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

[jannuncutt]

I believe that Jocelyn took the polograph and passed.

 

[christine2448]

Jaliek Rainwalker of Greenwich has been missing since early November.

 

[barb0301]

Is the girl in this picture Jalik's Sister??

Jodi and Larry Schoen of Clifton Park, NY
Foster Parents to Jaliek from ages 3 to 7

http://www.findjaliek.org/who.htm

I don't believe so. I don't know of any birth siblings of Jaliek's, only adopted siblings.

 

[barb0301]

Texas Equusearch is now actively searching for Jaliek.

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/04/19/news/local/13530700.txt

 

[pixies]

Texas Equusearch is now actively searching for Jaliek.

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/04/19/news/local/13530700.txt

"Bell said there was a confrontation Friday between Graham Kerr, Stephen Kerr's father, and Jaliek's maternal grandmother at the Battenkill Country Club.
Graham Kerr was golfing at the course at the time, the chief said.
The chief said Reeley, a Rensselaer County resident in the area to help with the search, went up to Graham Kerr to say hello and give him a hug, but a dispute ensued. No charges were filed."

How could the grandma hug the father of the man who probably killed her grandson. I would have been tempted to smack the man around for raising a monster...IMO.

 

[pixies]

Bumping for Jaliek.

Any news?

 

[dark_shadows]

This is from my news tonight;
http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=8410024


There was a search here in Vermont this weekend in Rupert.
There are going to be 2 more searches this month in Rupert.


Respectfully,
dark_shadows

 

[dark_shadows]

There will be a search this saturday June 7th and one again on June 21st. I will be attending the one on the 21st. Both will be in Merck Forest Park.


Respectfully,
dark_shadows

 

[Bobbisangel]

I hope this little guy is found. The creep had hours to get rid of the body though and could have taken him miles and miles away. I keep thinking of the note that he made the little guy write at the foster mother's home. Heartbreaking and so telling.

 

[emma l]

I hope Jaliek is found. I think of him all the time.

 

[Peace261]

I wouldn't be happy if this couple moved into my neighborhood either. They have a missing son that they act like they could give a rip about. How many people pack up and move when they have a son missing? Unless they know that he isn't coming home.

Motive to murder....couldn't give the boy back when they realized they didn't want the hassle anymore. They were tired of his behavior even though they knew that he was a special needs child when they adopted him.

Why doesn't this little boy carry their last name if he was adopted? Seems to me that is the first thing a person would do when they adopt a child...change the last name to theirs. Why was this little guy's last name still Rainwater?

I think it is obvious that the father got rid of the problem. He took the boy to his parents empty house and the little guy just vanished into thin air. No one else was around to know anything that happened. He did take Jelik out to Red Robin before he disappeared. When I read that I thought..."well wasn't that nice of him to take little Jelik out to a nice dinner before he got rid of him!"

Dont know much abvout social services ... but how on earth are people allowed to adopt children .... receive STATE subsidy for their care ... and not have enough bedrooms or facilities to accommodate for them? What is this talk of them All sleeping in the same room .... youngsters through teenagers ... and "out houses" for bathroom facilities?

How is it Michael Jackson gets all of the attention of CNN and Nancy Grace ... and stories like this one are lost in the web somewhere? THIS FAMILY SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN PLACED WITH THEM PERIOD.

Peace.

 

[AZ.Storm]

I was wondering the same thing! Looking at the photos of the house, and after reading the "what the police know" section of Jaliek's website, I am wondering how they were even able to adopt Jaliek at all! My heart breaks for the handsome little boy. It's no wonder he had behavioral issues given his living conditions. People knew these things and no one ever stepped in to intervene?

 

[Boyz_Mum]

I was wondering the same thing! Looking at the photos of the house, and after reading the "what the police know" section of Jaliek's website, I am wondering how they were even able to adopt Jaliek at all! My heart breaks for the handsome little boy. It's no wonder he had behavioral issues given his living conditions. People knew these things and no one ever stepped in to intervene?

Welcome AZ.Storm!

I wish I had the answers to your questions. I don't understand it either.

 

[emma l]

I was wondering the same thing! Looking at the photos of the house, and after reading the "what the police know" section of Jaliek's website, I am wondering how they were even able to adopt Jaliek at all! My heart breaks for the handsome little boy. It's no wonder he had behavioral issues given his living conditions. People knew these things and no one ever stepped in to intervene?

According to the familys website who are looking for him (who provided him with respite care)- they didn't move into that hole of a hosue until AFTER they adopted Jaliek. Which makes me even more suspicious about their motives for adopting any children at all.

If you go here http://www.findjaliek.org/police_know.htm and scroll down to "the raven way house" it is explained

It does seem like they literaly did it so they could have money to pay for their birth child. He goes to private school ect while their adopted children live in hand me downs and were neglected. I can't understand why anyone would treat any child this badly.

BTW- the photos of the house on the website have to be seen to be believed. AWFUL.

 

[AZ.Storm]

Emma, thanks for the clarification. I don't know how I missed "The Raven Way House" the first time I read through "what the police know" on Jaliek's site. I hadn't even heard of this case until yesterday so I read all through of the info I could. It's such a heartbreaking story

 

[RR0004]

What a heartwrenching story...that poor child. Please be safe.

 

[Bobbisangel]

They still haven't found this little guy I am guessing. Didn't Tim Miller and Co come and look for him? The Lord only knows what that horrible man did with him. He had quite a while to get rid of the body it seems.

I'm sure that they adopted kids...special needs kids...because they are paid quite a bit of money to take them. The money keeps rolling in even after the adoption. I think they probably adopted to insure that the money wouldn't stop if the child was placed elsewhere. It certainly wasn't because they loved this little guy. Darn I wish he would be found.

 

[Starr58]

http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=8690102

Greenwich, New York - July 17, 2008

Authorities in New York say they have recovered an item of interest in the disappearance of Jaliek Rainwalker.

The 12-year-old has been missing since last November when his father left him with a family member at a home in Greenwich. Police suspect foul play and the boy's adoptive father Stephen Kerr is the prime focus of their investigation.

 

[fran]

It must have blood evidence on it!

That poor little guy. He probably never had a chance.

fran

 

[Jessica]

The story in the Albany Times Union stated that Jalik's grandmother entered the unlock home where Jalik lived at the time of his disappearance. A neighbor reported the grandmother who is now facing charges. The grandmother however had apparently called police regarding something she saw in the home. A report on a local radio station stated that the grandmother saw the jacket that Jalik was supposedly wearing when he went missing. This may have been the item of interest that police then removed. I did not see this reported on TV or the newspaper just that blurp on the radio. Food for thought.