This is very interesting, as many have speculated that Terri and others rescuing Kyron from an abusive situation is one of only a few reasons why a group of people would band together to disappear a child and would continue to maintain silence in the face of personal destruction.
If Terri had altruistic, if misguided reasons for disappearing Kyron, then I believe much of the public would be "surprised" and that could account for Staton's off the cuff remark about "we have knowledge of things we wish we didn't."
Hmm...
Certainly, Terri as the altruistic heroine and Kaine as villain is one scenario discussed on the pro-Terri Internet sites and would be certainly fit the mold of the uber-LE surprise of all time...but here's why it seems uber-unlikely to me.
For discussion purposes, let's assume it's true. Kaine is an abuser. Terri arranges Kyron disappearance to save him. (any use of the word "you" in the following is impersonal and just my rhetorical style)
Okay. Kaine = horrible abuser. Terri= Savior of Children.
1. Look at the video of the first press conference with Terri draped all over Kaine. There is a still shot of Terri in that pose here:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/kyron-horman-renewed-hope-missing-grader-alive/story?id=11094002
Ask yourself if her body language, her clinging to Kaine is what you would be doing if this monster were abusing your stepson? Could you bear to touch him, lean on his chest? Why bother to give him that kind of emotional cover? You despise him. Could you touch him...add to the image of him as a suffering father? Look at Terri looking at Desiree. Could you play HERO and VANISH her child...and inflict as much pain on the other people who love the child? Could you put the bio Mom through all that agony?
2. Then there's this quote:
According to sources, Terri Horman had talked to the landscaper about being in a bad marriage and had claimed that Kaine had "hurt" her emotionally.
http://www.kgw.com/news/kyron-horman/Hormanprobelatest-97771724.html
I'd assume if things were so extreme (Kaine's abuse) that killing my husband became a very real option...that I might mention this abuse in an attempt to justify the murder to the guy I'm trying to hire. It sure beats saying...
"He hurt me emotionally." Might even get you a discount in what you have to pay the Murderer.
3. Then there is the email after Kaine left with Baby K.
"OK, I love you but this is ridiculous. What you are doing is parental child abduction and is illegal. I need to know where my daughter is and if she is safe. You were really upset with me when you left. What is it that I/we need to do to reconcile this? I don't want to call 911 but I need a resolution please. If I don't hear from you in an hour I will call 911," Terri Horman wrote to Kaine Horman.
http://www.kptv.com/news/24581546/detail.html
Would you be writing of your love, trying to reconcile with this Child Abuser? And even if this is a ruse to get Baby K back...after the MFH didn't pan out, and you had to find an underground network to give Somebody ELSE's child to...and craft a plan for Kyron's disappearance...do you think SuperMOM Terri might have given a little thought to how this might pan out in regard to Baby K? How to safeguard her? She is alleged to be so very organized. Not planning for Baby K...is a big OOPS.
Remember Terri ia an amazing organizer:
"She had those kids walking down the hall in a straight line not talking," the former colleague said. "She was really organized. She had everything laid out for days ahead. She was really in control of what she was doing. "
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/08/terri_horman.html
4. Terri's image. Recalling that somehow Terri had been portrayed as Desiree's best friend and savior...living for pure and altruistic reason's with Desiree husband...just to care for her newborn...I have no doubt that when this whole story blew up...Terri as Hero, as Child Protector would have stepped forward again. It certainly would logically be her best option. Press conference..."I did this to save a child I loved. When I am sure LE is taking this seriously and Kaine can hurt no other child, I will arrange for Kyron's safe return." Something like that.
The Terri that is so concerned about her image on the Internet...could have flipped the whole thing around. but she would rather go months suspected as a child killer...the Step-Monster that hurt that innocent little soul that loved her? Really?
5. Why not go to Tony and Desiree? Tony is LE. You email Desiree all the time. Whatever hard feelings simmer under the surface toward Terri, Desiree has to see Kaine as a hurtful betrayer too. Before you send someone else's child into a Black Hole to save him, would one not try conventional means...like gathering evidence and enlisting the other parent to make your case? What human would do this to Desiree?
6. Terri has very supportive parents. She could have moved herself and ALL THREE children there at any moment. Not everyone has supportive escape options but she does. Why make one child disappear...put one child through the confusion and fear of separation...when you have options?
No, I cannot see this as a logical scenario for the comment about LE's suprise. The two things that have surprised me most is the Murder-for-Hire Plot by Terri and the gleeful animal abuse lasting 5-6 days by her buddy Dede.
(Here is her actual blog about the puppy, saved in Google cache (just click "cancel" when prompted for a password):
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=us
At this point, as more about the capacity for cruelty these two women possess emerges...LE might themselves be "surprised" to find some us will find nothing about Terri and Dede "surprising" anymore.