LE Press Conferences

[pghbrandi]

Why do they hold these PC's and release relatively no information? What purpose does this serve and how on earth is it conducive to finding Kyron? It just seems like such a waste of valuable time to me and quite honestly, if it was my child who was missing I really wouldn't appreciate it very much. If they have nothing to say to the public that might help bring Kyron home then they need to just shut up and say nothing at all.

I think it might be just to keep Kyron's name out in the public. If they didn't hold a PC, we would all be complaining they never do. I agree, not much info, but it's better than nothing to keep Kyron's name out there.

ETA. Momtective, I meant NO disrespect towards you with this post at all. I enjoy your posts.

 

[Jaxson]

My impression was he has to be careful now that T's lawyer is listening. I got the impression they are saying Kyron is alive only because not proved otherwise, not because of any info.[/quote

I can't for the life of me think why they just won't name her a POI or a suspect. I don't understand how that would damage the investigation at all. She can have her attorney there whether she is guilty or not now that she has one. Why won't they say it if that is what they think?

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

If you ask me that was a whole lot a nothin about nothin. About the only thing that I gathered from this was the fact that there are 2700(?) leads and about 60% of them have been followed up on and that the DA's office has an investigator working also.

As always, A, you are always concise and right to the point That said, the only news emanating from the presser was that LE respects and desires the assistance of ALL media outlets. I'm editorializing here, but I think that this was meant as an admonition to Kaine Horman for excluding certain media sources from covering the case. jmo

 

[Chili Fries]

Interesting he said they were reviewing video too. The context of the comment made me think he meant video from the school but I'd have to watch it again to be sure.

 

[21merc7]

I sure would like to know if Kyron was seen leaving. If so, what direction, any vehicle even if driver was not visible, or any person. I would also like to ask if KH has any friends in LE of any form.

So, Kyron was in school with Terri, we already know that. Tell us what we don't know.

 

[grayjay]

It seems to me that "no comment" is code, and generally affirmative that there is significant detail in the area of the question. Because of this, I was satisfied that a lot of information was given in an indirect way. It also looks like the press is on to this, and asks better questions so the "no comment" answer actually gives them information, albeit vague.

 

[Jaxson]

roseofsharon (or anyone who watched the presser)

Did law enforcement (Sheriff or spokesperson) actually say TH lied about her whereabouts the day K went missing [and they know that] due to cell phone ping?

The issue many have had with mention of the cell phone pings is that "we don't know that Terri even had a cell phone" and "it was the media reporting this, not law enforcement" ... so if it was a LE spokesperson or the Sheriff and he/she made the statement above, then I would say that we know Terri has a cell phone and we know the cell phone pings indicate she was not where she said she was.

No LE said they searched the island because of a tip received. LE has not mentioned cell phone pings (not LE actually involved at least)

 

[Donjeta]

I have sometimes wondered what the perps think when they hear the sheriff cite some outrageous sum of the taxpayers' money that they've spent trying to clean up the mess the perp left behind. Does it give them a sense of importance?

 

[Noway]

Interesting he said they were reviewing video too. The context of the comment made me think he meant video from the school but I'd have to watch it again to be sure.

I don't think the school had surveillance. I wonder if this means videos filmed by parents attending the science fair?

 

[Donjeta]

The surveillance footage that they asked for earlier?

 

[Chili Fries]

I don't think the school had surveillance. I wonder if this means videos filmed by parents attending the science fair?

Yeah that's what I was thinking because I believe he said it when talking about interviews with children and parents but I'm not sure.

 

[Emma Peel]

They can't find Kyron. They say he's alive until they have reason to believe he's not - yet - they search in the rivers and all over Sauvie, obviously for a body, and tell everyone to check for Kyron on their property regularly.

They say Terri is cooperating, and they say she has been. However, they say Terri lied about where she was when she left school. (Sorry - How is THAT considered cooperating?)

