And Kyron's mother, Desiree, has provided more details. There have been reports in the Portland press that Desiree and Terri were old friends, but Desiree insists that couldn't be further from the truth. She says she only learned of Terri in 2002, when Desiree, while eight months pregnant with Kyron, says she found out that Kaine had started a relationship with Terri.
DESIREE YOUNG: Unfortunately, Kaine was not faithful to me and met another woman.
KATE SNOW: That was Terri?
DESIREE YOUNG: Mm-hmm.
KATE SNOW: So all of the sudden you know that there's another woman. You're eight months pregnant.
DESIREE YOUNG: Yeah.
KATE SNOW: Must have been a low point in your life.
DESIREE YOUNG: Yeah. It was pretty hard to handle. I cried solid for two months and didn't leave the bedroom because I didn't understand why she somehow equated to something that was better than me and my son.
Kaine, however, insists that he and Desiree had broken up before he stated seeing Terri, agreeing to live separate lives under the same roof just until their baby came along. In any event, Kaine and Desiree eventually divorced. At first Desiree moved into a new place near Kaine's home in Portland. Little Kyron lived with her for the first two years of his life. But Desiree was sick with severe kidney problems.
DESIREE YOUNG: I had gotten to the point where I was in the hospital usually three or four times throughout the year.
KATE SNOW: Your kidneys were failing?
DESIREE YOUNG: Yeah. I was so sick that I was passing out at times.
Desiree says she went to Canada for treatment and gave Kaine temporary custody of Kyron. When she got back, still recovering and drowning in medical bills, they decided together that Kyron would be best off staying with his dad. She admits that, despite the anguish Terri had caused her in he past, she now thought Kaine and Terri could give Kyron a good life.
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