Kyron Horman Case: Police Turn Public Focus on Stepmom's Friend, DeDe Spicher

Aug. 11, 2010 — -- A new police flier is fueling speculation that investigators have reason to believe that DeDe Spicher, friend of missing 7-year-old Kyron Horman's stepmother, was somehow involved in the boy's disappearance more than two months ago.

Kyron's biological parents have said publicly they believe the boy's stepmother, Terri Horman, was involved with the boy's disappearance and that Spicher was a likely accomplice.

The flier, which is being passed out by investigators in Kyron's Oregon community, is the first to feature Spicher's face and asks residents if they saw Spicher with Terri Horman the day the boy disappeared, ABC News' local affiliate KATU reported. In late July, Spicher was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in the case.

"I think this is [a] real, solid way to get that information out to the community and say if you didn't hear what we were saying before: if you saw DeDe Spicher, we want to know about it," former homicide investigator C. W. Jensen-Former, who has no connection to the case, told "Good Morning America."

On Aug. 1, Kyron's photo was noticeably absent from Terri Horman's support page on Facebook, replaced with a picture of a smiling Terri Horman and the words, "There is not one piece of physical evidence that proves Terri is involved with Kyron's disappearance, only rumors, innuendo and speculation."

Earlier this month, Kaine Horman, the boy's father, said he believed Terri Horman played a role in Kyron's disappearance and that a third party was involved, "based on briefings."

At the time, Terri Horman and her attorney declined to comment on the allegations made by Kyron's parents. Her lawyer, Stephen Houze, said that his client has been receiving death threats and that the media frenzy surrounding the case has morphed into a "witch hunt."

Online, Terri Horman recently wrote that "they are blaming me in the blogs. I just want to scream."

Former Oregon police Capt. Bruce McCain, who is involved in the search for Kyron, told "GMA," "It was all about Terri. 'The bloggers are after me. I'm being interviewed. Poor me. Poor me,' all the way through. So she's already into instant victim mode with not a hint of concern for a lost boy that searchers are looking for ..."

Investigators called a news conference for later today.