I just wanted to insert this for clarification (work with me because I'm on a mobile device so I may have to edit to include the link):
It was unclear whether Kyron was in class Friday or when anyone noticed he was missing because police have been reticent to disclose public details of the search.
Shelby said authorities don't want to give out information that could contradict a potential witness's recollection, but the school has a good idea of when Kyron was reported absent.
"We don't want to cloud anyone's recollection," Shelby said. "We'll defer to the authorities."
An autodial system used to report absences in all Portland high schools and middle schools was not yet installed at Skyline Elementary, Shelby said. The system has been installed in 37 of the district's 57 schools.
Shelby said the system would have alerted a parent's primary phone number at about midday that his or her student was absent.
Kyron's parents didn't attend the news conference Monday, and Gates said they didn't want to comment to avoid interfering with the investigation.
In a case where you have so many potential witnesses, many young, releasing too much information would potentially taint information. I can't imagine trying to interview all those kids...made worse after hearing things, being asked by their parents, just plain being a kid and beginning to elaborate so that what they saw is no longer reliable or real. I just wanted that out there because there's been so much talk about why no info is being released and why the family isn't talking. Even the school district has obviously been told to be quiet. It's possible the person responsible is an employee, parent, or other child but any information will ultimately come, in some form, from one of those children. Unfortunately, the longer this goes on, the harder it will be to get reliable information from those kids.
Ok, let me try and get that link in here...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100607/ap_on_re_us/us_missing_oregon_boy