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

[Bearlyhere]

Jaliek, you are so dear to my heart.  Please come home to the ones who love you.

 

[Bearlyhere]

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=jal

Please, light a candle to light Jaliek's way home.

Thank you.

 

[can]

Prayers for Jaliek.   

[Lovinlife]

I wonder how infamous William Constantine is doing on Jaliek's case?

You are not forgotten Jaliek!  Monkeys never give up!

[Lovinlife]

Music & Candlelight Vigil

in honor of Missing

Jaliek Rainwalker

Sunday, November 1, 2009

7 – 9 pm

~~~~~

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

145 Main Street

Greenwich, New York



~~~~~
As we approach the two year mark
since Jaliek disappeared we invite
everyone to  come together for Jaliek.

~~~~~
http://www.findjaliek.org/

[Lovinlife]

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[Nut44x4]

I need a hattip on this to go to Faith @ HFTM

Updated at: 10/27/2009 2:54 PM
Human bones found in Edinburg

EDINBURG -- The discovery of what appeared to be human bones Monday in woods off Fox Hill Road has State Police searching for other human remains today.

Police are trying to determine from whom the bones came, and whether the remains can be linked to any area missing persons cases, such as the 2007 disappearance of Greenwich boy Jaliek Rainwalker.

Part of the bone appears to be from a human skull, officials said.

Neither State Police investigators nor Cambridge-Greenwich Police Chief George Bell would comment on the matter Tuesday afternoon.

Trooper Maureen Tuffey acknowledged that "bone fragments" were discovered, and it was being investigated whether they were human.

Saratoga County District Attorney James Murphy said the State Police forensic identification unit is involved in the matter as well.

He said investigators are trying to determine how old the portion of a skull is, how long it's been in the woods and to whom it belonged. DNA tests will be done to try to match it with people who have been reported missing.

"We do have a number of missing persons cases in the area," he said. "It's still too early to say. There are lots of questions. It's going to take some significant time."

More details will be posted as they become available.

http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S1215377.shtml?cat=300

[Lovinlife]

Greenwich to Edinburg

(I hope this turns out...)

[Lovinlife]

As much as I do not want this to be Jaliek, I would like to have answers for those who love him. 

[Nut44x4]

NY troopers say skull bones found in woods

Associated Press - October 27, 2009 6:55 PM ET

GREENFIELD, N.Y. (AP) - State police say fragments of a human skull found in woods in northern Saratoga County appear to be from a child 10 to 12 years old. 

State Police Maj. William Sprague declined to say who found the bones on Tuesday. He said technicians will try to get DNA from the bones as part of attempts to identify the person.

Sprague declined to speculate whether the bones could be linked to a specific missing person case. He said the age of the bones is unknown, but they don't appear to be from an ancient burial ground.

He said lab testing will likely take four to six weeks.

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11395273

[Nut44x4]

GREENFIELD - What's believed to be human bones have been found in a wooded area off of Lake Desolation Road in Greenfield.

State troopers and investigators were in the area in the northwest corner of Greenfield, near the Edinburg and Providence town lines, searching all day after the bones were discovered Monday.
The heavily wooded area is about three miles northwest of Lake Desolation.

Parts of a human skull, perhaps that of a child, were found there.

About two dozen state troopers, plus forest rangers and volunteers where involved in the search about a mile into the woods off Lake Desolation Road.

State police wouldn't say what, if anything, they found.

The bones will be tested to see if they can be linked to any area missing persons or unsolved homicides.

Because the skull may be a child's, investigators immediately thought of a Jaliek Rainwalker, the 12-year-old Greenwich boy who went missing two years ago under mysterious circumstances.

http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S1215377.shtml?cat=300

[Lovinlife]

I wonder how they got to this area?  Was there a search, a tip, or did a hunter stumble across them?  Will just have to wait I guess.  Seems ironic that it is almost the 2 year anniversary.  Prayers for Jaliek.

[MuffyBee]

Please say a prayer and light a candle for Jaliek.   


http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=jal

[trimmonthelake]

http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2009/10/28/news/doc4ae7a1f04e299891708410.txt

Skull found in area woods

Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
GREENFIELD — Investigators with the New York State Police Forensic Identification Unit were searching the scene Tuesday where a human skull was found on Monday in a remote section of woods off Fox Hill Road, North of Lake Desolation just before the Edinburg town line in Greenfield.

Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III said the skull is believed to be that of a child, possibly between the ages of 10 and 12.

Police were scouring the scene late into the afternoon Tuesday, searching for more remains, as the skull was being prepared for transport to the New York State Crime Lab in Albany where DNA tests were expected to be performed. The results of these tests will be compared against the Missing Persons database to see if the remains can be matched with DNA samples of people who have been reported missing.

"We have several missing persons cases in our area," Murphy said, including that of Jaliek Rainwalker, the boy who went missing in 2007. "It is too early in the investigation for any speculation on who the remains belong to," he said.

The search at the site resumes this morning and Murphy’s office is expecting to be briefed by police.

[Lovinlife]

Please say a prayer and light a candle for Jaliek.   


http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=jal

[Fanny Mae]

Please say a prayer and light a candle for Jaliek.   


http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=jal

 

[trimmonthelake]

http://www.uticaod.com/news/x23528140/Childs-bones-found-in-Adirondacks

Child's bones found in Adirondacks
Local officials speak about Sarah Anne Wood case
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By CASSAUNDRA BABER
*******-Dispatch
Posted Oct 28, 2009 @ 02:33 PM
GREENFIELD —

State police say fragments of a human skull found in woods in northern Saratoga County appear to be from a child 10 to 12 years old.

State Police Maj. William Sprague declined to say who found the bones on Tuesday. He said technicians will try to get DNA from the bones as part of attempts to identify the person, but that could take four to six weeks.

State Supreme Court Justice Michael Daley, a previous Herkimer County District Attorney, said he is hopeful that the remains could help put closure to the case of Sara Anne Wood.

In 1993, Sara was abducted near her Frankfort home while walking her bicycle on Hacadam Road in the town of Litchfield. Lewis Lent later admitted to killing her in 1996, and was sentenced in 1997. He told authorities that he buried her near Raquette Lake. Several excavations were done, but none were successful.

“I think it's really premature to speculate to any significance it may have on our case,” Daley said Wednesday. “I would think that not only we would be hopeful, but I know there are other kids out there that are missing, but no one wants to get their hopes up.”

One of those children is Jaliek Rainwalker of Washington County, who disappeared two years ago Nov. 1. He was 12.
Troop D public information officer Jim Simpson said no local investigators will be headed to the scene.

“We know they're looking into that, but it's going to be awhile before we know anything,” Simpson said. “It's six weeks away if anything. I'm sure (Loudinville state police will) bring us up to speed, but as of yet we're waiting to get that information.”

Contributing: The Associated Press

[Lovinlife]

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=858574

More skull fragments, teeth of child found in Saratoga County case
  By DENNIS YUSKO, Staff writer
Last updated: 5:11 p.m., Wednesday, October 28, 2009

GREENFIELD -- The case of a child's skull found in Saratoga County took a step forward Wednesday when law enforcement officials said they also had located a lower jaw bone with teeth that could help identify the remains.

   
A hunter walking in the woods northwest of Fox Hill Road near Lake Desolation found skull fragments and other remains on the ground Tuesday, Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III said. The hunter contacted State Police, who went to the site and found skull fragments, jaw and orbital bones, Murphy said.

"I'm treating it as a crime scene," said Murphy, who added that the bones appear to be relatively recent in age.

Police believe the bone parts belonged to a prepubescent boy or girl no older than 12, but are awaiting tests for a final determination.

The teeth discovered at the scene are important because forensic experts have a good chance of extracting DNA from their roots over the next 2 to 3 weeks. The results will be compared against missing children cases, Murphy said.

Rain on Wednesday caused State Police to postpone a search for additional human remains at the site where the skull was discovered.

Police will revisit the wooded area near Edinburg today or Friday, State Police Maj. William Sprague said.

"It's rare to find bones like this," he said. "We don't have an explanation."

Neither Sprague nor Murphy would speculate on who the bones might belong to.

There are about six missing person cases in the area involving people of that age, law enforcement officials said.

Saratoga Springs police have one case from April 1986 that could match, Sgt. John Catone said Wednesday. That's when city resident Tammie McCormick, 14, left for junior high school on West Circular Street, and was never seen again, Catone said. "Some acquaintances she had were familiar with the area where the bones were found, but I'm very cautious," Catone said.

