The Skeleton Key Chronicles

15 hours ago

Back in June 2010, 7-year-old Kyron Horman arrived at his elementary school in Portland, Oregon, excited for the school’s science fair before classes started that morning. He had worked hard on a diorama about a red-eyed tree frog, and one of the last photos ever taken of him shows him standing beside it in his black CSI shirt looking incredibly proud.

His stepmother, Terri Horman, had brought him to Skyline Elementary School that morning for the science fair and took the photo of him standing beside the project before classes started.

According to Terri, she watched Kyron head toward his classroom after the science fair wrapped up and then left the building. But apparently Kyron never made it to class, because around 10 a.m., his teacher marked him absent, and somewhere in that stretch of time, a little boy who had already been seen inside his own school that morning was suddenly just gone.

Over the years, the investigation became one of the most widely followed missing child cases in the country, largely because so much attention eventually centered around Kyron’s stepmother. Investigators spent years digging into Terri Horman’s timeline and statements after inconsistencies reportedly raised questions early in the case.

Kyron’s parents, Desiree Young and Kaine Horman, have both publicly said they believe Terri knows more than she has admitted. Terri has denied any involvement, and despite years of scrutiny, authorities have never announced enough evidence to charge anyone in connection with Kyron’s disappearance. Now, more than 15 years later, the case is still open.

Investigators have said they continue reviewing evidence alongside the FBI’s behavioral analysis unit while older files are being digitized and examined again using newer investigative methods. In 2022 NCMEC released an age-progressed image of Kyron as he would look likeat 19 years old. The case is still open. Meanwhile, Kyron’s family still holds vigils and continues trying to keep attention on the case after all this time.

And oddly enough, the photo Terri Horman took of Kyron that morning after bringing him to school for the science fair ended up becoming the image forever associated with him.

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1 day ago

A search for a missing 16-year-old girl in West Virginia has led investigators to the discovery of remains now identified as Shayln Shantel Harvey. About a week before the remains were found, the teen’s stepfather had been taken into custody on separate charges connected to the investigation.

When Shayln was first reported missing on May 2nd, investigators believed she may have left in an early 2000s blue Dodge Ram pickup truck. But in the days that followed, the search began to focus more heavily on the property around her home in the Big Chimney area. For nearly two weeks, investigators said they conducted interviews, gathered evidence, and ultimately obtained a search warrant for a residence on Offutt Drive in Big Chimney. On Friday, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that human remains had been located on the property. Authorities have now identified those remains as Shayln Harvey.

Shayln’s stepfather, James Truman, was arrested on May 8th and is currently facing multiple charges. Officials have not publicly detailed how those charges connect to Shayln’s disappearance, and they stressed that Truman’s arrest did not directly lead them to the remains.

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2 days ago

Looks like there’s been another major development in the Lynette Hooker case, and this one appears to directly contradict the timeline Brian Hooker originally gave investigators.

What’s interesting about some of this newer information is that it seems to place more focus back onboard Soulmate itself. From the beginning, the case largely revolved around the small dinghy Brian Hooker claimed Lynette disappeared from, but some of the newer details now being discussed publicly appear to involve activity near the yacht hours later.

A new witness came forward after she heard a loud splash near Soulmate around 9:30 p.m. That timing is significant because it appears to fall well after the point Lynette was believed to have already disappeared according to the original version of events investigators were given. Investigators are also reportedly looking more closely at the yacht’s AIS tracking system, including claims that it may have been manually shut off around the time Lynette vanished. Questions have also continued surrounding Brian Hooker’s reported movements after reaching land, including his account of knocking on doors of homes in a nearby subdivision and the still-unexplained issues involving the timeline around two separate flares that were allegedly sent up by Brian Hooker that night.

Federal investigators have since seized Soulmate as part of the ongoing investigation, with crime scene tape later seen surrounding the yacht after it arrived in Florida. The U.S. Coast Guard is now actively assisting as authorities continue trying to piece together exactly what happened in the hours surrounding Lynette Hooker’s disappearance.

For now, Brian Hooker has not been charged and has denied wrongdoing through his attorneys. As the investigation continues, authorities are asking anyone with information related to Lynette Hooker’s disappearance to come forward.

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