Group asks letter writer for help with missing boy
Notes sent to several media outlets claim Jaliek Rainwalker is alive
GREENWICH — Whoever wrote a letter saying that Jaliek Rainwalker is alive should come forward, members of the Find Jaliek Task Force said Monday.The task force, made up of volunteers who are working to help find the missing 12-year-old boy, are hoping the letter’s author can provide them with more information. The letter, which was postmarked Westchester County, included details about Rainwalker’s family life, including the name of his cat, and was sent to local media.
“It is our hope that this appeal will generate a response that will verify that the person who originated the notes is in communication with Jaliek Rainwalker,” task force members wrote.
The Times Union and other media outlets, including newspapers and television stations, gave their copies of the anonymous letter to law enforcement officials. The FBI will check them for fingerprints and other forensic evidence.
Rainwalker has been missing since Nov. 1 and police have been treating the case as if the youth were dead. They have focused their search on the woods near Greenwich, where he was last seen with his adoptive father, Stephen Kerr.
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