Episode
MISSING: Jaliek Rainwalker
52:34
Published: Mon Feb 01 2021
Description
A child's mysterious disappearance sparks tough questions about his adoptive family and the system that placed him there.If you know anything about the disappearance of Jaliek Rainwalker, please contact the Cambridge-Greenwich police at 518-677-3044.For more information on how you can support the nonprofit Child Advocates, check out their website www.childadvocates.net For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkieapp.com/library/. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-jaliek-rainwalker/
Chapters
A couple adopted Jaleek, a 12-year-old with reactive attachment disorder, which means he has a hard time building emotional connections with others.
00:00 - 04:05 (04:05)
Summary
A couple adopted Jaleek, a 12-year-old with reactive attachment disorder, which means he has a hard time building emotional connections with others. The couple understood they were bringing him into their family with all the same rights, expectations, and love as their biological kids.
EpisodeMISSING: Jaliek Rainwalker
PodcastCrime Junkie
A foster dad recounts the challenges he faced in raising a teenager with a history of traumatic experiences, and how the system failed to provide adequate support.
04:05 - 09:02 (04:57)
Summary
A foster dad recounts the challenges he faced in raising a teenager with a history of traumatic experiences, and how the system failed to provide adequate support.
EpisodeMISSING: Jaliek Rainwalker
PodcastCrime Junkie
A search for Jaliek Rainwalker, a 12-year-old boy with developmental disabilities, in November 2007 led authorities to investigate his adoptive parents, who claimed he ran away from home.
09:02 - 18:23 (09:20)
Summary
A search for Jaliek Rainwalker, a 12-year-old boy with developmental disabilities, in November 2007 led authorities to investigate his adoptive parents, who claimed he ran away from home. However, discrepancies in their story and the condition of Jaliek's bedroom suggest foul play may have been involved.
EpisodeMISSING: Jaliek Rainwalker
PodcastCrime Junkie
People continue to search for Jocelyn's missing adoptive son Jaliek, including a group of private citizens searching for evidence around the hydroelectric dam on the river where he was last seen.
18:23 - 31:14 (12:50)
Summary
People continue to search for Jocelyn's missing adoptive son Jaliek, including a group of private citizens searching for evidence around the hydroelectric dam on the river where he was last seen.
EpisodeMISSING: Jaliek Rainwalker
PodcastCrime Junkie
The approval process for adopting children involves multiple home studies and requirements, including not having any foster children and ensuring appropriate living conditions.
31:14 - 35:07 (03:52)
Summary
The approval process for adopting children involves multiple home studies and requirements, including not having any foster children and ensuring appropriate living conditions. Once the adoption is finalized, the children become a permanent part of the family.
EpisodeMISSING: Jaliek Rainwalker
PodcastCrime Junkie
The punishment for swearing involved putting soap in their mouths for 10 to 20 seconds, while the foster kids were banned from using the only bathroom option and had unheated bedrooms.
35:07 - 39:06 (03:59)
Summary
The punishment for swearing involved putting soap in their mouths for 10 to 20 seconds, while the foster kids were banned from using the only bathroom option and had unheated bedrooms. The speaker points out that she, as a foster parent, is a mandatory reporter but her foster kids had no contact with mandatory reporters except for their foster parents.
EpisodeMISSING: Jaliek Rainwalker
PodcastCrime Junkie
The hosts talk about accidental harm and the guilt that comes along with it, as well as suspicious behavior of a person in relation to a case of a missing child.
39:06 - 44:06 (04:59)
Summary
The hosts talk about accidental harm and the guilt that comes along with it, as well as suspicious behavior of a person in relation to a case of a missing child.
EpisodeMISSING: Jaliek Rainwalker
PodcastCrime Junkie
Police investigating the death of Jalik Rainwalker in 2007 have put out a call for more information from the sender of an anonymous letter linking the case to the "war on drugs".
44:06 - 48:33 (04:26)
Summary
Police investigating the death of Jalik Rainwalker in 2007 have put out a call for more information from the sender of an anonymous letter linking the case to the "war on drugs". Forensic analysis is being conducted on the letter and police are searching for computers, typewriters and printers that may have been used to produce it.
EpisodeMISSING: Jaliek Rainwalker
PodcastCrime Junkie
Police continue to follow leads in the disappearance of Jalik Rainwalker, and in 2008, his grandmother was charged with burglary for finding an article of clothing that he was allegedly wearing at the time of his disappearance.
48:33 - 52:29 (03:56)
Summary
Police continue to follow leads in the disappearance of Jalik Rainwalker, and in 2008, his grandmother was charged with burglary for finding an article of clothing that he was allegedly wearing at the time of his disappearance.