Jaliek Rainwalker 12, msg 11/1/07 Cambridge-Greenwich, NY

[MuffyBee]

God bless you Jaliek, wherever you are.  You are not forgotten.

[Lovinlife]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/1N7YYsI36aY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/1N7YYsI36aY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1</a>

I can't believe I actually posted this youtube video!  This one's for you Jaliek!  You have made me do things that I never, ever thought I was able to do.  You are in my daily thoughts and prayers.  Many, many people are standing by you.  We will never give up.

 

Lovinlife

[Nut44x4]

Search for Jaliek Rainwalker resumes

Posted: May 13, 2009 08:52 PM EDT

A year-and-a-half after his disappearance, searchers went back out in Washington County to look for Jaliek Rainwalker.

It has been more than eighteen months since police have conducted an active search for the boy, but on Wednesday they were back out on the Batten Kill in Greenwich, looking for any clues on his disappearance.

From morning into late afternoon, New York State forest rangers combed the Batten Kill shoreline while investigators plucked waterlogged debris from the underbelly of a huge mill.

Inside sources tell NEWS10 that this most recent search comes after a visit two weeks ago by a nationally recognized handler and her cadaver dogs.

At one point on the Batten Kill is a swirling bulge in the water; a spot that locals have dubbed "the hellhole". Police say Rainwalker and his adoptive father, Stephen Kerr, were very familiar with this location.

"Stephen (Kerr) had mentioned early on that this is, was an area that they came to, and that's why our focus here coupled with the dog alerts in the area," Greenwich Police Chief George Bell told NEWS10.

After hours of sifting thru muck and debris, however, police seemed to come up empty handed.

"We continue to get tips and we are going to continue to keep doing it," Chief Bell said, "The interest has not died off, we still want to find Jaliek."

The media attention around the investigation has also kept the spotlight on the case, which has seen teams from as far away as Texas come to Greenwich to aid in the search.

Rainwalker's maternal grandmother Barbara Reeley raced to Greenwich after hearing of the renewed interest in the case.

"I don't want anyone to get hurt, I don't want anyone to be harmed, but if Jaliek's there, I want Jaliek to be found," she said.

Noticeably absent from the Wednesday search were Jaliek's adoptive parents, Stephen Kerr and Jocelyn McDonald. NEWS10 spoke to their attorney. He said over the phone that the couple still believes their son ran away and they are doing their own searches for Jaliek on the internet.

Rainwalker was reported missing by his adoptive parents on November 2nd, 2007. A couple of months later, in January, his adoptive father Kerr was named a person of interest in the disappearance.

Police did search his house, but he has never been arrested.

It was back in March that police announced they were continuing the search, despite a lack of new evidence.

Police say they will be out searching again Thursday.

http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=10358763

[Lovinlife]

Latest Jaliek search turns up empty
 
MIDDLE FALLS - Police combed the grounds near an old mill Wednesday, hoping to find Jaliek Rainwalker, the boy who went missing in Washington County in November 2007.

Investigators returned to a spot along the Battenkill River after getting a new lead. The area is a part of Washington County police working this case are familiar with. In fact they've searched close to this spot before, but never focusing this much attention.

The latest development came after cadaver dogs picked up a scent along the river.

Cambridge-Greenwich Police Chief George Bell says they're focusing their search at the old Stephen and Thompson Paper Mill in Middle Falls.

Bell says two weekends ago, a national search team brought in two cadaver dogs that were getting hits at a number of places near the old mill. He says the dogs have expertise in picking up the scent of human remains, adding these dogs worked during Hurricane Katrina and after 9/11.

Wednesday state police dive members, investigators and those with the forensic unit searched the Battenkill. They also sifted through the debris underneath and around the mill.

While Wednesday's search turned up empty, this was the first new development in the case in quite a while.

Jaliek disappeared a year and a half ago. He was last scene in Greenwich with his father, Stephen Kerr.

"Stephen had mentioned early on in his interview this was a place, an area he and Jaliek had come to before and that's why our focus is here, couple with the fact we had the dog alerts going on in this area," Bell said.

The police chief says as long as the tips and leads keep coming in, they'll keep searching.
 
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S929327.shtml?cat=300

[Lovinlife]

No clues in latest Jaliek search
Published: Friday, May 15, 2009


By ANDREW J. BERNSTEIN, The Saratogian

MIDDLE FALLS —Two days of searching around an abandoned mill yielded no clues in the case of a boy missing from Greenwich since 2007.

Jaliek Rainwalker, who would be 13 and was last seen with his adoptive father, Stephen Kerr, in Latham on Nov. 1, 2007, has been the subject of an ongoing search throughout the Capital District and surrounding areas.

On Wednesday and Thursday the New York State Police, in conjunction with the Cambridge-Greenwich Police Department, searched areas of the Battenkill River, around the abandoned Stephens & Thompson mill in Middle Falls, in the town of Easton.

The mill is off of Washington County Route 53 in Easton.

Tom Aiken, a senior investigator with the New York State Police in Greenwich, said searchers had used dogs trained to sniff out bodies in the search, but had yielded no results, and the search of that area had concluded by noon today.

