Issues Coverage Of Kyron Horman Case
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Kyron, the missing boy almost eight weeks now. Kyron`s step-mom, Terri Horman, isn`t a suspect officially, but she`s in the spotlight. Does she happen to know what happened to Kyron. Straight out to Bruce McCain, retired captain with the sheriff`s office, the very sheriff`s office investigating this little boy`s disappearance. Bruce, tell us about the new documents you just got your hands on.
BRUCE MCCAIN, RET. CAPTAIN MULTNOMAH CO SHERIFF`S OFFICE: Well, Jane, again, thank you for having me back, and this is really breaking news on your station, believe it or not. These were facts just within the last hour. And this deals with the civil divorce (INAUDIBLE) about how Kaine has been using that process to keep the pressure on Terri, including a show cause hearing for contempt, a show cause hearing about where she got the supposed $350,000. This afternoon, Terri Horman`s divorce lawyer, not her criminal defense lawyer, filed what`s called a motion to abate the case. Not to dismiss it, but abate it. Meaning, they (ph) were going to set it off to the side.
His basis is all of the publicity that his client is getting. What`s significant about this, Jane, is that if the court grants this motion to abate, it automatically stays any motion practice, because I do practice law here in Portland, Oregon after retiring, and this actually would prevent in theory any appearance by Terri Horman to explain the money or explain the contempt. And the big piece that he`s throwing -- the bone that he`s throwing out here is that he`s saying Terri Horman will not contest to divorce. She will stipulate to the entry of divorce, and she will also stipulate that she will not go after any of Kaine`s assets. In other words, she`s going to surrender on the divorce case.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Yes. And the $350,000, just to bring our viewers up to date, is that Kyron, his father believes that Terri, the step-mother, who was with the boy when he disappeared, had $350,000 to pay to hire an attorney, and the dad wants to know, where the heck did she get $350,000 clams, thousand clams?
MCCAIN: That`s right, Jane.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: All right. To think that it strikes -- go ahead.
MCCAIN: No, I was going to say, her lawyer is saying, that`s not the correct amount. He also stipulated that was not borrowed funds, and it was not her own money, but the key about this motion, that it was basically preventing Terri from having to answer in court until this Kyron issue is resolved.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: I hear you. The thing that strikes me about this whole case is the lack of physical evidence. None has ever been recovered. There`s no clothing, no personal effects. Usually, there is something. Let`s go back to the Casey Anthony case, for example. Now, she allegedly borrowed a shovel from a neighbor right around the time her daughter, Caylee, went missing. And then Drew Peterson, he had a blue barrel, according to a relative, and the relative says Drew asked him to remove the barrel and it was warm to the touch. But in this case, there`s nothing. There is no physical evidence, Bruce. What do you make of it?
MCCAIN: You`re absolutely right, Jane. There`s no physical evidence related to Kyron. But
there is at least physical evidence in the forensics on the electronics. This is clearly a circumstantial case at this point unless and until we find Kyron dead or alive. And I know Desiree told "People" magazine that she believes that he`s stashed away. I spoke with "People" magazine this afternoon and asked them the critical follow-up question, did you ask her, is that just a maternal gut feeling or is it based upon evidence that the investigators provided?
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Well, we know it`s a gut feeling. Thank you, Bruce.
MCCAIN: Yes, unfortunately
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