In Glens Falls, 13-year-old Mary Wesolowski disappeared in 1971 on her way to go swimming with friends, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

More recently, Sara Anne Wood, 12, disappeared in 1993 while riding her bike in Herkimer County. Lewis Lent Jr. admitted to kidnapping and killing her, but her body was never recovered.

Another 12-year-old, Jaliek Rainwalker of Greenwich, went missing almost two years ago, on Oct. 31, 2007.



Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=858574#ixzz0VGktvOGB


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Six children missing from that area matching that description? I think they have a problem, JMO

[MuffyBee]

"Six children missing from that area matching that description? I think they have a problem, JMO"

ITA

[Lovinlife]

I will wait until DNA confirmation, JMO

http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/10/29/news/doc4ae914b7175ef701008399.txt

Unlikely bones belong to Rainwalker
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009

By Paul Post
Special to The Record

GREENFIELD — Authorities say skull fragments found Monday in a remote section of Greenfield are likely not those of Jaliek Rainwalker, who went missing two years ago Sunday.

However, the partial remains could point to at least a half-dozen other unsolved cases involving missing capital region children.

Fragments discovered Monday afternoon by a hunter on the north side of Fox Hill Road, near the Edinburg town line, have been sent to the state police crime lab in Albany for DNA testing and analysis. Results are expected in four to six weeks.

“I’ve been informed by state police that based on preliminary evidence, it doesn’t look like Jaliek,” Greenwich Police Chief George Bell said Wednesday.

Rainwalker was 12 when he was last seen on Nov. 1, 2007 with his adoptive father, Stephen Kerr, formerly of Greenwich. Skull fragments found Monday are believed to be those of a pre-pubescent child, aged 10 to 12. However, the discovery does not appear to match Rainwalker’s description, although he won’t be ruled out until test results are complete, Bell said.

Age is determined by skull size and development.

Led by state police in Wilton, the entire area was scoured Monday and Tuesday, and authorities are expected back at the scene today, weather permitting. Wednesday’s search was postponed by steady rains.

The site is just past Lake Desolation off an unpaved section of highway between Greenfield and Edinburg.

“We have a half-dozen cases of missing children that might potentially fit the circumstances of recovery of these skull fragments,” said state police Major William Sprague of Troop F headquarters in Loudonville.

In March 1990, for example, then 11-year-old Monique Santiago went missing and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. In 1993, Sara Anne Wood disappeared near her Herkimer County home.

“We don’t know how long the skull was there, although probably a decade or less,” Saratoga County District Attorney James Murphy III said. Fragments were found in three parts — a skull section, part of the jaw bone including some teeth, and a portion of orbital bone.

“All of them were relatively nearby,” Murphy said. “No other sections of the body were found.”

Possibly, the body was decapitated or animals may have dragged the skull some distance from the body.

“Those are two theories,” Murphy said. “I’m sure there are others. We’re hopeful we’ll be able to determine the identity of a person and close the file on an unresolved case. On the other hand, positive identification ends someone’s hope that their loved one is still alive. These are always very delicate cases.”

Doug and Mary Lyall of Ballston Spa haven’t seen their daughter, Suzanne, since she went missing in March 1998. A sophomore at SUNY Albany, she was last seen exiting a CDTA bus at the school’s uptown campus and her case has never been solved.

“It’s a double-edge sword,” Doug Lyall said of locating a missing loved one. “You want it desperately on one hand, to get that answer. But some people don’t. If they don’t find out what happened there’s always that hope that the person is out there safe. If a discovery is made, it opens so many other questions. Were they a victim? Who did it? It can sometimes lead from one search to another one, for justice. You’re looking for someone to pay for it.”

Monday’s discovery has left some people shaken in this normally quiet part of western Saratoga County.

“It’s upsetting more than anything,” said Crystal May, a waitress at the Four Corners Diner in Edinburg.

Owner Carol Bowers said, “I’ve been here all my life. I’ve never heard of anything like this. I just pray that they can use DNA to find somebody they’ve been looking for. Maybe it was meant to be, so it can give some family closure on the death of their child.”

Jackie Nichols, also an employee, said, “I just hope whoever it is, that they can let the family have peace — peace of mind.”