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Caleb Carr, a member of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue team, searches a private property on Cornelius Pass, in Northwest Portland. June of 2010 was one of the rainiest in Oregon history, making the search efforts subject to rainstorms and muddy, wet terrain.
Skyline Elementary School students returned on the morning of Monday, June 7, to find their quiet neighborhood drastically transformed by search crews scouring the landscape, FBI officials interviewing families and an aggressive media attempting to get details on the story. Posters of Kyron were placed around the school and cars were interviewed by police as they drove into the area.
On June 5, Washington County Deputy Dave Thompson escorted members of the media into Skyline School to show Kyron's classroom and desk.
Kaili Roberts, a concerned citizen with a nephew at Skyline School spent the afternoon of Tuesday June 8 handing out missing-child fliers to motorists at the intersection of highway 30 and Cornelius Pass. She said she did this on her own accord, that her heart went out to the family.
Search-and-rescue workers from the Klamath County Sheriff's Office spent the afternoon of June 12 searching the railroad tracks along highway 30 between Cornelius Pass. At the height of the search-and-rescue effort, over 600 searchers from Oregon, Washington and California were a part of the operation.
Searchers on horseback from Lane, Clackamas and Wasco counties were used on June 11. Helicopters and dogs were also used throughout the search.
On June 11, one week after Kyron disappeared, police displayed articles of clothing similar to what Kyron was wearing on the day he disappeared. Lt. Mary Lindstrand, spokeswoman for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, held a pair of Kyron Horman's socks donated by his family.
Kyron's stepfather Tony Young consoled Kyron's biological mother, Desiree Young, while Captain Monte Reiser gave a press conference on June 13. Kyron's stepmother, Terri Moulton Horman and his biological father, Kaine Horman look on. Both sets of parents chose not to appear before the media until one week after the boy's disappearance, raising questions from the media and general public.
On June 15, 30 billboards displaying the last photo taken of Kyron were installed through the greater Portland area. 10 were written in English, 10 in Spanish, 10 in Russian. The space and supplies were donated.
Despite intense pressure from an increasingly interested local and national media, officials decided to release few details about the investigation as it continued. Capt. Jason Gates of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Department took a moment to wipe his eyes while answering questions asked by reporters during a news conference on Friday, June 18, two weeks after Kyron went missing.
On June 24, Desiree Young and Kaine Horman, Kyron's biological parents, sat through three hours of local and national interviews. Dateline would go on to produce about Kyron's disappearance.
Approximately two and a half weeks after Kyron disappeared, a wall of hope was created on the chain link fence surrounding Skyline School.