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| 11/1/2007 | At 6:45 p.m. Jaliek is returned to Stephen Kerr after spending six days in respite care. |
| 11/1/2007 | Stephen takes Jaliek to dinner at Red Robin Restaurant. |
| 11/2/2007 | At 8:57 a.m. Stephen reports Jaliek as a runaway to the Greenwich Police Department. |
| 11/4/2007 | Greenwich/Cambridge Police amass forest rangers and law enforcement officers for search for Jaliek. |
| 11/4/2007 | Jaliek’s adoptive parents are interviewed regarding Jaliek’s disappearance. |
| 11/5/2007 | Ground and air searches for Jaliek are conducted. |
| 11/6/2007 | Ground and air searches are increased for Jaliek. Jaliek’s adoptive parents are asked to take polygraphs tests. Stephen begins polygraph but refuses to complete test. Jocelyn takes and completes polygraph. |
| 11/9/2007 | Parents hold vigil for Jaliek in Methodist Church, Salem, New York. |
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| 11/13/2007 | Stephen Kerr refuses to take polygraph ~ his father says he should take polygraph. |
| 11/18/2007 | Respite Couple and Grandmother speak out. |
| 11/19/2007 | 3 weeks missing ~ police haven’t heard from Jaliek’s parents in over 2 ½ weeks. |
| 12/2/2007 | Jaliek’s father put up reward posters ~ respite family speaks out. |
| 12/17/2007 | Find Jaliek Task Force event ~ Light The Night Vigil For Jaliek. |
| 12/23/2007 | Find Jaliek Task Force plans “An Inconvenient Child ~ A Story of the Life and Disappearance of Jaliek Rainwalker”. |
| 1/4/2007 | Find Jaliek Task Force announces distribution of their Reward posters and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Bake Sale fundraiser for Jaliek. |
| 1/8/2008 | Glens Falls Post Star ~ Stephen Kerr and Jocelyn McDonald’s lawyer, Jeffrey McMorris addresses concerns raised by former foster parents of Rainwalker’s about Kerr and his wife continuing to receive a $1,500-a-month payment from Albany County’s Department of Social Services for caring for Rainwalker. He says the family continues to receive the money because they have expenses for Rainwalker’s care. “They have a son, and they need to provide for him,” McMorris said. |
| 1/14/2008 | Police Press Conference ~ Still no cooperation from adoptive parents. |
| 1/17/2008 | West Rupert, Vermont neighbor speaks out about Kerr’s move. |
| 2/2/2208 | The “Jaliek is Alive” anonymous note. |
| 2/3/2008 | Mission Possible Investigations, a Capital District private investigative firm, has started an independent anonymous tip line to collect information in the disappearance of Jaliek Rainwalker. |
| 2/4/2008 | Find Jaliek Task Force appeals to the author of the “Jaliek is Alive” note sent to the media. |
| 2/8/08 | Times Union Story ~ Focus falls on Jaliek’s family ~ House of paternal adoptive grandfather searched; divers find no clues. |
| 2/9/2008 | WNYT Channel 13 ~ West Rupert, Vermont ~ Jaliek Rainwalker’s adoptive parents move to Vermont, but their new neighbors say they are not welcome. |
| 2/9/2008 | Times Union ~ Police seize computer, printer in missing boy case. Items removed from paternal grandfather’s home as link to Jaliek’s OK letter from Westchester is sought. |
| 2/10/2008 | Channel 9 ~ Holding out hope for Jaliek. |
| 2/10/2008 | Channel 23 Gospel Concert; Private investigator comments on media coverage of Jaliek’s case. |
| 2/15/2008 | Post Star ~ Rainwalker’s parents file notice of claim against Greenwich police chief; Bell called the notice of claim “a ploy to distract attention from the real case”, “We followed the procedures that we had to follow” he said “It’s just sad that Stephen, Jocelyn and Mr. McMorris are trying to make themselves victims.” |
| 2/17/2008 | Find Jaliek Task Force announces a “cease and desist” letter was sent by Stephen Kerr and Jocelyn McDonald’s lawyer to the authors of “An Inconvenient Child”. |
| 2/19/2008 | Post Star ~ District Attorney: Police were right to enter, search home in Rainwalker case. |
| 2/19/2008 | Find Jaliek Task Force Press Release ~ Weekly Sessions For Jaliek ~ Barbara Reeley, Jaliek’s grandmother will be available every Friday afternoon from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. starting February 22 at the Washington Square Deli in Greenwich. During her time there she will meet the public, distribute missing posters and flyers and will answer questions about her grandson. In addition, when they become available, she will be distributing brochures about what to do if your child is missing. The sessions will continue until further notice. |
