Kyron Horman Missing: Civil Suit Against Terri Horman DELAYED AND SEALED- Prompted By NEW LEADS
Portland, OR- As many of you have been following since June 2010, there is a new development today in the disappearance of Kyron Horman.
As predicted at BOC, the civil suit brought by Deisree Young, Kyron’s Mother, against Terri Horman, Kyron’s step-mother and the defacto suspect in his disappearance has been granted an abatement.
In a sealed filing, motions by Assistant District Attorney Michael Schrunk and Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton were granted, delaying the suit . The motions included supporting affidavits that continuing the action as already ruled would compromise the investigation.
The decision presents an ironic twist .
Terri Horman’s lawyers originally fought vehemently to abate the action, but were unsuccessful. As recently as last week, the Judge in the case ordered medical records to be accessible to both parties to the action.
In Judge Kantnor’s decision to NOT abate the suit at the request of Attorney Peter Bunch for Terri Horman, the Multnomah County Prosecutors Office declared “no position” on the matter after being contacted by the court.
It is not known if that order prompted the request to delay the suit .
Sheriff Stanton, Eldin Rosenthal, Norm Frink and Stephen Houze declined comment at press time.
On Monday, Judge Henry Kantor granted the motions to abate the civil proceeding and ordered the motions and affidavits filed by the district attorney and sheriff sealed.
A hearing had been scheduled for Dec. 14 to hear Young’s attorney argue before the court to compel testimony from DeDe Spicher, an alleged witness in the case. Today’s ruling is likely to render a postponement of that proceeding.
Sheriff Dan Staton, told Oregon Live, it is based on early leads that are now panning out:
“There are a couple of investigative pieces that are going to open up,” Staton told The Oregonian Tuesday. “Our belief is they’re going to open up several investigative doors.”
He said the new “investigative avenues” are based on information collected in the early phase of the investigation that are now yielding some results.
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although all reports described this event as Kyron disappearing from the hallway of the school, MCSD did not treat the school as a crime scene. It was not sealed off and examined for evidence before being overrun by students and teachers in the following days. This baffling decision might have influenced Keefer’s behavior to also pretend it was all business as usual or possibly LE instructed him to handle it that way. I’m not entirely convinced that it was mere incompetence. Add to it the immediate focus on the “stepmother”, the reassurance from LE that it was not a stranger abduction so other children were not in danger, and what to you have: a school building filled with staff that is excluded from scrutiny. I know it sounds paranoid but it gives the appearance that something or someone was in that school that was not meant to be revealed, and both LE and keeper knew it. I doubt if K spent much time at the school so don’t know if he would have known what the others wanted to hide. On the other hand he quickly blamed terri and also assured other parents their children were not in danger. IOW disregarding the school as crime scene was not incompetence but intentional and self-serving. it just occurred to me that usually when something traumatic happens to one student, counselors are provided to assist other children in dealing with the distressing event. Does anybody remember mention of this upon Kyron’s disappearance? also goes back to who took Kyron and where did they take him?
RedRose says:
April 23, 2013 at 9:41 pm
What’s with all these people going to Thailand or wanting to go there? Does anybody know?
@erose says: April 23, 2013 at 3:58 pm
While on the subjects of DAD and CA…
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Durham is known to possess survival skills. …..In the past, he has expressed a desire to travel or is believed to have traveled to *****California, the Caribbean, and Thailand.
LOL. Just spent a weekend with my nephew, who had just spent some months in Thailand. Enamored with the fool and the cost of living there…including the food. Looked at hundreds of photos. He’d gone to masage school (not a perp. lol) Now wants to cook and cook Thai food. Short story….Cheap, great food and cheap beaches, etc. if you want to live like the natives. Just like parts of the other Indonesian countries and islands.
This article just reminds me that even though there is very little to describe the “creepy guy”, people (especially kids) seem to instinctively know one when they see him. (Thinking of the rumor that kids said there was a creepy guy at Skyline.)
http://www.kgw.com/news/Creepy-guy-reported-in-Southeast-Portland–204579991.html
KGWNews
Posted on April 24, 2013 at 3:58 PM
PORTLAND – A “creepy guy” reportedly approached an 11-year-old girl in Southeast Portland Tuesday afternoon.
