JALIEK RAINWALKER

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Police Raid Missing Boy's Adoptive Father's Home

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.

Yesterday police raided the adoptive father's former home. They seized just one piece of evidence, an article of clothing.

Police say may it may be a key part to their investigation. It has ben sent to a forensic lab for testing



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Hope Fades for Boy Missing in Upstate New York

The search for apparent runaway Jaliek Rainwalker in upstate New York has produced at least 150 leads, but no missing 12-year-old boy.

Rainwalker was last seen more than a week ago by his adopted father, Stephen Kerr, Cambridge-Greenwich Police Chief George Bell told ABC News.

Kerr reported the boy missing Nov. 2 after finding him gone from his bed at his adopted grandfather's house. Rainwalker, who suffers from mental illness, had stuffed clothes and pillows under the sheets and left behind a note, Kerr told police.

"He was sorry for all he did and he wouldn't be a problem anymore," Bell said, describing the contents of the note, which appeared to be written in Rainwalker's handwriting. "He said, 'Goodbye.'"

The note could be construed as a runaway or suicide note, Bell said, but more than 10 days after the boy's disappearance, the chief fears that Rainwalker has fallen victim to someone or something.

"In 30 years, a kid of 12 years old, and I don't care what his mindset is, he doesn't fall off the face of the world," Bell said. "We just don't have a runaway kid here."



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