Wow. Just...wow.
I feel as though the final piece of the puzzle has slammed into place, and I'm going out on a limb with my personal opinion: Michael Cook.
Did you notice that the story seemed to indicate that he was in on the first, or one of the first searches? He seems like he was Mr. Ready Freddie, Mr. Jim Dandy to the Rescue.
It sems like a lot for someone from high school, who, according to Kaine in a prior interview, hadn't seen or gotten together with Kaine since H.S. Really--an insertion of self and an over-reaction. If one of my friends from HS wound up in this situation, I wouldn't drop everything and race off to take a major, leading role in banners, webpages, fund-raising, searching, etc. etc. Not unless it was a friend with whom I was still in contact and very close.
Then he moves in on Terri. Let's assume for a second that she's innocent. Kyron's missing, she's accused of a MFH plot, Kaine grabs her daughter and moves out, files for divorce. I.E. she's very vulnerable--and MC moves in.
He brings food, drinks. Speaks up for her. And voila! They're sexting!
This all stinks. I've felt hinky about him for a long time now.
And I'd like to know--were he and KH really *friends* in H.S. or just on shared sports teams? Was he secretly jealous of KH? Had anything happened recently--KH getting attention, an award, or who knows what--that had triggered him? What's his past like? Has he ever been involved in any violence? Does he have a police record?
I sure hope that LE is putting him under a microscope.
At this point, if the abduction wasn't a predator that day, my leading candidates are (pure speculation):
Michael Cook.
Maybe TH finally figured out that MC could have been involved, but he had first held the sexting over her head and then threatened her daughter--as in "I made Kyron go away, I can do the same with K."
Note again: this is sheer speculation. Totally. It's in keeping with other scenarios folks here have spitballed around.
Or, if the relationship began earlier and TH is involved, maybe she and MC shuffled him off somewhere else.
I dunno. But man, I just looked at MC in that interview clip and my gut clenched and went AHA! He's deeply involved somehow, IMHO.
And, I'm not surprised that Kaine started an affair with TH while married to DY. What is shocking is that they were still married and living together.
Here again we see KH: reality is what he wants and what he says it is, and in this case that they had agreed to live together but lead separate lives. Meanwhile, DY spends two months sobbing at his betrayal. Wow, that made me hurt even more for her.
I think DY is a class act, and she is suffering horribly, including deep deep guilt. I think TY is suffering, too, and that he truly loves her and Kyron. Wow.
As for TH "grabbing" Kiara, there's been a lot of slamming of Terri because she didn't "fight for" her baby. As I understand it, the RO hadn't yet been served on her. All she knew was that KH had taken her child and left with her. So she decided to get her daughter back, which puts "paid" to claims that TH wasn't willing to take any risks or do anything to get her child back. IMHO.
But all that is irrelevant now. Kyron must be found. Desiree has been victimized first by KH's infidelity, has suffered through kidney failure, gave up custody of Kyron for what she thought was his own good, continued to mother him, and now has been victimized again with his abduction.
I hope that if Terri has any information that she knows or suspects about MC that she tells it fast. And I'd sure like to know more about MC, his life and past, and the real nature of his relationship with KH in high school. Something just isn't right here.
This is my current opinion. It's liable to change. Your mileage may vary.