Just after 4 p.m., a caller reported to police that a “creepy” man was driving a silver 4-door sedan in the area of Southeast 18th Avenue and Southeast Rex Street, said Sgt. Pete Simpson with Portland police.
Police could not locate the car but the caller reported that his daughter was playing in the area when the stranger approached her. Police spoke with the girl who said she was playing outside when the man parked his car and got out.
He then walked over to her and asked her name and how old she was. She ran away and told her dad what happened.
He was described as a white man in his 30s with short brown hair. He was wearing jeans and a t-shirt and had no facial hair or glasses.
Anyone with information was asked to call police.
@grasshopper –
(says)
it just occurred to me that usually when something traumatic happens to one student, counselors are provided to assist other children in dealing with the distressing event. Does anybody remember mention of this upon Kyron’s disappearance?
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Counselors were there, and help was available for staff also. I was part of the PPS crisis team, but could not go due to caring for a grandchild. It’s just as well, I guess, in relation to posting here. If I had gone, I would not have felt I could ethically (publicly) discuss later whatever I saw or heard while volunteering.
Counselors were available the following week. I think I heard that a few were there on the weekend during interviews, but I’m not sure about that.
@grasshopper,
I am not sure if there was just incompetence, but I can only justify it at the preliminary level, meaning the accountability for Kyron once he entered the school. Was his teacher to busy to notice he was absent, or did she really think there was a doctor’s appointment, or did she realize that he went missing on her watch and used the doctor’s appointment as an excuse? All of those scenarios are a form of incompetence and the last coupled with some deception. Beyond them, we have to considered if the teacher was involved or had some knowledge of what happened.
Here is where we have to examine incompetence on the part of the principal, for the reasons Rose stated; handling of crime scene, lost records, etc. Now, I believe they are in to full on CYA mode, not incompetent but a clear agenda to move past Kyron’s disappearance ASAP. Trouble for me is determining if the principal is covering for the incompetence on the part of the teacher, or if he is covering for the district who knew of an employee who was known to molest children and was still hired, or if he is somehow involved, and at whose (if any) direction is he performing.
Penn State gave Jerry Sandusky the keys to the locker room, and he was seen over and over and over again with young boys. Sandusky had a cover story, and the best case is he fooled an entire community, or he fooled most of them while the rest turned their backs, and in the worst case others were involved. Either way, I wonder who the Skyline community has considered above reproach? Blink said the profile of this person is highly organized. I picture someone that either had some control after the fallout, or someone that knew exactly how people would react. This might be one of those guys that has molested hundreds of kids and never been caught and still has access to kids and will do this again.
@MockingbirdSings
I’m very glad to hear there were counselors. I certainly missed that in news coverage.
erose says:
April 25, 2013 at 3:27 am
Trouble for me is determining if the principal is covering for the incompetence on the part of the teacher, or if he is covering for the district who knew of an employee who was known to molest children and was still hired, or if he is somehow involved, and at whose (if any) direction is he performing.
Penn State gave Jerry Sandusky the keys to the locker room, and he was seen over and over and over again with young boys. Sandusky had a cover story, and the best case is he fooled an entire community, or he fooled most of them while the rest turned their backs, and in the worst case others were involved. Either way, I wonder who the Skyline community has considered above reproach? Blink said the profile of this person is highly organized. I picture someone that either had some control after the fallout, or someone that knew exactly how people would react. This might be one of those guys that has molested hundreds of kids and never been caught and still has access to kids and will do this again.