Is Terri finally telling them where she was? Is Terri telling them where Kyron is? If she doesn't know, is she telling them who she thinks could have Kyron? (I mean it's been a month and if they have not accomplished these things with Terri, then WHY are they characterizing her as cooperating?)

Desiree urged Terri to cooperate yesterday. But, LE today says Terri is cooperating. (was that just because Terri got a lawyer and Desiree is nervous about that being the end of cooperation?)

With all this cooperating, why do they still need to run down 2500 leads and dig up Sauvie Island?

WHAT's GOING ON???? !!!!

C'mon peeps, we can figure this out! Can't we? :banghead: :banghead:

 

[Amster]

Sadly, I don't think they will ever find him....

 

[Ms Suzanne]

They were looking for a live little Haleigh too.This is so sad.Little Kyron is still not found.I'm going to take a long break after all this.It's just very hard to read all this and this little boy and others are still not found.I pray they find him soon.

 

[grayjay]

I have sometimes wondered what the perps think when they hear the sheriff cite some outrageous sum of the taxpayers' money that they've spent trying to clean up the mess the perp left behind. Does it give them a sense of importance?

I thought about this, too, and wondered if it might make them realize how persistent LE is willing to be, the importance of the investigation, and maybe also how much they might have learned along the way.

JMO

 

[RoughlyCollie]

I was hoping this unusual lawyer she hired would have her confess. He doesn't care if he has guilty clients. That might further the finding of Kyron, eh? It could be tho that his best interest now is in the SM and not the victim in the case. How seriously sad if true !

Terri's lawyer's duty is to Terri, only. He has to act in her best interest, no one else's. He won't urge her to confess unless it is in her best interest.

For him to do otherwise would be unethical.

If Terri tells him that she has hidden Kyron somewhere and that he is alive, that's another kettle of fish. Then he is privy to information about an ongoing crime in which the victim could be in serious danger of injury or death. At that point, the lawyer would have to decide whether he is ethically obligated to contact LE.

 

[Deleted member 718]

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/07/sheriff_kyron_horman_search_at.html

Not a transcript, but a recap.

 

[cluciano63]

There is no reason to name her as a POI, as what difference does it make? They clearly do not have enough to arrest her. I think they are still indicating that she is, without having to take an official stance on it, in case they are wrong.

Also, what I read from what he says/does not say, that Terri is the likely the culprit, since he can't/won't go there, it leaves room for those wildly improbable theories floating around that Kyron is okay and someplace else, being help "captive"-I don't believe that at all, but since Gates can't just say no to those questions (because he can't prove it yet) he can't shoot down those theories in public either. (goes to the defense, if LE locked into one thing too early and only focused on Terri.) I think this is also why he is saying they are assuming Kyron is alive, so that they do not have to name this a murder investigation yet. All semantics, as usual, with same result, for me-they are looking at TH.

 

[Cheewawa007]

BBM
Was that a finger pointing to TH or to TH and her associations, thus "family associations"? Or is TH the only "family association". :waitasec:

(Not sure, I'm not watching. Thanks to all for transcribing.)

Also, it seems that it's a specific Kyron incident, and not a general threat. threat to Kyron only - right?

The way it reads here - it looks like a big fat hint in there was dropped... this is about TH, associate of TH & family possibly, and a specific Kyron focused threat.

hmmmmmmm... did those who watched feel that LE was saying this investigation is focused like that?

Or did you interpret focus on TH only? TIA!

As my buddy ol' pal tarabull would say..... "I smell what you're stepping in", Emma.

 

[Mylou]

There are no suspects, everyone is a person of interest.
SM and Kyron were at the school in the morning.
Places searched because of tips.
No reason to believe that Kyron is not alive. Continue to believe he is alive until something proves otherwise.
SM has been cooperating, nothing from investigators to assume otherwise.
SM has a lawyer, must respect that.
Continue looking for Kyron.
Thats what I got from it all.