Kyron Horman Investigation Receives Questionnaires for Possible New Leads

Portland, Ore. - Kyron Horman investigators are gaining new leads from a questionnaire turned in by Skyline Elementary School parents and students, according to News Channel 8 Portland KGW.

Kyron Horman questionnaire investigation - why authorities handed out fliers

On Friday, June 18th, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office handed out a flier with several photos of Kyron Horman's step-mother, Terri Horman, and of her white Ford F250 pick-up truck. Attached were questions for anyone in and around Skyline Elementary School the day Kyron went missing. Capt. Jason Gates said in a news conference on Friday the questionnaire was designed to "jog" people's memory if they saw Terri Horman or her truck anytime that day. The questions were due Sunday, June 20th.

Kyron Horman questionnaire investigation - what leads are investigators sharing?

Many parents had emailed the questionnaires to Multnomah sheriff over the weekend and a large amount were turned in Sunday.

What are the answers so far in the missing Kyron Horman investigation? All the authorities are indicating, is that Kyron's step-mom, Terri Horman, is the prime focus. She is not an official "person of interest."

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Family Plans Search For Missing St. George Man

The family of a missing St. George man plans a search in southern Nevada tomorrow in response to an anonymous tip received by a private investigator connected to the case, and local volunteers are joining the effort.

Steven Koecher, 30, disappeared Dec. 13 after a trip to Henderson, Nev.'s Sun City Anthem neighborhood. Video surveillance from a home in the neighborhood showed Koecher parking his car and walking up the street, the last time he was sighted.

Koecher's abandoned car was found by police in the neighborhood four days later, and the Koecher family has issued a $10,000 reward for information leading to a resolution of the case, as well as launching a milk carton publicity campaign.

"There were a number of calls to police based on our reward poster," Koecher's father, Rolf, said this morning.

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Missing Stoughton Man’s Family Getting Help From Investigator

The family of Ilya Lastovkin, a Stoughton man who has been missing for more than 11 weeks, has a nationally known private investigator working on the case.

Joseph Moura, president of the National Investigation Bureau, took on the case Dec. 21.

An investigative consultant with the CBS TV show “48 Hours,” Moura has been running his Stoughton-based detective agency for 27 years and has worked on many missing-person cases, including the high-profile 2007 disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann from a resort hotel room in Portugal.

Lastovkin, 22, was last seen Nov. 12, as he left his Memorial Drive home at about 6 a.m. Authorities have said foul play is not suspected.

Moura said a credible source reported seeing a man resembling Lastovkin walking on Route 138 in Stoughton on Nov. 15. The information was investigated by Stoughton police at the time but did not lead anywhere.

Acting Stoughton Police Chief Thomas Murphy said there have been no new leads since.

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Lawyer Wants PI Bala’s Safety Guaranteed

The lawyer for private investigator P. Balasubramaniam said today the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) willingness to meet with his client is a positive development but insisted that the private investigator’s safety must be guaranteed.

“It certainly appears to be a positive statement but we will have to wait for the MACC to contact us directly with acceptance of the conditions set for the interview,” said Americk Sidhu in an email to The Malaysian Insider.

“We have stated previously that Bala is prepared to assist the MACC in any way possible provided his safety is not compromised,” he added.

Yesterday, the new MACC chief Datuk Abu Kassim Mohamed declared the agency was prepared to meet Balasubramaniam anywhere — even abroad — over his allegations linked to the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder.

The missing private investigator has made a series of claims that involved Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his family.

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Family Searches for Answers in Model's Death

MIAMI, Fl. (WXYZ) - The mother of a Playboy model with connections to Dearborn is demanding answers in the 26-year-old's death.

Paula Sladewski's body was found burning in a Miami area dumpster Sunday. She was so badly burned that investigators needed three days and dental records to identify her. She had been missing since leaving a popular nightclub at 7:00 a.m. Sunday.

Sladewski was in Miami for a weekend of celebrating and partying with her boyfriend, Kevin Klym. The couple, who lived together in both Michigan and California, arrived in the city on New Year's Eve. Klym has been named a person of interest in her death.

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Private investigators take up Townsend missing-girl case

Robert Reinhart said he and his colleagues have no more than four months left to solve the case of 13-year-old Deborah Ann Quimby, who disappeared May 3, 1977.

After the self-imposed deadline, they will announce their theories regarding her disappearance, said Reinhart, an investigator with the Missing Persons Special Investigations Unit.

The Washington, D.C.-based company, formed earlier this year, takes on unsolved, "cold" cases for a $10,000 fee. It has yet to solve a case.

Reinhart said his company took on the Quimby case on its own in mid-October. It has not been hired.

Police Chief Erving Marshall Jr. said he learned about Missing Persons after residents called the Police Department reporting letters soliciting donations to help pay for the private investigation.

After doing some of his own research on the company and talking with Reinhart about his probe, Marshall has embraced the company's help.

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Private Investigator Featured on Dateline

Private investigator Philip Klein, founder of Nederland-based Klein Investigations and Consulting, was featured Sunday in an hour-long Dateline special on NBC detailing his efforts to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of Patrick Kim McDermott.

McDermott, a former boyfriend of singer Olivia Newton-John, vanished in 2005 after leaving San Pedro, Calif., for a fishing trip.

Dateline producers first came into contact with Klein, whose company routinely investigates cases where children are taken by their non-custodial parents, after interviewing him for another story.

"Phillip's an interesting guy and it seemed like a waste to just interview this guy once," Dateline producer Joe Delmonico told The Enterprise by phone. "We asked him to take a fresh look at the case and followed him from his office, to Los Angeles, and all the way to Mexico."

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Father and Son Reunited After 30 Long Years

An east London man’s burning desire to meet his long lost father and a local private investigator’s Sherlock Holmes skills recently brought closure to a seven-year search.

Dreams turned into reality for Beacon Bay businessman Richard Terwin, 30, when he f inally came face to face with his estranged father two weeks ago.

The heartwarming union between Terwin and his father, Charalampos Vorreas, 69, happened in Cuba after persistent and determined investigations by private eye Christian Botha.

“Once I start something, I want to finish it ,” said Botha, relating how it took him almost seven years to solve the case.

Equipped with only a nickname (Babis), and the name of the ship on which Vorreas had worked, Botha began his epic investigation, which involved global connections with other investigators.

“All Richard could provide me with was that his father was a marine engineer who worked on a vessel that had been docked in East London for some time to undergo repairs. There was also a letter from the ship’s captain written to Richard’s mother allowing her entry on board the ship. That was all,” said Botha.