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

[dreamweaver]

http://capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/127033/a-year-since-jaliek-disappeared/Default.aspx
http://capitalnews9.com/Default.aspx?ArID=135231
3/10/2009 news article. Jaliek's law. For better oversight of
adopted kids.
Jaliek still missing.

 

[Tonia]

Jaliek search will restart

Police plan to begin a new ground search in the coming weeks for evidence in the disappearance of Greenwich youth Jaliek Rainwalker.

Cambridge-Greenwich Police Chief George Bell said the decision to resume searching for Jaliek came after a meeting this week of police officers heading the investigation into the 12-year-old's disappearance.

He said no specific new lead in the case was prompting the effort, and he would not say what areas will be searched. Bell said police hope to begin the effort "soon," but need to wait for the ground to thaw more thoroughly.Rainwalker was reported missing on Nov. 1, 2007, by his adoptive father, Stephen Kerr.

Kerr told police he awoke that morning to find the boy missing from the Hill Street, Greenwich home where he and Jaliek had stayed the night. Kerr had picked up the troubled boy from a respite home the previous day.

Police, though, have labeled Kerr a "person of interest" in the investigation, saying he has not been fully cooperative and there have been inconsistencies in his version of events.
Kerr has said he believes Rainwalker ran away.



More at link:
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/03/27/news/local/14591345.txt

 

[Kat]

Saturday, March 28, 2009

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=784687

Police plan to resume the search for Jaliek Rainwalker, the 12-year-old boy who disappeared in 2007, Cambridge-Greenwich Police Chief George Bell said...

...no tips and no new information has surfaced...

...he lived with his adoptive parents Stephen Kerr and Jocelyn McDonald. Police characterized Kerr as a "person of interest" and have described Rainwalker's disappearance as suspicious...

Sounds to me like the heats on now.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Have a tip? Call and help fight crime

"I don't think he's alive. I think between law enforcement and the media, at some point, hopefully, someone will come forward," said Barbara Reeley, grandmother of missing Greenwich boy Jaliek Rainwalker.


It's been 19 months and 17 days since Barbara Reeley saw her adopted grandson Jaliek Rainwalker.

"It’s a long time when day after day, you want to find your grandchild," said Reeley.

Still, she's hopeful. Even more now that Washington County has a new tipline that people can call and remain totally anonymous.

"It is my feeling we are one tip away from being able to do something with the Jaliek Rainwalker case and that's what we are hoping," said Washington County District Attorney Kevin Kortright.

http://www.capitalnews9.com/content...p--call-and-help-fight-crime/?RegionCookie=12

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

The Case of Lindsey Baum and Jaliek Rainwalker, Both Missing

The latest episode of The Missing features the cases of Lindsey Baum missing out of WA and Jaliek Rainwalker missing from NY state.

Jaleik is a foster child who has been missing missing for 20 months and deserves our help in bringing him home safely. The Next case is that or Lindsey Baum missing our of the state of Washington while making a ten minute walk from her friends house to her house and between that time she disappeared.

For more information on their cases please watch www.youtube.com/themissingtv or visit www.themissing.tv.

http://www.examiner.com/x-9437-Nash...ndsey-Baum-and-Jaliek-Rainwalker-Both-Missing

 

[Kymistry35]

Everytime I see an update I pray for news of Jaliek. I really wish they would put more pressure on the dad...he is the key to knowing.

 

[Kat]

Jaliek is such a handsome boy. I hope he is found soon. I also think that father is responsible. They need to knuckle him under and get to the bottom of where this child is located so he can be brought home.

 

[Harmony 2]

Jaliek is such a handsome boy. I hope he is found soon. I also think that father is responsible. They need to knuckle him under and get to the bottom of where this child is located so he can be brought home.

Jaliek's case has had a hold on my heart since the beginning. His photos reveal a bright aura around his face and a fun loving curiosity in his eyes which are captivating. I have always thought the father was involved somehow in his disappearance.

 

[LovingTheChaos]

Bone Fragments found in Saratoga County -


We've recovered some skull fragments," the commander of Troop G said. "The initial analysis indicates that they are from a child roughly between the age of 10 and 12 years."
Sprague declined to say who found the skull bones and reported it to troopers. The remains were submitted for testing, he said. "We will try to get DNA from them. We don't know if we'll get anything that we can link to any missing-person case."


Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=858208#ixzz0VFap9JQX

I am posting this here, because Jaliek lived 40 minutes from Greenfield, where the skull was found. I wonder what the reaction was from the foster father when this came out.

 

[LovingTheChaos]

Testing underway:
http://capitalnews9.com/saratoga-co...ay-on-bone-fragments-found-in-saratoga-county

While they have not yet ruled anything out, police said it is too soon to link the discovery of the remains to any specific missing persons cases, including that of 12-year-old Jaliek Rainwalker who disappeared in November 2007. Greenwich Police Chief George Bell said he's hopeful and optimistic that Jaliek's case could be closed with this new find.

 

[Recovering-Lurker]

This case kind of reminds me of Hasanni Campbell's. So sad.

 

[allaster]

I feel in my heart it is Jaliek. I hope they make the identification quickly. I am sure his Grandmother and other loved ones would like to know as soon as possible.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Praying for answers for Jaliek...or any other "10-12 year old child" who this may be.

 

[mistivon]

Press conference today:

http://capitalnews9.com/saratoga-co...ed-on-id-of-human-remains-found-in-greenfield

 

[mysticrose]

Victim identified in Saratoga County skull case

Police and prosecutors will hold a press conference this afternoon to announce who the person was whose skull was found in the woods of Saratoga County this week.

Police have determined the bones were not those of Jaliek Rainwalker, a 12-year-old from Greenwich who disappeared nearly 2 years ago.

Sources familiar with the case indicated the skull was linked through dental records to Jennifer M. Hammond, a 19-year-old Colorado woman who disappeared from Ballston Spa in 2003 while selling magazine subscriptions

http://www.poststar.com/news/local/article_fcd8428a-c4b8-11de-93d9-001cc4c03286.html

 

[LovingTheChaos]

It looks like the skull was identified as Jennifer Hammond. I am sad for Jaliek & his family, I wish they could get some closure. Hopefully Jennifer's family will find some peace.

I live in this area & had never heard if Jennifer Hammond, very scary... Ballston Spa is far from a rural back woods place, I drive right by the trailer park where she was last seen every Saturday, bringing my girls to gymnastics.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/hammond_jennifer.html

 

[allaster]

Bumping for Jaliek .. May God light your way home in the new year

 

[allaster]

Jaliek,
We will not forget you sweet boy in 2010. You are in our hearts and in our prayers each and every day.

 

[allaster]

Thinking of Jaliek

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

New photo of missing boy released

Police hope a new image will help solve a mystery in Greenwich.

The age-progressed photo shows what missing boy Jaliek Rainwalker might look like today.

Jaliek has been missing for more than two years. Police released the photo Thursday to aid in the search for him.

The most recent leads in the case came in two months ago, but they turned out to be sightings of boys who looked similar to Jaliek.

Police hope this picture will generate new leads.

More: http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S1461333.shtml?cat=300