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Sandusky is an excellent example of someone who was highly respected, even had that very worthwhile Foundation, but the head coach (forget his name) and some others must have known and determinedly kept it quiet and LET HIM CONTINUE. Same for the molester priests that were moved from parish to parish for decades rather than sully the reputation of the Church. Both sets meet Blink’s profile, both were known for what they were to some people. Both considered the reputation of the institution more important than the welfare of innocent children. The problem is, it’s almost impossible to get the real info from either of these groups until someone blows the whistle and there is an arrest, or LE catch the perv themselves. A detective friend once said that while molesters used to be more likely to let children go afterwards, now the danger the child will tell is too great so kill them rather than risk arrest. We still don’t know if Kyron was molested or what happened at all. Does MCSD really have no more idea than we do?
about the doctor’s appt, Terri was herself a teacher, a conscientious mom who knew how things were done at the school. My guess is that she would not only inform the teacher of the time and day of the appt but also the school secretary or whoever tracks attendance in the office, in the case teacher did get confused or forget and mark child absent. Had that appt been scheduled for the day Kyron went missing, LE would undoubtedly have leaked it to the press (Maxine) to further incriminate Terri or even simply arrested her on basis of that. Far better excuse for arrest than hearsay MFH. The fact that they have kept quiet about this, leaving it to speculation, suggests to me that they, through the secretary, know perfectly well that the apt was for the following friday. speculation has been one of their main weapons of pressure in this case.
There is also the question of whether LE is in on the coverup of some known, respected person. Certainly their handling of the case is questionable. Is this the reason? Kaine’s behavior suggests he too is in on the secret, whatever it is.
Nodding to erose on Guisto years, and thinking of the Baltimore jail scandal (gang controlled), I wondered if abduction conveniantly took the fbi’s eye off mcso corruption. just starting to look , finding:
http://www.portlandcopwatch.org/PPR41/giusto41.html
I mean one reason fbi & dea showed early interest
could’ve related as much to an ongoing investigation
of mcso as to the family.
@erose re “who the Skyline community has considered above reproach? Blink said the profile of this person is highly organized. ” A well-liked PPS staff member; a successful businessman, particularly service industry (keeping in mind money laundering is done thru service businesses like hair & nail salons, restaurants & gyms); LE; a civic volunteer (ie, firefighter); minister or church leaders; software enterpreneurs, etc. Blink profile said he was single, maybe dated someone in area. Idk this person was even known to Skyline community. Probably not as he was not recognized. Probably he wouldn’t have gone there if he knew anyone likely to be at the eled (this includes a landscaper wouldn’t go where a customer might recognize him).
http://www.portlandcopwatch.org/PPR.html
in 2010, mcso info usually bottom right of p 4 or 5
To be clear, I do not *justify* the teacher’s incompetence at all, I meant to say I can justify the existence of her incompetence. I cannot call anything that happened after that as incompetent at all. After the school realized Kyron was missing, they looked at it, IMO, as they had a legal problem, unfortunately. Individually, I am sure the people had compassion for the situation, but as an institution, no so much. MOO.
Teflon pants. tsk..tsk.
Rose says:
April 25, 2013 at 11:38 am
Agreed. And then there is the possibility that it is not an either, or, but both.
Rose says:
April 25, 2013 at 11:39 am
Former Mayor Sam Adams? Maybe social clubs or activities he or KH both belonged to??
Can’t find the link where former mayor wrote about the man in plaid at the SF…
@grasshopper says: April 25, 2013 at 11:34 am
There is also the question of whether LE is in on the coverup of some known, respected person. Certainly their handling of the case is questionable. Is this the reason? Kaine’s behavior suggests he too is in on the secret, whatever it is.
Curious if anyone knows whose property that is – the HUGE are, massive home, extensive gardens about 1/2 to 1 mile west on Skyline on the north side of the road – you can’t miss it on the google earth maps. Lots of circles and things that look like helicopter landing pads?
13614 (maybe) NW Skyline Drive
west of Kruger Pond??
@grasshopper,
Blink has several articles out about Penn State, and it is eye opening, especially about how not only is a child “groomed” for molestation, but so sometimes are the parents and the community at large. There is enough evidence that top administrators have been indicted suggesting they knew and looked away.
I wonder if the classmates and other students at Skyline were asked about anyone that might have been “extra nice” to them while they were at school. Were the teachers asked if they retrospectively witnessed any inappropriate behavior by staff, or parent volunteers, coaches, etc. The focus for that type of investigation cannot just be on June 4th. This would be something built up over time.
