NY NY - Jaliek Rainwalker, 12, Greenwich, 13 Nov 2007

[VonGuinness]

Rainwalker: The Lost Boy

Another podcast regarding this case.

Seventh episode just came out.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

If Jaliek L. Rainwalker is still alive, he would be 27 years old, though he hasn’t been seen since Nov. 2, 2007, when he was a 12-year-old child reported missing by his adoptive father.

According to reporting from the Times Union in Albany, New York, Jaliek had been adopted by Stephen Kerr and his wife, Jocelyn McDonald. Kerr and McDonald accepted Jaliek into their Salem, New York, home as a foster child just days before his 8th birthday in 2003, but it was difficult for them to manage an attachment disorder and emotional issues that stemmed from his time in foster care. Formal adoption papers were signed about a year later, and Jaliek became an official member of the family as one of five siblings including another adopted child and three biological children of the couple.

By the time Jaliek went missing in 2007, he was being kept separate from his siblings due to increasingly violent outbursts that were beginning to take on a reportedly sexual tone. There had even been some talk of undoing the adoption and sending the boy back to foster care, according to the Times Union.

On Nov. 1, Kerr picked Jaliek up from a respite foster parent who had watched Jaliek for a few days. After Kerr picked Jaliek up, the pair went to eat at a restaurant. Later, their server would tell police that Kerr had been unkind to her and that Jaliek had seemed very quiet and ate very little food. After dinner, Jaliek and Kerr stayed at Kerr’s parents’ home on Hill Street in Greenwich, New York.

According to Kerr, he awoke around 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 2 and found Jaliek missing from his bed and a handwritten note on the table that said, "Dear everybody, I'm sorry for everything. I won't be a bother anymore. Goodbye, Jaliek." Kerr reported the boy missing 90 minutes later.

Kerr became a person of interest in the case and authorities executed a search warrant at his parents’ home in February 2008, though they found nothing helpful to the investigation. Multiple searches of wooded areas and marshes have been conducted throughout the years since Jaliek went missing, but there has been no trace of Jaliek since that final day when the respite foster parent and a server at a restaurant told police they’d interacted with Jaliek and his father that evening.

In 2012, the case was reclassified as a “presumed homicide,” though authorities still haven’t charged anybody in Jaliek’s disappearance. In June 2022, police conducted a search of the woods in Troy, New York, after they reportedly received a credible tip, but they released no information about whether or not they found anything substantive.

An Upstate New York Child Is Still Missing With No Arrests In The Case

Jaliek L. Rainwalker disappeared in 2007 at the age of 12. No trace of the child was ever found, and no one has ever faced charges relating to his disappearance.

www.investigationdiscovery.com

 

[Katedbpdhhpd]

Jaliek is the adopted grandson of my cousin Barbara Reeley.

 

[Ozoner]

Jaliek is the adopted grandson of my cousin Barbara Reeley.

Welcome to WS! Do you have an opinion on whether Jaliek was killed by his adoptive father? Many people here believe that he was. (I'm uncertain.)

 

[Bodhi]

Jaliek is the adopted grandson of my cousin Barbara Reeley.

I'm so sorry--for Jaliek, for your cousin, for all the people still dealing with the trauma of his disappearance and possible death.

 

[Aurora90]

I hope the credible tip eventually leads to finding Jaliek. Bumping for visibility.

 

[MrsWatson]

Podcast about Jaliek.

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/jaliek-rainwalker-lost-boy-podcast-17716315.php

 

[Wanting2Help]

There is a new episode of Never Seen Again about Jaliek. It is on Paramount Plus, if you are not a subscriber you can get a 7 day free trial.
https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/ab31PZKbhJfY0pMPBb_XNTLqYIbdWJvO/

 

[dotr]

August 5th 2024

Where is Jaliek Rainwalker?

Jaliek Rainwalker was 12 years-old when he disappeared on Nov. 2, 2007.

cbs6albany.com

'Aug 5, 2024 Evidence Room
Jaliek Rainwalker was 12 years-old when he disappeared on Nov. 1, 2007.He was last seen with his adoptive father Stephen Kerr, who initially claimed the pre-teen ran away from the Kerr family’s vacant Greenwich home.Despite countless leads, Jaliek has never been found, something that haunts his adoptive grandmother Barbara Reeley everyday.Jaliek’s grandmother says former Post-Star reporter Don Lehman is the expert on the case.We sat down with Lehman to discuss the area's most infamous cold case.'

 

[depressed8]

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-police-probe-discovery-skull-burden-pond-19850718.php

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Investigators were back at the scene early Monday, examining the area for further clues about the discovery to ultimately determine whose remains were found. Authorities could be seen carrying shovels and sieves into the search area. A tent had been put in place. The canopy was set up on the north side of the pond near the preserve's entrance. The apparent search area is visible from Campbell Avenue.

Barbara Reeley, Jaliek's adoptive grandmother, said a Troy police official called her Monday morning to say human remains were found by a woman at the park on Sunday night. She emphasized that police had not made any determination about who the remains belonged to.

“After 17 years I feel hopeful that if something was found it would at least put Jaliek to rest,” Reeley said. “I’m hopeful, yes, but at the same time it would cement that he had passed.”

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-police-probe-discovery-skull-burden-pond-19850718.php

 

[depressed8]

Investigators were back at the scene early Monday, examining the area for further clues about the discovery to ultimately determine whose remains were found. Authorities could be seen carrying shovels and sieves into the search area. A tent had been put in place. The canopy was set up on the north side of the pond near the preserve's entrance. The apparent search area is visible from Campbell Avenue.

Barbara Reeley, Jaliek's adoptive grandmother, said a Troy police official called her Monday morning to say human remains were found by a woman at the park on Sunday night. She emphasized that police had not made any determination about who the remains belonged to.

“After 17 years I feel hopeful that if something was found it would at least put Jaliek to rest,” Reeley said. “I’m hopeful, yes, but at the same time it would cement that he had passed.”

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-police-probe-discovery-skull-burden-pond-19850718.php

Praying its him so the grandmother can get "clousure" and they can arrest the SOB's responsible.

 

[dotr]

''While the investigation is still in its early stages, reports suggest that police contacted a Capital Region family, telling them the finding could be linked to a 17-year-old cold case.''

Area in Troy where human remains were discovered on Sunday night. Photo: Google Maps

Could it be the Remains of Jaliek Rainwalker?''​

Read More: Remains Found in Upstate New York Woods Could Solve Cold Case | Remains Found in Upstate New York Woods Could Solve Cold Case

 

[Leopard]

The remains were not him.

TROY - Skeletal remains found Sunday evening in Troy have been confirmed not to be of the long-missing Jaliek Rainwalker, police confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

As to the identity of the person whose remains they were, that remains under investigation, police said.

Troy skeletal remains not Jaliek Rainwalker, police say

Skeletal remains found Sunday evening in Troy have been confirmed not to be of the long-missing Jaliek Rainwalker, police confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

www.dailygazette.com

 

[SimsGuy67]

The remains were not him.

Troy skeletal remains not Jaliek Rainwalker, police say

Skeletal remains found Sunday evening in Troy have been confirmed not to be of the long-missing Jaliek Rainwalker, police confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

www.dailygazette.com

In that case, has a thread been started for these remains? Even if they're not Jaliek, this was still a person who had people who loved them.

I haven't read up on Jaliek's case much, but I'm sad his family didn't get the closure they may have been hoping for. It's been too long!

 

[Beachlife926]

“November 1st marks 17 years since Jaliek Rainwalker disappeared without a trace.

We retraced his last known steps with a group of experts and community members still hoping for justice for Jaliek.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1852327903616278910