By the time that Kyron was widely known to be missing, many of the people who could have seen him had seen the picture of him in front of his exhibit.
Maybe some of the people who said they saw him remembered having seen him in that shirt, therefore they assumed they had seen him on that particular day, wearing that shirt.
We should keep in mind that they had had many other opportunities to see Kyron (in that shirt or others) and his distinctive-looking SM. Not to mention that they had also seen every other kid, and many of the parents, hundreds of times, hundreds of times.
When they see his picture online or in the newspaper, they're shocked- he's missing. They think about seeing him. How sure are they that they actually saw him that morning?
Have you ever said, "I could swear I just saw (him, her, that thing) yesterday", when you didn't or couldn't have? If a teacher or student had seen Kyron every weekday for thirty weeks, occasionally wearing that shirt, could they really say with certainty that they had seen him on Friday morning?
I'm not sure. Unless plaid shirt guy and tiny girl in red dress say that they were there on Friday morning, I am open to the idea that Terri and Kyron weren't there at all.
Again, here's a link to they "updated" story from 6/18, from which the PTA president's original comments have been omitted. As we all know, eye witness testimony is notoriously unreliable, particularly in stressful situations.
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/06/search_for_missing_portland_bo.html
Maybe some of the people who said they saw him remembered having seen him in that shirt, therefore they assumed they had seen him on that particular day, wearing that shirt.
We should keep in mind that they had had many other opportunities to see Kyron (in that shirt or others) and his distinctive-looking SM. Not to mention that they had also seen every other kid, and many of the parents, hundreds of times, hundreds of times.
When they see his picture online or in the newspaper, they're shocked- he's missing. They think about seeing him. How sure are they that they actually saw him that morning?
Have you ever said, "I could swear I just saw (him, her, that thing) yesterday", when you didn't or couldn't have? If a teacher or student had seen Kyron every weekday for thirty weeks, occasionally wearing that shirt, could they really say with certainty that they had seen him on Friday morning?
I'm not sure. Unless plaid shirt guy and tiny girl in red dress say that they were there on Friday morning, I am open to the idea that Terri and Kyron weren't there at all.
Again, here's a link to they "updated" story from 6/18, from which the PTA president's original comments have been omitted. As we all know, eye witness testimony is notoriously unreliable, particularly in stressful situations.
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/06/search_for_missing_portland_bo.html