I keep coming back to the pesky Dr.'s appointment around which so much mystery & confusion swirls.
It hasn't been confirmed whether or not there was ever indeed an appointment, but TH's friend JF has relayed on behalf of TH that there was (according to TH) an appointment.
Finster said Horman had told Kyron's teacher the day before that she was taking the boy to the doctor on Friday, June 11, and gave the teacher paperwork to fill out related to the appointment.
Finster said that when Kyron didn't show up at the bus the afternoon of June 4, Horman talked to the teacher who said she thought that Horman had taken Kyron to the doctor that day. Horman told Finster that the child's teacher was new, in her first year of teaching, and was hard of hearing in one ear. "She doesn't know if she understood her," Finster said. source: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/06/friend_says_terry_moulton_horm.html
KH states:
"There was some discussion about the appointment but it was unknown exactly when the appointment was scheduled so we cannot comment for certain." source:
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/07/horman_family_answers_question.html
IMO, the appointment, and all the confusion surrounding it, could be one of the reasons why DY & TY are convinced of TH's premeditated involvement.
The appointment question has yet to be fully & sufficiently answered, as far as I'm concerned.
Here are my questions:
1. Was there a bona fide appointment?
2. Did TH inform the teacher "the day before" (June 3rd) of such an appointment?
3. Was the teacher confused as to the date of the alleged appt.? If she was confused, what factors may have led to the confusion?
4. Is it possible the teacher really did misunderstand what she may have been told about the appt. (if she was truly told anything about an appt. at all)?
5. If TH informed the teacher of an appt., was the perceived lack of clarity regarding this appt. deliberate or unintentional on TH's part?
So many questions, so few answers.