The Prairie Chicken
June 17, 2010
This kids smile goes right to my heart. He is adorable.
But anyway, trying to figure out what happened the day that Kyron disappeared from Skyline Elementary School in Portland Oregon has been confusing at least. It would help if the police could be a little more specific as to what, if any theory they are looking at. Or even speculating.
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I looked through the articles for the first week and came up with a timeline of sorts. Not so much a timeline as a list of what happened as given by others that saw Kyron and his step-mom Terri Horman:
Who’s who, a very incomplete list as of 6 June, 2010:
MCSO= Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office—PPB=Portland Police Bureau
Captain Jason Gates of the Multnomah County sheriff's office spokesperson?
Ben Keefer, principal of Skyline Elementary School, at 11536 N.W. Skyline Blvd, Portland Oregon.
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Kristina Porter, Kyron's teacher
Gina Zimmerman, the president of the school's PTA, also parent.
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Kaine Horman, Kyron's father
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Terri Moulton Ecker Horman, Kyron’s step-mother
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Desiree McCullough Horman, Kyron’s mother
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Carol Moulton, step-mom’s mother and Kyron's grandmother.
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June 4, 2010, Friday
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Portland Public Schools spokesman Matt Shelby said Kyron Horman was at school Friday.
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They arrived sometime after the school opened about 8 a.m., went to his classroom, dropped off his coat and backpack.
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Terri Horman, Kyrons stepmother, took Kyron to a science fair at the school Friday morning, where they walked through a number of classrooms looking at displays.
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Parent Gina Zimmerman, the president of the school's parent teacher association, was at the school for the science fair and saw Kyron pose for the photo Terri Horman took of him in front of his science display on red-eyed tree frogs.
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His stepmother, Terri Horman, left at 8:45.
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Tanner Pumala, Kyron's classmate, said he last saw his friend at about the same time (as when Terri left, at 8:45) when Kyron told him he was headed to look at another student's science project.
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"He walked by the hallway and I'm like, 'Hi, Kyron,' and he's like, 'Hi. I'm going to go see this cool one. It's electric.' I'm like, 'Alright, bye.' And that's the last time I saw him," Tanner said. "He never did make it back to class."
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According to the sheriff’s office, the stepmother saw the boy walking toward his classroom at 8:45 as she left the building but officials with Portland Public Schools said Horman’s teacher never saw him in class which started at 10 a.m. The teacher marked him absent.
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What happened after that is unclear.
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But these are additional reports from various sources that I find interesting:
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Carol Moulton said the kids were supposed to report to their classes and be divided into small groups of a few students each. Each group was supposed to tour the science fair with a chaperone. Afterward, when they returned to their classes for roll call, Kyron wasn't there, she said. He apparently was not in any group and no one noticed.
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In another report Zimmerman said everyone went into their classroom for the science fair and broke into parent-led groups of four or five. She wasn’t sure what group Kyron was in, but she said the last time she saw him was at 8:45, when the groups began going from class to class.
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Again, according to the sheriff’s office, the stepmother saw the boy walking toward his classroom at 8:45 as she left the building but officials with Portland Public Schools said Horman’s teacher never saw him in class which started at 10 a.m. The teacher marked him absent.
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Kyron's backpack and jacket were found in his classroom. The children pointed out to the teacher that Kyron was missing and she never called his parents.
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Kristina Porter, Kyron's teacher has said that Terri Horman had previously told her that Kyron had an upcoming appointment but Porter didn't remember the date. She said she assumed he was at that appointment, having seen him with his step-mom that morning.
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When Kyron didn’t get off the bus in the afternoon, his parents called police.
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Gates said Saturday that police received a 9-1-1 call at 3:45 Friday afternoon.
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Portland Public Schools spokesman Matt Shelby said two teachers saw Kyron with his stepmother and thought the two left school together.
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Nora Schreiber, a Skyline parent and volunteer, said the school has three main entrances and one secure exit. Two of the doorways are near the main office and are monitored, while a third on the north side of the school is not. Kyron's classroom is adjacent to that door, which opens onto a rear parking lot.
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I've heard it is now a criminal investigation. That can't be good.
