Kyron's Parents, After Five Years

Kaine Horman, Kyron's dad, talking about his missing son and the ongoing efforts to find him.

Note: Terri Moulton Horman was not seen releasing red balloons anywhere today.

What Do They Know, Terri Horman?

Now that Kaine and Terri Horman are finally divorced, and more testimony concerning Rudy Sanchez, who cut the grass and did assorted landscaping tasks at the Horman's house, has been aired to the public, I am beginning to see some twisted logic to the speculation that Terri may have benefitted from the death of her husband, prior to the divorce.

Terri Horman's attorneys really want to question this landscaper and find out everything he knows, which is obvious code for "find out everything he told law enforcement after Kyron went missing". During the weeks immediately following the disappearance of Kaine Horman's seven year old son, Kyron, from his school in Portland Oregon in June of 2010, Rudy Sanchez shared with police a story of Terri Horman and her attempts to hire him to kill Kaine! This seemed rather fanciful, to say the least. I wondered if Terri had merely gotten annoyed with Kaine and carelessly wished him dead, out loud, with no regard for who might be within earshot. I also wondered if Rudy wanted his proverbial fifteen minutes of fame. I really couldn't see a motive, anywhere, for Terri to want to kill her husband. Why not just get a divorce, like most people do when irrevocably disenchanted with a spouse?

Recently, amid all the flotsam and jetsam making up the large number of published and shared pages of the Hormans' divorce order, something caught my eye in one of the responses filed by Kaine's attorney in answer to why his concerns about Sanchez's testimony is so important, both to Kaine, personally, and to his continued sole custody of their four year old daughter. In Oregon, the law favors keeping siblings together after a divorce, and Kyron is Terri's stepson. Kaine fathered Kyron with his first wife, Desiree. Terri has no custodial claim to Kyron. She does have a custodial claim to her daughter, but as her daughter is Kyron's sister, she stood a rather good chance of losing primary custody to Kaine, because of the clause in Oregon law favoring siblings remaining together. So it stands to reason that if Terri became a widow, Kyron would live with Desiree, and Terri would get to keep her daughter. Terri also pressured Desiree to sue for custody of Kyron, an arrangement that might have successfully canceled out the endeavor of keeping Kyron and his sister together; but nothing came of it.

What's an angry spouse to do? According to Sanchez, Terri met him at a restaurant, with her infant daughter in tow, and unsuccessfully solicited murder! As the story is told by Sanchez, this conversation took place some six months or so before June 4, when Kyron disappeared. It's a shame Sanchez failed to come forward at the time; so many things could have played out differently. As it happens, Sanchez was uninterested in Terri's proposition, and Terri was left to return to the drawing board. Was there some alternative plan in place, that Terri thought would eliminate the need for family court in Oregon to keep Kyron and his sister together in the event of his father's divorce? Now there actually appears to be a motive, as warped and twisted as it presents itself.

Now, almost four years later, Terri Horman and her band of merry lawyers want to know exactly what Rudy Sanchez told law enforcement, and want to question him during upcoming custody hearing, scheduled on February 10. This information is not terribly important to Kaine and Terri's daughter, as she has been without contact with her mother since June of 2010. Any visitation awarded to Terri will be guided by expert advice concerning this long absence, and whether Terri's counsel gains access to exact quotes from Rudy Sanchez to law enforcement or not, the court will probably err on the side of caution in terms of visitation, especially at first. Sanchez's answers about what he said in June of 2010 will be almost irrelevant. The only purpose to be served here is to give Terri's curiously involved defense attorney (she has, after all, NOT been charged with a crime) a better idea of the origins of allegations made when Kyron disappeared. It is all a thinly veiled attempt to gather information.

Here's an idea that Terri and her attorneys have not considered, if they want to know what the police know: Terri Horman could actually go back to Portland and sit down with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and offer to help find Kyron. She could cooperate with them, and tell investigators everything she knows about what happened the day Kyron disappeared. She might even try telling the truth in complete enough fashion to pass a polygraph. Then, information known about the criminal investigation might, by design or by default, become known to Terri and her band of merry lawyers!

We're Off To See The Wizard

 

♫The wonderful Wizard of Oz♪♪♪
♫Because, because, because, ♪because, ♫becaaaaaaaaaauuuuse♪♪♪♪♪♪
♫Because of the............?

Hmmm. Why is that, Terri Horman? Why are you off to see the Wizard, or Steve Houze, for your divorce and familial problems, when he clearly states on his website that he is, exclusively, a criminal defense attorney? What's up with that?

The judge actually summoned you to show up in person, this time. You surprised a lot of people just by being there! But did you decide to tell the truth? If you just clear up whatever was indicating deception, back in 2010, when you were polygraphed because no one could find your stepson, Kyron Horman, everyone will probably get off your back and leave you alone, and Kaine might even let you have whatever you want in the divorce settlement. Except Kiara; you probably won't get your own way inasmuch as Kiara is concerned.

It's just a thought, Terri. Most of us don't have local prosecutors petitioning family law court for the right to officially horn in and become de facto parties in our divorces! Just click your heels together three times and tell the truth!

 

 

Terri Horman Must Not Want To See Her Daughter

Terri Horman, I have to tell you, there are people out there who have done terrible things, and been convicted of them in court, yet still have access to their children. If what you said when your stepson, Kyron, first disappeared was true, specifically that you had nothing to do with his disappearance; then you should be fighting tooth and nail for custodial time with your daughter. But only if you love her.

You know, Terri, if you really attempted to get a hit out on Kiara's father, the court should eventually begin to treat it as if it were just another domestic violence thingie. Not that I would agree with that, but I am just sayin'..........that's how it usually goes. How do I know? Experience. I divorced my ex-husband over some similar issues. Only I was the victim. He was found guilty, he spent time in jail, he had to pay fines and was even on probation for awhile, but never lost his parental rights. In fact, most domestic violence thugs don't lose parental rights. And you were never even arrested for whatever it is that you did or didn't do to Kaine, so I don't understand why you're not flipping out over the fact that you haven't seen your daughter in over a year. On one hand, it could sound like Kaine is being manipulative, and an all-around, big meanie, but what about you? Life does not always carefully hand you everything to which you are entitled on a silver platter; sometimes, you have to fight for the things that are important to you. Why aren't you fighting for time with Kiara? Something else I know from experience: when one is a kid whose parent does not have custody, and that parent does not lift a finger to spend any time at all with one, one tends to take that personally. Don't expect Kiara to forgive you automatically.

In the other scenario that everyone seems to be considering, that you may very well be guilty of harming Kyron, I guess you will just carry on with what you are doing. You can yell and scream that I don't understand, wasn't there, ect., but every, single time I've heard that rant, it's been from someone who is guilty. And yes.........you've made comments like that, about this very subject, on the internet. Several publications from your very own state of Oregon traced the comments back to you. I have a picture here, especially for you, Terri.

If the courts thought you were innocent, the restraining order never would have been re-upped. There are people who have been beaten within inches of their lives by abusive spouses and have not been able to get restraining orders that last any longer than a week. You must be doing something to convince a judge that Kaine is in danger.