There were several grand juries convened wrt Sandusky over a period of years, and yet everyone was in a state of shock when he was finally indicted. Lot’s of kids that were involved in his charitable programs, whose CEO was a licensed psychiatrist, considered Sandusky a perv. Bottom line – People knew. Nobody talked. It is suggested the motivation was not to put a smear on the beloved Coach Paterno’s football program. It was their bread and butter.
Skyline seems a very close knit community, not to mention what having an active SO would do to property values or one’s peace of mind. Maybe the community is in some form of denial, as was Happy Valley in the case of Sandusky. Everyone (except Kiara and the Moulton’s) are better off if TH did this. And, maybe she did, but if she did, she did not act alone.
So….what is with this community? Do they know more than we? I would think so, but is what they know something that would not stand up to outside scrutiny? IOW, have they been duped into a false sense of security by PPS and MSCO?
@RedRose, Is this the place?
http://www.trulia.com/homes/Oregon/Portland/sold/1000333157-13610-NW-Skyline-Blvd-Portland-OR-97231
@RedRose, Click on map, instead of street view and you will see a view of the house and property.
Looks like it’s owned by Intel’s Director of Marketing, who was previously a TA to the president of Intel. Also, looks like the house was purchased in 2010.
http://companies.findthecompany.com/l/24423889/Brad-Graff-in-Portland-OR
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brad-graff/7/99a/20a
Guisto running again as incumbant
http://www.flashalert.net/news.html?id=67
not for Sheriff. A County Ed Board.
I am very puzzled bcz usually alternative or
tech ed (ie automotive repair) is thoroughly
integrated into mainstream school system supervision
(regular BOE & Supt).
@erose. Dir of Marketing for NW Region or the worldwide co?
2010 was about when the worldwide cfo who commuted from
portland to CA hdqtrs was promoted up to head of worldwide co–but
remained resident in Portland.
34.5 acres & 9500 sqft house is as much go
to ground opportunity as any survivalist.
Lisa Graff, vice president of Intel’s Architecture Group and general manager of Enterprise Platforms and Services Division has been honored as a one of CRN Magazine’s 2010 Power 100 – this list recognizes the most powerful women of the channel. Graff helped deliver the newest generation of Intel server processors and increased the Intel server boards and system products available to the channel by more than 30%. She has proven herself as a leader through her impressive professional achievements and dedication to the channel.
http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2010/08/02/intels-lisa-graff-awarded-crn-power-100
I’m guessing he changed his twitter account. Seems Lisa is wife. She looks to be KH’s boss.
Brad Graff @braddyfresh 20 Jun 09
1st Tweet! Just signed up. Lisa away for a week. Big Saturday night at home with 3 blu-ray movies, unlimited volume, and a 6-pack. woo hoo!
https://twitter.com/braddyfresh
@Rose, I can’t post a link, but I have seen two articles calling him “consumer marketing director.” Looking in to his TA work. Found his 1998 biz bio.
01/08/98
Brad Graff, WTX Project Manager
Brad Graff is a product marketing manager for high-end Intel Architecture Workstations. He works in the Workstation Product Division, currently focusing on next-generation workstation system packaging strategies. He has defined multiple board and system level products based on Pentium® II Xeon and Merced” processors. After serving five years as a Nuclear Engineering Officer in the US Navy, Mr. Graff received his MBA from Harvard Business School.
http://www.datasheetarchive.com/files/intel/design/idf/bios.htm
Intel Veeps. Lisa is on list.
