The cost of searching for Kyron

[miabellamoure]

Yeah. She posted on july 22, twenty-ten, before Mitrice was found.

And Banned, too...

 

[Melanie]

Well my goodness, I'm bloody excited about that :innocent:

Can they get on with finding Kyron instead of looking at the bottom line of their so called budget.

Infuriating....just infuriating....

MOO

Mel

 

[Melanie]

And Banned, too...

Who? Me

Mel

 

[miabellamoure]

Who? Me

Mel

OOPS!!! I was looking at soldiermedic...and then forgot who I posted to...sorry, it's late! :crazy:

You are sooo not banned...my mistake...wrong poster!

from me to you...:blowkiss:

 

[evelyn24]

Who? Me

Mel

Grandmaj is coming for your wig.

jk
lol

Sorry..back On Topic..

 

[outthere53]

Im new here and wanted to say my step father is brother in law to Schrunk who has 2 kids himself and has told family that hes gonna find out exactly what happened but wont discuss it any further.Just wanted to say hes not a bad guy hes trying

 

[pdx]

Im new here and wanted to say my step father is brother in law to Schrunk who has 2 kids himself and has told family that hes gonna find out exactly what happened but wont discuss it any further.Just wanted to say hes not a bad guy hes trying

And who, who has met him, can NOT love M Schrunk?!
If there were ever a steadier guy to be in charge, I can not imagine who it would be. He's not only 'not a bad guy', he's a tremendously smart, local guy, who has had the job for a long time and has a long string of successes behind him.

 

[Dee10]

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/10/multnomah_county_sheriff_dan_s_1.html

Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton is returning to the board of commissioners Thursday to ask for $209,656 to cover the first three months of overtime stemming from the Kyron Horman investigation, and for temporary funding of an investigative technician.

Staton is scheduled to address the county board at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

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The overtime funding covers a lead investigator, two detectives and the salary of a one-year investigative technician assigned to the criminal investigation, county records show.

 

[OneLove]

:woohoo:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/10/multnomah_county_sheriff_dan_s_1.html

Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton is returning to the board of commissioners Thursday to ask for $209,656 to cover the first three months of overtime stemming from the Kyron Horman investigation, and for temporary funding of an investigative technician.

Staton is scheduled to address the county board at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

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The overtime funding covers a lead investigator, two detectives and the salary of a one-year investigative technician assigned to the criminal investigation, county records show.

:woohoo:
:blowkiss:
YAY! You really found it! Congratulations.

 

[Dee10]

Hopefully, we will get an update this Thursday! One can hope anyway. :dance:

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[Michael25]

It would be nice if the responsible party, and by responsible party I mean the uncaring person(s) responsible for Kyron's disappearance, felt an even greater weight when reading about the needless funding involved in a search that could have successfully found its end the afternoon of June 4. You're wasting time and money, and denying a hurting family the truth. So disappointing.

 

[Calliope]

It's deja vu all over again ... .

 

[Dee10]

:woohoo:

:woohoo:
:blowkiss:
YAY! You really found it! Congratulations.

Actually this is what I was looking for from July 22nd:

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners today approved an additional $196,034 to continue the seven-week-old investigation into the disappearance of Kyron Horman. District Attorney Mike Schrunk said the money is needed to cover an additional prosecutor and other costs, but he’s not sure how much longer the investigation into the missing 7-year-old will continue at the current pace.

Staton told the board he needs to hire an additional investigative technician, and he will report back in October on how much the investigation has cost.

http://jocosarblog.typepad.com/joco...22nd-2010-by-james-pitkin-wilamette-week.html

July 23rd

"This investigation is extremely important at this point," Staton said. With the search stage concluded unsuccessfully, the sheriff said, "We're moving into a stage with the DA's office...it's taking a different phase I believe to continue and close this investigation."

Staton said investigators have obtained no physical evidence of Kyron since he disappeared. "They are continuing to sift through the records they've subpoened to develop this into a case that could be prosecuted."

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/10/multnomah_county_sheriff_dan_s_1.html

It has also gone from in July when they thought then this case could be prosecuted; to Sept. 15th saying "We are going to try this case." Sounds to me like they are much further in the investigation then people realize as they have stated.

