| 2 events draw attention to case of missing boy |
| GREENWICH – There were two events Friday night in Washington County to help solve the case of a missing boy. Both of these events gave people an opportunity to support Jaliek Rainwalker’s extended family. Parts of that family have become increasingly divided on how best to learn what happened to the 12 year old who has been missing more than three and a half months.Barbara Reeley sits at the Washington Square Deli in Greenwich; just a few blocks away from where her adoptive grandson Jaliek Rainwalker was reported missing by her son-in-law, Jaliek’s adoptive father Stephen Kerr. That was on November 2, 2007. Kerr has since been named a person of interest in the case. Since the boy’s disappearance she has become increasingly estranged from her daughter Jocelyn and her son-in-law.
Reeley says she will come to the deli every Friday afternoon and evening until there’s a resolution to her grandson’s disappearance. Friday, she says supporters came to take more posters of the boy. Share stories about Jaliek and if they think they have clues to his disappearance to anonymously leave them here. “[Saturday] I’ll open them up and the ones that need to go to Chief Bell will go to Chief Bell and the ones that need to go perhaps on the website, stories about Jaliek that’s where they’ll go,” she said.Joy Purdy was Jaliek’s foster mom when the boy was 2 and 3 years old. She went to the second event to help find the missing boy. At the Methodist Church in Salem she says there was a small turnout and two people were noticeably absent.“We didn’t stay long, but we wanted to be there for Jaliek. I was disappointed that Jocelyn and Stephen weren’t there. That’s you know…. I’m kind of confused about that,” she said. Both women tell me they’ve learned that Joycelyn and Stephen are vacationing in South Carolina with their other children. Newschannel 13 also learned from Greenwich Police Chief George Bell that items taken from the home where Jaliek was reported missing, are still in the hands of State Police and the FBI. The chief says the outcome of tests on those items is expected in a little more than a week. |
February 23, 2008
Events held for Jaliek Rainwalker
News within the next week
There could be news on Jaliek Rainwalker within the next week. There’s a news clip on CBS 6. Police Chief Bell says it will be another week or so before results are out on the analysis of evidence taken from the Hill St. home. In the meantime, Barbara Reeley will be meeting with people on Friday afternoons from 3:00-8:00 at the Washington Square Deli in Greenwich. There she will be answering questions and handing out posters.
Last night a fund raiser was held at the Salem Methodist Church by Stephen and Jocelyn’s friends and minister. Stephen and Jocelyn were not present, they are vacationing in South Carolina.