http://www.intel.com/newsroom/assets/bio/AppointedVP.htm
This article states he is Director of Customer Marketing, Mobile Communications Group at Intel. (His linkedin does not define in such detail)
“Gamers are among the most demanding audience when it comes to processor performance. We’re happy to be working with Razer to satisfy those desires by helping build one of the most powerful tablets based on the 3rd gen Intel Core family of products,” said Brad Graff, Director of Customer Marketing, Mobile Communications Group at Intel.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-01-09-razer-announces-razer-edge-tablet-pc
Brad Graff, Director of Partner Marketing at Intel’s Netbook and Tablet group said…
http://www.kitguru.net/laptops/tablet-pc/carl/razer-core-i7-powered-project-fiona-gaming-tablet/
Intel’s Director of Marketing, Brad Graff, also shows off new software…
http://www.osnews.com/story/13906/Sneak_Peak_at_Intel_s_Mini_Computers
Yes, it is. Thank you. Well, I’m off to google stuff…
@erose says: April 25, 2013 at 3:50 pm
@RedRose, Is this the place?
http://www.trulia.com/homes/Oregon/Portland/sold/1000333157-13610-NW-Skyline-Blvd-Portland-OR-97231
Click on map, instead of street view and you will see a view of the house and property.
Just googled “Intel – Graff – Horman” and came across this:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2010/06/intel_employees_praying_for_co.html
Interesting comments in the comments section; probably doesn’t mean anything, but since Kyron isn’t here I think anything could mean anything, especially looking back at the start – and probably earlier.
oh, some of that stuff is just TOO sad to read….
erose says:
April 25, 2013 at 3:39 pm
I wonder if the classmates and other students at Skyline were asked about anyone that might have been “extra nice” to them while they were at school. Were the teachers asked if they retrospectively witnessed any inappropriate behavior by staff, or parent volunteers, coaches, etc. The focus for that type of investigation cannot just be on June 4th. This would be something built up over time.
Erose…
Your excellent questions will, i would gather, be the kind of questions Houze would ask were there an indictment. As well as the other, more basic questions regarding whether or not Skyline/MCSO had identiified the local RSO’s unaccounted for, like Adams. Or had rendered negligible all of the other cast, such as Stenson, who worked, on the boundaries, regularly, for PPS as contracted or free agents.
Oh vw, do tell.
vw says:
April 25, 2013 at 10:45 pm
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Or had rendered negligible all of the other cast, such as Stenson, who worked, on the boundaries, regularly, for PPS as contracted or free agents.
@Rose, More on Bernie.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xetFqJySsbAJ:web.multco.us/sites/default/files/elections/documents/multco_vp_mesd_2013-05.pdf+Multnomah+Education+Service+District+board+of+directors+zone+5&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Note: This was not included in Bernie’s list of accomplishments. He was Goldschmidt’s driver. You know, he knew.
Bernie Giusto, who was Goldschmidt’s driver at the start of his term and later became Multnomah County Sheriff, was widely rumored to be romantically involved with Goldschmidt’s wife Margie (and would later date her openly after they divorced).[29]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Goldschmidt
I missed this one on Guisto. Posting in case anyone else missed it.
http://www.oregonlive.com/special/index.ssf/2008/02/giustos_job_tangled_with_his_p.html
@erose. I wonder how the east coast scion came to write for OLive.
And the article was so fine compared to OLive today.
http://gawker.com/5155594/blogging-job-for-arthur-gregg-sulzberger
I’d take his research to the bank.
There might have been (at least) one disabled alcoholic assisting in the search for Kyron.
PORTLAND — A Gresham police officer fired for driving drunk in an unmarked police car has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the city, the police chief and others, alleging his rights were violated under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The lawsuit filed in Portland says Jason Servo was suffering from alcoholism, a recognized disability under the act, and shouldn’t have been fired.
The suit also alleges Servo was denied due process, and the police union failed to represent him adequately. Servo was arrested in January 2011 after he crashed into a ditch while off duty. The lawsuit says he had spent the day at firearms training and then went out to eat and drink with fellow officers.
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Fired-Ore-officer-Alcoholism-was-a-disability-204883551.html
Something else to keep an eye on…who knows.
FBI agents swarm SE Portland neighborhood
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/FBI-agents-swarm-SE-Portland-neighborhood-204921321.html
Didn’t Clackamas respond to the search for Kyron. I may be O/T tonight, but what is with these cops?
OREGON CITY, Ore. — A Clackamas County deputy was arrested Thursday for menacing and unlawful use of a weapon, police said.
