On the morning of June 4, 2010, seven-year-old Kyron Horman walked the halls of his elementary school during a science fair.

By the end of the day, he was gone.

In this episode, we reconstruct Kyron’s last confirmed movements minute by minute, separating what is known from what has been assumed over the past fifteen years. We examine how a crowded school, delayed attendance procedures, and gaps in supervision created a critical window where Kyron vanished without immediate notice.

We also take a hard look at the investigation itself — how early uncertainty turned into hardened public narratives, how “soft evidence” and rumor often replaced proof, and why suspicion filled the vacuum left by the absence of physical evidence.

This is not an episode about certainty.

It’s about systems, timelines, and the uncomfortable reality of what can — and cannot — be proven.

Kyron Horman is still missing.

And the case remains unresolved.

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This episode draws from a comprehensive review of primary reporting, public records, and investigative analysis, including:

• Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office press releases and public statements (2010–2025)
• Portland Public Schools attendance policies and schedules
• FBI and Oregon State Police search operation summaries
• Contemporary reporting from The Oregonian, KGW, KATU, KPTV, ABC News, CBS News, and People
• Court filings related to the Horman family (divorce, restraining orders, civil proceedings)
• Compiled timeline reconstructions, media-vs-fact audits, and soft-evidence reviews prepared specifically for The Grimes Files

In 1969, Sharon Kinne walked out of a women’s prison outside Mexico City and was not reported missing for nearly twenty one hours.

She was serving a thirteen year sentence for murder.

By the time anyone acknowledged she was gone, the window to find her had already closed.

This episode traces how that moment became possible and what led up to it. It begins in suburban Missouri in 1960 with a husband found shot to death inside his home. Police ruled it an accident. Years later, another woman was killed. That case ended in acquittal. A third death finally resulted in a conviction. And even then, accountability did not hold.

Escaped is not a story about criminal genius or a daring prison break. There was no elaborate plan and no flawless execution. What allowed Sharon Kinne to disappear was something quieter and more unsettling. Early assumptions went unchallenged. Patterns were treated as isolated events. Delays became normal. Responsibility fractured across jurisdictions. And eventually, pursuit stopped altogether.

After her escape, Sharon Kinne lived openly under another name. She married. She worked. She raised children. She aged. She was never arrested. She died without ever being held accountable for what she had done.

This episode focuses on institutional failure rather than spectacle. It examines how the system responded at each critical moment and how every missed opportunity narrowed the path to justice until there was nothing left to pursue but memory.

Sharon Kinne did not beat the system once.

She outlasted it.

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In August 2004, a man was found nearly dead behind a Burger King dumpster in coastal Georgia. He had no identification, no memory of who he was, and no clear explanation for how he got there. Law enforcement treated the discovery as a medical issue, not a crime. The scene wasn’t preserved. The questions stopped early.

For more than a decade, that man lived in plain sight — moving through hospitals, shelters, and media appearances — while remaining legally nonexistent. He was known first as “Burger King Doe,” and later by the name he chose for himself: Benjaman Kyle

This episode is not a whodunit. There is no suspect board and no clean resolution. Instead, it follows what happens when someone survives a catastrophic break from identity — and enters systems built to process data, not people.

We trace Benjaman’s story from the morning he was found, through years of institutional limbo, public doubt, and failed attempts at identification. We examine how assumptions about homelessness, trauma, and credibility shaped the way he was treated — and how the longer his case remained unsolved, the more suspicion shifted onto him rather than the circumstances that failed him.

Eventually, DNA genealogy does what fingerprints, media exposure, and public appeals could not. In 2015, Benjaman Kyle is identified as William Burgess Powell. But knowing his name does not restore his memories, nor does it explain how he ended up behind that dumpster in the first place.

Because this case is not really about amnesia.

It’s about identity.

About verification.

About how easily someone can slip out of the structures meant to protect them — and how quietly it can happen.

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