FOX 12 (KPTV) out of Portland is reporting they have confirmed that a tip DeDe Spicher provided to law enforcement has search crews back in the area near Skyline Elementary. The report states search crews have been spotted in a field off Cornelius Pass road about 1 mile from the school as well as in a field off Cornell Road. While MCSO has confirmed to The Oregonian that the new searches are to follow up on tips, they have not confirmed who provided the information. However, the searches are coming at the end of a week in which several friends of Terri Horman were reported to have testified before the Grand Jury. In addition, the latest reports state that DeDe Spicher has become more cooperative with law enforcement. KOIN Local 6 reports the searches over the past weekend have been the largest witnessed in many weeks.
KGW reports that one of the pieces of properties searched this past weekend was the same property DeDe is said to have been working at on June 4th, the day Kyron went missing. It has been reported for some time now that at least two people working with DeDe at this particular location on June 4th have stated she disappeared sometime around 11:15 to 11:30 and did not return until sometime between 12:30 and 1:00. The KGW article states DeDe “has not been able to fully account for her whereabouts.” KGW describes the area being searched as a “heavily wooded area” approximately 10 minutes from Skyline Elementary.
KATU adds that searchers were spotted for two days in areas off Northwest Germantown Road. KATU describes some of the terrain in these areas as “so steep that teams had to rappel down cliff faces” in order to complete the search. This area had been previously searched immediately after Kyron went missing. Neighbors in the area told reporters that this past weekend investigators had been going door-to-door asking similar questions to those asked when Kyron first disappeared. Judith Emerson, a nearby resident, states investigators came to their door requesting permission to search streams on their property. KATU reports the searchers were using dogs in the search along NW Germantown Road.
KATU also states they have been told these new searches are due to information provided by DeDe Spicher. It is unknown at this time which of the sites reported by the various news agencies is the location at which DeDe was working on June 4th.
The Grand Jury has now been hearing testimony for at least two weeks and it appears to be connected to Kyron’s disappearance. (I state this because at first it was unclear whether they were hearing testimony abut the murder-for-hire-plot or Kyron’s case. It has since become more evident it is the latter.) Persons identified as coming from the Grand Jury hearings include: DeDe Spicher (who was reported to have not testified but was told she would be called back), Ben Keefer (principal of Skyline Elementary), Kaine Horman, Desiree Young, and Tony Young. In addition, at least two friends of Terri’s, Chelsea Aleshire, a woman who is reported to have talked with Terri on June 4th, and Andrea Leckey were reported to have testified this past week before the Grand Jury. There may also have been unnamed “friends” of Terri Horman who were called before the jury. It has been reported that at least one of these friends testified that pre-paid cell phones were purchased by two or three of the friends for Terri and themselves to use so that their conversations would not be monitored. It is reported that false names were used to purchase at least three of the phones. MCSO has stated they can, indeed, track pre-paid phones, it will just take them a bit longer.
Related articles:
http://www.kptv.com/news/24556227/detail.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/08/searchers_return_to_hunt_for_k.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/08/witnesses_continue_to_be_calle.html
http://www.kgw.com/news/InvestigatorsSearchWhereDedeGardened-100231774.html
http://northwestportland.katu.com/content/searchers-scour-woods-kyron-clues
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Terri-Horman-friends-go-before-grand-jury-100155819.html
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