Kyron's Biological Mom Writes Touching Letter to Missing Son
Kyron Horman, 7, has been missing since June 4.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 22, 2010— -- The biological mother of the missing 7-year-old Oregon boy wrote an emotional letter to her son in which she pleaded for his safe return and apologized for not protecting him.
Desiree Young, the mother of Kyron Horman, wrote to her son in a letter released to the media, "I miss you every second of every day. I would give my life for yours, I just want you back safe. You must come back to us."
Kyron disappeared the morning of June 4, after he and his stepmother Terri Horman attended a school science fair where Kyron had displayed a project on red tree frogs. His stepmother said she last saw Kyron walking down a hallway toward his classroom.
When Kyron didn't come home on the bus that Friday afternoon, his parents called the school, which in turn called 911, launching what Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Capt. Jason Gates said could be the largest search operation in Oregon history.
Now Young writes that she regrets all the time she spent away from her son. While she did have monthly visitation with her son, it was Terri Horman who had raised Kyron since he was born.
"I am so soooooo sorry that this has happened," wrote Young. "I am sorry that I was not there to protect you. I will never be able to forgive myself for being so many hours away when you needed me the most."
"I would give anything to run my fingers through your short hair again. I miss having you to hug anytime I want. Night time is always hard for me. I miss you so much and want you back here so that I can protect you from all of the horrible things in this world," she wrote.
The letter is signed simply "Momma."
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