverage: Search for Kyron Horman". KGW. 8 September 2010. http://www.kgw.com/news/Second-grade-student-missing-from-Skyline-Elementary-95670454.html. Retrieved 1 February 2011. 

External links

• Missing Kyron Horman at the Child Seek Network
• Kyron Horman at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children