Corrections deputy Shawn Heikkila was accused of domestic violence in November 2012, said spokesman Sgt. Robert Wurpes. Heikkila was immediately placed on administrative leave while the sheriff’s office and Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office investigated the allegations.
Thursday he was jailed for unlawful use of a weapon and menacing charges related to the domestic violence incident, Wurpes said.
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Clack-Co-deputy-arrested-on-weapon-harrassment-charges-204876411.html
Is this *delay* typical of district response? I wouldn’t necessarily blame the teacher…yet, but is this policy? These institutions should not be doing their own investigating. But then, what are the alternatives, turning the case over to DUI and DV cops? What a mess.
The school district did not comment on specifics of the investigation, but did release the following statement:
A complaint regarding a teacher was received at Oregon City High School and the district office. The issue was referred to Oregon City police for further investigation. The teacher was placed on leave pending the outcome of that investigation.
Band said the school district received the complaints Monday and did not report them to the police department Wednesday. The district would not comment on the delay.
http://www.kgw.com/news/Ore-City-teacher-on-leave-for-nude-photo-allegations-204892101.html
You’ve got to give Jason Servo credit for his creative approach to alcoholism. Calling it a disability makes him immune to any action and even provides opportunity to sue for an attempt to rid the dept of an active alcoholic. No telling how many “officers” might be affected by “disabilities”. And there is probably no way to find out except for situations like this that are enacted in public. Since police and public schools investigate their own, same there. only cases we residents hear about is when a teacher actually runs off with a student and a search is initiated. Otherwise all is kept confidential.
explains some of the confusion i cases involving cops and schools.
It works for lawyers all the time.
B
@erose. I noticed this story on HuffPost, but on going to OLive, no story. What I noticed from the Huff Post story was his pleadings say such bar drinking was a part of local police culture.
referring to former Gresham officer’s suit
@erose. The principal having a 2day delay in police report (and as she was under 18 a CPSD report) probably allowed the teacher union time to find legal repr. The principal should be disciplined. But likely the only accountability would come via a parent suit against the school district.
I downloaded Snapchat appl as my female progeny did.
I don’t like it. Reportedly teens use for sexting.
My Q is why would a teacher have/know about this teen-use appl?
My inference is girls or students cued him.
If I were prosecuting him, I’d quiz on
date he installed (vs pic reception), who told him about appl, etc.
So let’s call him best case an immature geek.
The minute he got an inappropriate photo via snapchat,
he should’ve notified both principal
& LE himself.
http://m.techcrunch.com/2013/03/07/snapchat-lawsui/
because snapchats are ephermeral, and disappear fast, imo this will be a new tool of pornographers and people like Kyron’s captor seeking to defeat LE digital capabilities while briefly digitizing a high.
I had never seen this post before, it was apparently posted on the MKH website on June 29, 2010. Really a weird thing to do, if it isn’t true. Of course, it could be a mistake, that someone thought Kyron had been found, but to post that it came form the son of BK? Very weird.
“my friends dad is the principal of Kyrons school and he told us that they found Kyrons body at Sauvies island and tracked the stepmothers cell phone all the way there. That is why the father is leaving.. so sad”
http://forums.reddios.com/index.php?topic=137.200
Had any of you ever seen this before?
@ T.Ruth
I haven’t seen that particular post, but there was a day where the Facebook page of an individual who claimed to be a Search and Rescue volunteer claimed that kyron’s body was found on sauces but that the information was being withheld from the public for some specific reason that I don’t remember. The story then appeared briefly on a local tv news website, I think KOIN but then disappeared. Given the way the case was going, nobody was surprised that info was withheld or suspicious that it was a hoax though we all (facebook discussion posters) tried to learn more about the individual and if he was really SAR. It appeared that he was not qualified. IIRC the profile was of a musician. no telling if he himself did the page or it was a hack. After a few days the facebook page disappeared and the “news” was never released. I can’t remember if there was an official announcement that it was disinformation or not. But whoever did that could have put out other such nuggets under the names of real people, or real people read these and passed them on.