"We’ve never stopped searching," said Aiken.

During a previous search, dogs had alerted to this area.

Although no criminal charges have been filed, in early 2008, police named Kerr as a "person of interest" in the case.
http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2009/05/15/news/doc4a0ccb0c98d7c925013722.txt

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Lighting a candle for a boy who needs a lot of love:
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Please light a candle and say a prayer for Jaliek.

[Lovinlife]

[MuffyBee]

What a beautiful young man!  Thank you for posting the picture of Jaliek, lovin'. 

[Lovinlife]

What a beautiful young man!  Thank you for posting the picture of Jaliek, lovin'. 

You're welcome Muffy.  Just searching for something new in the news regarding Jaliek and saw that pic and found it beautiful.  Those eyes get me every time.  It's summer now and children should be enjoying an icecream.  We have not forgotten you, Jaliek!

[MuffyBee]

From lovinlife's sig line:

Lighting a candle for a boy who needs a lot of love:
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Date Event Details
June 19, 20 & 21 Whipple City Festival
Downtown Greenwich, NY Information booth about the new tip line that has been set up by the Washington County DA and bumper stickers will be given out at no cost. 

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

[Lovinlife]

http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story/Washington-County-launches-anonymous-crime-tip/myU3phYNwEur47Dn4wl_HQ.cspx

Washington County launches anonymous crime tip line

Washington County law enforcement gets a new tool to help fight crime, and it involves you, your eyes and ears, and your telephone.
It may be a relatively quiet place but crime does happen in Washington County, and now law enforcement has a new tool to help fight it.

It's called WeTip -- a tip line that accepts anonymous information about crimes and then passes it onto law enforcement -- and police agencies in Washington County are the first in New York to make use of it.

Susan Aguilar/WeTip CEO: “It's a safe and secure way for people to get involved, to take action, to be an active part of the safety in their communities.”

Here's how it works.

A person calls into WeTip's toll free number, answered by an operator who tells them not to say their name or ID themselves in any way.

The operator then asks several dozen questions about the crime and passes the information on to the law enforcement agency that would investigate it.

WeTip works where people want it to work, and so when people want to get involved and they want to give information but they don't want to testify in court, they don't want the police coming to their day, they don't want to be taped or traced or Caller ID'd.  WeTip doesn't do any of that.”

Chief George Bell/Cambridge-Greenwich Police Department: “They can call in.  They can be anybody just calls in and remains anonymous and hopefully that will make, spur some activity.”

The case law enforcement hopes will benefit most from the tip line - the Jaliek Rainwalker disappearance - under investigation for more than a year and a half with no answers.

Chief George Bell: “Just one call from somebody will help us bring some closure to this case, find Jaliek, and bring the person responsible for this to justice.

WeTip can also used to take information about bullying in schools or harassment and other issues for businesses.

The company, which is a non-profit organization, says the program is already being used by schools on Long Island and in New Jersey.

It is on-line now, and will cost 6 cents per person in Washington County, or about $3750 a year, paid for with drug forfeiture money.

To call in a tip, call 1-800-78-crime or post a tip online at www.wetip.com

You can get additional information about all of WeTip’s programs there as well.

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Date Event Details
June 19, 20 & 21 Whipple City Festival
Downtown Greenwich, NY Information booth about the new tip line that has been set up by the Washington County DA and bumper stickers will be given out at no cost. 

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

Thank you for bringing more information lovinlife.  You're a good and caring advocate for Jaliek.     I missed seeing you for a bit.  I hope all is well with you.

[Lovinlife]

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June 13, 2009
590 days …
Filed under: Awareness, Jaliek Rainwalker, Missing people — Kim @ 7:42 am

… that’s how long Jaliek Rainwalker has been missing.  If you ask me, that’s 590 day too long.  I know I haven’t been present much on the blogs, including my own, but not one day goes by when I do not think about Jaliek.  Actually, I see him every day, several times a day, as I’m getting in and out of my car.  His missing poster is in my car window, spreading awareness of a child who is still missing.  People take a second look as they pass by.  I smile when I see someone pointing as they drive by, one more person has seen Jaliek’s face.

Jaliek will not be forgotten but it’s time to bring him home.  I’ve been sitting here thinking that there has to be a better way.  There are so many missing people in the Capital District and the surrounding areas, why haven’t they been found?  Yes, the cases go cold, leads stop coming in but the one constant is that these people are still missing.  They aren’t just a face on a poster.  They are someone’s child, mother, father, sister, brother.



AMEN KIM!!!!

[Sister]

The candle is lit and daily prayers said.

[Lovinlife]

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[Lovinlife]

Jaliek as a tot, what a cutie!

http://www.myspace.com/joyjuice

[Sister]

Thank you for sharing these pictures.  Every day a candle and a prayer.

[pink angel]

Jaliek as a tot, what a cutie!

http://www.myspace.com/joyjuice

Such a cutie! Thank you for sharing his pictures.
Saying a prayer for Jaliek and his family.