I have not followed this case too much. I did live in St. John's Portland for several years recently and used Germantown Road on a daily basis at times. So I am familiar with the area. I have some questions that are answered in the article:
1. When did custody/living arrangements change for Kyron?
2. Was Skyline his new school? Or had he attended this prior to changing households?
3. How long did he live with dad and step-mom?
4. Why did this change in living arrangements occur?
I read the below article...is it correct?
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/06/kyron_hormans_blended_family_f.html
A lot of things could case bed wetting. A change in daily routine, change of custody, new baby or sibling, new rules in a home different from another home, a growth spurt. This does not mean something bad or abusive occurred, it came signify a life change, some regression, or growth spurt. Seeing mom again routinely, the long drives on the weekends. Thats a 4.5 hour drive each way.
Was this witnessed? I saw someone posted that a witness saw him leave with her. Was this verified by LE or just Facebook gossip? Did someone take him out or did he walk out?
I know everything points to the step-mom. And everyone's focus has been on her. Her behaviours can seem suspicious and everything may seem to correlate, but in focusing only on her have other possibilities been ruled out?
She took the baby to the doctors. Somewhere it said Kyron mentioned he had an appointment too? Is this correct? Did he misunderstand? Did he panic and leave the school to "get to the appointment". Walk out on the road, with poor visibility, get hit by a car? Driver thinks they hit a dog or cat or deer? I drove those roads every weekday for 3 years to several work locations over Forest Park. They are narrow, you could easily have poor visibility, Ive almost hit several dogs, deer, cats, bicyclists, etc. Not a lot of room for error. It wouldn't be hard to hit a small child, he's flung down the hill into the bushes and think it was a critter.
I ask because when I was 7, I did the exact same thing, I left school to go after my mom because I thought I was to go with her to a dentist after school instead of stay school for an hour before gymnastics started. I walked 4 miles away...just walking, like my mom will find me to take me to the dentists. It was the first time in my life I had anxiety...like what am I supposed to be doing? Small town, ended up at the dentists, for her appointment. Then she took me back for gymnastics. The reality is, he could have gone after her if he was confused about the doctor appointment. He could have been upset his mom and dad didn't go to his science fair and ran away.
Have we looked at another party taking him from the school? Have we looked at trends of children abducted from school settings over the years in that gender and age bracket? A science fair would be on social media and other places. Anyone could know just how chaotic those are a make an easy grab. I would just hate to see this situation turn out like Jacee Duggard or others like it where the step-parent was suspect and lived under a cloud of doubt for years.
I'm not saying she did or didn't plan this. But, the timelines are pretty tight and there is a lot of speculation. It also seems, looking at the article I posted above, she has been his primary caregiver for quite sometime. So it's not like suddenly she's dealing with a kid transplanted into her house with no knowledge of rules, routine, etc. And as a mom who had joint custody that was hit or miss on dads end, the frustration one has getting a kiddo back from the other parent after a few days is real. Its confusing for the child...different rules, different expectations, wanting to please both sets of parents, not wanting to hurt other parents, saying things like I want to be with you (mom or dad) so the parent doesn't feel bad. It takes days to adjust and its very hard on everyone. Whole routines are de-stablized, even bedtimes and dietary. Rules are different. Seriously, as a parent, dealing with my son coming back from dads on weekends where there were no rules, no bedtimes, junk food, toys, homework wasn't done, etc was frustrating as heck. Im sure my text history would reveal there were times I wanted to throttle dad and my son :angel: But, thats just normal mom frustration.
Anyway, I'm newer to this case snd would love to hear feedback or more information.Thanks :loveyou: