Missing: Kyron Horman
13 years ago a 7 year old boy walked into Portland’s Skyline Elementary school and has never been seen since. What happened to Kyron Horman on June 4th 2010 remains a mystery. It has become the largest and most expensive criminal investigation in Oregon history. The events leading up to his disappearance raised no red flags.
Background
Kyron was born September 9, 2002, in Portland, to Desiree Young and Kaine Horman. The couple divorced eight months into Young's pregnancy, with Desiree citing irreconcilable differences. They both had been granted shared custody of Kyron up until 2004 when Young was diagnosed with kidney failure that required extensive medical intervention. Kaine took over full custody, however Desiree still remained an active part of Kyron's childhood.
In 2007, Kaine married Terri Moulton a substitute teacher originally from Roseburg Oregon. They married in 2007 while visiting Kauai, Hawaii. In December 2008, Moulton gave birth to a daughter, Kiara, while, Kyron was a student at Skyline Elementary School near Forest Park.
Disappearance
Shortly after 8 a.m. on Friday, June 4, 2010, Kyron was taken to Skyline Elementary School by his stepmother Terri Horman who then stayed with him while he attended a science fair. Terri Horman stated that she left the school at around 8:45 a.m. and that she last remembered seeing Kyron walking down the hall to his class. However, Kyron was never seen in his first class and was instead marked as absent that day.
The stepmothers statements to the police indicate that, after leaving the school at 8:45 a.m, she ran errands at two different Fred Meyer grocery stores until about 10:10 a.m. Between then and 11:39 a.m. she stated that she was driving her daughter around town in an attempt to use the motion of the vehicle to soothe the toddler's earache. Terri said that she then went to a local gym and exercised until about 12:40 p.m. By 1:21 p.m., she had arrived home and posted photos of Kyron at the science fair on Facebook.
At 3:30 p.m, Terri and her husband, Kaine, walked with their daughter, Kiara, to the bus stop to meet Kyron. The bus driver told them that the boy had not boarded the bus, and to call the school to ask about his whereabouts. Terri did so, only to be informed by the school secretary that Kyron had not been at school since early that day and had been marked absent. Realizing then that the boy was missing, the secretary called 9-1-1. He was unaccounted for nearly 6 hours.
The Search
Search efforts for Kyron were extensive and primarily focused on a 2-mile radius around Skyline Elementary and on Sauvie Island, approximately 6 miles away. Law enforcement did not disclose their reasons for searching the area where they did, which included a search of the Sauvie Island Bridge.
On June 12, approximately 300 trained rescuers were on the ground searching wooded areas near the school. The search for Kyron, which spanned ten days, was the largest in Oregon history and included over 1,300 searchers from Oregon, Washington and California. A reward posted for information leading to the discovery of Kyron, which was initially $25,000, expanded to $50,000 in late July 2010.
Conclusion
To this day, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department is still actively seeking any and all leads in the case. But without a breakthrough, the authorities are still no closer to solving Kyron Horman’s eerie disappearance even after more than a decade.
Terri has never been named a suspect or a person of interest in the case surrounding Kyron’s disappearance.
Meanwhile, Kyron's biological mother, Desiree Young, has remained committed to finding her son. She wants the Multnomah County District Attorney to create a new task force.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office at 503-823-3333 or 503-261-2847 (tip line), or to call NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST.
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