Police search homes of three Terri Horman friends

PORTLAND, Ore. - KATU News learned late Thursday afternoon that police searched the homes of three friends of Terri Horman last week, according to sources.

Two of the homes are in Tualatin and a third is at an undisclosed location.

A Tualatin police spokeswoman said she doesn’t believe their agency was involved in anyway. So whatever searches took place happened with those working directly on the Kyron Horman case.

It is not known at this time what investigators used as a basis to obtain the warrants for the searches. A source says the warrant documents are sealed.

In other developments Thursday, Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton announced before county commissioners that he’s giving back nearly a million dollars in taxpayer money.

County commissioners signed off on more funding for the case overall, however, by approving District Attorney Michael Schrunk’s request for an extra $196,000 for his office’s investigation into Kyron’s disappearance.

Staton said he’s been able to shave costs in his department that he doesn’t need any extra money.

The move seemed to be surprise just about everyone, including county commissioners who were overtly pleased to hear the news.

By slicing overtime and other expenses six percent, Staton said he was able to pay for Kyron’s search out of his own budget and will be able to return a total of $900,000 back to the county.