Granted it does not say an additional prosecutor is needed for the Horman case nor to free up Schrunk, but I believe it certainly can be speculated this case may play a factor.:cloud9:

 

[Donjeta]

The overtime funding covers a lead investigator, two detectives and the salary of a one-year investigative technician assigned to the criminal investigation, county records show.

Are they expecting to need this person's services in the Kyron case for a year? If so, what does it mean in terms of proceeding to a trial in the immediate future?

 

[BeanE]

Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Stat...ople he'd hoped for from other jurisdictions.

 

[Dee10]

From July 19th:

In October, the sheriff's office expects to return to the Board of Commissioners to discuss progress on the case and if any additional resources are necessary, the request says.

The district attorney's office is seeking $196,034 to support a deputy district attorney and one investigator through the remainder of this fiscal year to help backfill the work of six more seasoned prosecutors and three investigators dedicated to the Horman investigation.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/07/post_32.html

 

[tragco]

Are they saying this is retroactive funding? for the first 3 months of the investigation for the lead investigator, 2 detectives, etc?

I'm confused because of not only the wording, but because Staton said the MCSO personnel on the task force would be 2 detectives and an administrative tech, which sounds slightly different from the above.

So is this retroactive funding to cover the first months of the case? Or funding for task force personnel going forward, with 4 people instead of 3?

4 people instead of 3 for the task force going forward would make sense to me, if he's not getting the people he'd hoped for from other jurisdictions.

snip: Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton is returning to the board of commissioners Thursday to ask for $209,656 to cover the first three months of overtime stemming from the Kyron Horman investigation, and for temporary funding of an investigative technician.

I am reading it that this will cover two things:

a) overtime for the first three months of the investigation
b) going forward, temporary funding of an investigative technician

Likely

 

[BeanE]

snip: Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton is returning to the board of commissioners Thursday to ask for $209,656 to cover the first three months of overtime stemming from the Kyron Horman investigation, and for temporary funding of an investigative technician.

I am reading it that this will cover two things:

a) overtime for the first three months of the investigation
b) going forward, temporary funding of an investigative technician

Likely

Thanks, tragco. That makes sense.

Is an administrative technician and an investigative technician the same thing? If so, that would fit with the task force going forward.

 

[BeanE]

From July 19th:

In October, the sheriff's office expects to return to the Board of Commissioners to discuss progress on the case and if any additional resources are necessary, the request says.

The district attorney's office is seeking $196,034 to support a deputy district attorney and one investigator through the remainder of this fiscal year to help backfill the work of six more seasoned prosecutors and three investigators dedicated to the Horman investigation.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/07/post_32.html

IIRC, the DA's office got the funding they asked for, right? It was just MCSO who withdrew their request?

Sorry, I'm being lazy. I'll see if I can find the article from after the funding meeting.

ETA: The DA's office did get their request approved:

County Board Approves Additional Funds for Kyron Horman Investigation
11:49 AM July 22nd, 2010

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners today approved an additional $196,034 to continue the seven-week-old investigation into the disappearance of Kyron Horman.

District Attorney Mike Schrunk said the money is needed to cover an additional prosecutor and other costs, but he’s not sure how much longer the investigation into the missing 7-year-old will continue at the current pace.

“There comes a time when we’re going to have to sit down and have those hard questions (of) when (this case) is not going to have to be the major devourer of resources,” Schrunk said. “Life in Multnomah County is going to have to continue.”

http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2010/07...itional-funds-for-kyron-horman-investigation/


It was just MCSO who cancelled their funding request (same article/link):

Sheriff Dan Staton, meanwhile, canceled his request today for $242,609 in additional funds. Staton said he’s able to return $900,000 to the county because of efficiencies in his office. Staton told the board he needs to hire an additional investigative technician, and he will report back in October on how much the investigation has cost.

Outside the county board room, Staton told reporters that Kyron’s stepmom, Terri Moulton Horman, has cooperated and agreed to all requests so far from investigators.

 

[BeanE]

For reference:

DA's office funding document through June 30th:
http://media.wweek.com/attach/2010/07/09/DA_Expenses.pdf

Trying to find the MCSO funding document.

ETA: Having problems searching with Advanced Search since we got the new server. Not all posts come up any more. Is anyone else having problems or is it just me?

ETA again: I found a link on KGW to MCSO's document, but the PDF is no longer at the link. Searched the commissioner's site, but couldn't find it.