Private investigator issues statement on DeOrr Kunz Jr.

Published at 6:17 pm, February 29, 2016 | Updated at 2:33 pm, July 11, 2016

EastIdahoNews.com staff

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NEDERLAND, Texas -– This afternoon Senior Civil Investigator Philip R. Klein, a private investigator working on the DeOrr Kunz, Jr. case, issued a statement to EastIdahoNews.com regarding his findings in the case.

At this time no one has been arrested or charged with any crime in relation to the disappearance of DeOrr Kunz Jr.

The statement is below:

“In November of 2015 KIC Texas accepted the case of the missing child Deorr Kunz, Jr., who went missing from a camp ground near Leadore, Idaho in July of 2015. There has been much speculation by the public, family members and the press regarding this young child’s disappearance. Today we announce to the public and media the closing of phase three of our case and our conclusions to date. The following are our conclusions regarding the case :

1) The conclusion by the civil investigation team of “what happened” to DeOrr Kunz, Jr. is officially death by accident/homicide.

2) The following persons are “persons of interest / suspects with direct knowledge.”

Vernal DeOrr Kunz
Jessica Mitchell
Robert “Bob” Walton

3) The investigation continues regarding Isaac Reinwand – as he has begun to cooperate with Investigators and has given a further statement. Those claims and proffers are being evaluated at this time.

The final phase of our investigation will be recovery. We believe through evidence and witness statements we will be able to recover a body in this case.

We continue to agree with Sheriff Bowerman and his statements of this past week as we too have had to deal with multiple stories and changes in facts by some of the witnesses whom were on the mountain during the timeline of events.

We further agree with the law enforcement teams from around the United States that are involved in this case – that both Vernal Kunz and Jessica Mitchell know what happened on that mountain in July of 2015.

We want the public to know that we believe through evidence the family members of Kunz, Mitchell and Walton ARE NOT involved – however – we believe they are too close to their family members and are in denial. The evidence is very clear.

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