Missing Ore. boy search focuses on Portland area
 | In this undated photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Kyron Horman is seen. The FBI has joined an expanding search for Horman, a 7-year-old Oregon boy who vanished after his stepmother left him at his Portland elementary school on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Multnomah County Sheriff's Office) |
PORTLAND, Ore.—Investigators have limited the search for a missing 7-year-old Portland boy to the city's metro area, despite tips from as far away as Washington state, a sheriff's spokesman said Tuesday.
Kyron is still being considered a "missing endangered child," Multnomah County sheriff's Capt. Jason Gates said at a news conference, adding the disappearance is not being investigated as a criminal matter.
"We're not prepared to call it a criminal investigation at this point," Gates said. It would be considered a crime "when we have elements or specific information about this case that would lead us in a direction where there are crimes that can be defined."
The search has been difficult in the dense, hilly terrain near the school. At least
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