PORTLAND, Ore. -- The search for missing 7-year old Kyron Horman has placed an unwelcome spotlight on family members.
Detectives appearing to be focusing their investigation on Kyron stepmother with a flier showing her picture, and asking if anyone saw her at the boy's school the day he disappeared.
Terri Horman has not been labeled a person of interest by police, but she has been the subject of public scrutiny since the investigation began, primarily since she was among the last to see Kyron.
Meantime, Kyron's uncle, 32-year old Kristian Horman was taken into custody Thursday night in Washington State following his conviction earlier in the week on charges of child molestation in the third degree.
Officials say he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl.
He will serve six months in prison.
Kyron Horman disappeared after a morning science fair he attended with Terri Horman, who reportedly raised him since he was an infant.
His absence was reported that afternoon when he failed to return home on a school bus and his stepmother contacted the school.
Terri Horman told authorities she last saw Kyron at about 8:45 a.m., when she watched him walk toward his classroom.
Another witness, who has not been identified, reported seeing the boy around 9 a.m.
Classes began an hour later and Kyron was not there.
The boy lived with his father and stepmother about 2 miles from the school.
Searchers spent 10 days checking the area near the school and the family's home before the sheriff's office scaled back the search effort and reclassified the disappearance as a criminal investigation.
Police have released little information about the criminal investigation, but searchers have been combing Sauvie Island, 10 miles northwest of downtown Portland.
Willamette Week alternative newspaper, citing anonymous police sources, reported that cell phone records show Terri Horman was on the island June 4.
The flier distributed Friday includes two questionnaires - a 10-question form directed at adults and an eight-question survey for children.
Adults and children are both asked if they saw Kyron or the stepmother at or near the elementary school, or if they noticed a pickup matching the description of Terri Horman's white Ford F250 pickup.
Detectives appearing to be focusing their investigation on Kyron stepmother with a flier showing her picture, and asking if anyone saw her at the boy's school the day he disappeared.
Terri Horman has not been labeled a person of interest by police, but she has been the subject of public scrutiny since the investigation began, primarily since she was among the last to see Kyron.
Meantime, Kyron's uncle, 32-year old Kristian Horman was taken into custody Thursday night in Washington State following his conviction earlier in the week on charges of child molestation in the third degree.
Officials say he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl.
He will serve six months in prison.
Kyron Horman disappeared after a morning science fair he attended with Terri Horman, who reportedly raised him since he was an infant.
His absence was reported that afternoon when he failed to return home on a school bus and his stepmother contacted the school.
Terri Horman told authorities she last saw Kyron at about 8:45 a.m., when she watched him walk toward his classroom.
Another witness, who has not been identified, reported seeing the boy around 9 a.m.
Classes began an hour later and Kyron was not there.
The boy lived with his father and stepmother about 2 miles from the school.
Searchers spent 10 days checking the area near the school and the family's home before the sheriff's office scaled back the search effort and reclassified the disappearance as a criminal investigation.
Police have released little information about the criminal investigation, but searchers have been combing Sauvie Island, 10 miles northwest of downtown Portland.
Willamette Week alternative newspaper, citing anonymous police sources, reported that cell phone records show Terri Horman was on the island June 4.
The flier distributed Friday includes two questionnaires - a 10-question form directed at adults and an eight-question survey for children.
Adults and children are both asked if they saw Kyron or the stepmother at or near the elementary school, or if they noticed a pickup matching the description of Terri Horman's white Ford F250 pickup.
