Kyron Horman search attracts 1,200 tips, but still no sign of the Portland second-grader
By Joseph Rose, The Oregonian
June 07, 2010, 8:40PM
View full sizeA student at Skyline School arrives Monday, passing a big sign of missing Kyron Horman. The FBI placed the photos along teh road near the school entrance.Searchers emerged Monday from the tall grass and lonesome forest shadows around Northwest Portland's Skyline School, convinced they had explored every area that a wandering 7-year-old boy might go. For the fourth straight day, they found no trace of missing second-graderKyron Horman.
Multnomah County Sheriff's Capt. Jason Gates, however, insisted the investigation was making progress, especially after receiving some 1,200 tips from across Oregon. With tears welling in his eyes, the incident commander said the search for the boy had become personal.
"Kyron, we're gonna bring you home, buddy, nothing is more important to your family, your friends and us," Gates said, choking back a sob during a news conference. "I'm a parent and we're all tired, but we're staying -- as long as it takes."
After torrential rains drove searchers away Sunday, authorities finished combing "high probability" areas -- where search tables show a 7-year-old might go if he wandered off. They also completed checking the 2-mile area from Skyline to Kyron's home.
Investigators said they were still trying to work out a plan for day five today. "I don't know what they'll be searching for, but there will be searchers available," said Multnomah County Sheriff's Lt. Mary Lindstrand. "Much of it depends on what develops during the night."
With Kyron's disappearance getting national exposure from NBC's "Today