| 2/22/2008 | Video From Channel 13 ~ 2 events draw attention to case of missing boy while Jocelyn and Stephen vacation in South Carolina. Chief George Bell reports 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. |
| 3/5/2008 | Post Star ~ Texas group (Texas EquuSearch) to look for Jaliek. |
| 3/7/2008 | Zero Gossip website tells Jaliek’s story ~ zerogossip.com |
| 3/10/2008 | Main Street ~ Reprint of “Searching for Jaliek” article from 2/13/2008. |
| 3/26/2008 | Channel 9 ~ Video taken from the Glens Falls National Bank in Greenwich at 12/:16 a.m. on the morning of November 2nd shows a gold van driving through. |
| 3/26/2007 | Glens Falls Post Star ~ Watch footage from a Glens Falls National Bank surveillance camera of a gold Chrysler minivan, similar to Stephen Kerr’s vehicle, driving past the Greenwich branch around midnight on November 2. |
| 3/27/2008 | FOX 23 News ~ Jaliek’s grandmother seeking custody. |
| 3/28/2008 | Find Jaliek Task Force announces Find Jaliek Day ~ April 5th ~ Community Search, Greenwich Bake Sale, Concert (Jaliek’s Journey Home). |
| 3/29/2008 | Glens Falls Post Star ~ Jaliek’s adoptive maternal grandparents seek custody of Jaliek. |
| 3/29/2008 | Troy Record ~ Spin-A-Thon was held on March 1st to raise awareness of missing persons. |
| 3/30/2008 | Troy Record ~ Segments of Barbara Reeley’s March 28th Press Conference. |
| 3/30/2008 | Find Jaliek Task Force announces plans for Find Jaliek Day ~ April 5, 2008. |
| 4/2/2008 | The Saratogian ~ Spring renews Jaliek search. |
| 4/4/2008 | WNYT Channel 13 ~ Events planned for “Find Jaliek Day” |
| 4/5/2008 | Times Union ~ Search for Rainwalker set ~ Group organizes hunt for missing boy; concert fundraiser set. |
| 4/5/2008 | FOX 23 News ~ Find Jaliek Day. |
| 4/6/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ “Find Jaliek Day”
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| 4/7/2008 | Times Union ~ Grief and hope for the vanished ~ Family, friends and law enforcement gather for state’s annual Missing Person’s Day. |
| 4/7/2008 | WNYT Channel 13 ~ Find Jaliek Task Force continues their search. |
| 4/7/2008 | WTEN Channel 10 ~ Jaliek Search Starts Back Up. |
| 4/7/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Missing Persons Day. |
| 4/8/2008 | Glens Falls Post Star ~ Playing cards depict victims. |
| 4/8/2008 | WNYT Channel 13 ~ Billboards spread word about Jaliek. |
| 4/9/2008 | Glens Falls Post Star ~ New Jaliek search scheduled. |
| 4/9/2008 | FOX 23 News ~ Billboards go up to help find missing boy. |
| 4/11/2008 | Troy Record ~ Texas tracker joins Jaliek search. |
| 4/11/2008 | Saratogian ~ Volunteers to conduct search for Jaliek. |
| 4/11/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Jaliek Rainwalker search aided by warm weather, billboards. |
| 4/12/2008 | WTEN Channel 10 ~ Training Exercise doubles as Jaliek search. |
| 4/12/2008 | WRGB Channel 6 ~ Search for Jaliek continues. |
| 4/12/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Fresh eyes join Jaliek search. |
| 4/13/2008 | Saratogian ~ New search on for Jaliek. |
| 4/13/2008 | Glens Falls Post Star ~ Volunteers pick up search for Jaliek Rainwalker. |
| 4/14/2008 | WNYT Channel 13 ~ Texas Company Joins Jaliek Search. |
| 4/14/2008 | Times Union ~ Texas search group joins hunt forJaliek. |
| 4/15/2008 | Times Union ~ New Jaliek search starting Monday. Police to receive assistance from Texas search and recovery firm. |
| 4/15/2008 | FOX News 23 ~ National Group To Search For Rainwalker. |
| 4/15/2008 | Channel 9 News ~ Texas EquuSearch joins Jaliek search effort. |
| 4/16/2008 | Channel 9 News ~ Texas EquuSearch brings sonar, drone planes for search. |
| 4/18/2008 | WNYT Channel 13 ~ Drone aircraft searches for Jaliek clues. |
| 4/19/2008 | WRGB Channel 6 ~ Concert to Support Missing Persons. |
| 4/19/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Drone plane aids in missing persons search. |
| 4/21/2008 | WRGB Channell 6 ~ Search for Jaliek Disappoints Divers in Battenkill. |
| 4/24/2008 | Jaliek on CNN’s Nancy Grace Home Page. |
| 4/24/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Families of missing people on emotional roller coaster when bodies are found. |
| 4/27/2008 | WRGB Channel 6 ~ Sonar Search. |
| 4/27/2008 | FOX 23 News ~ Sonar Equipment Used in Search for Jaliek. |
| 4/27/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Volunteers continue search for Jaliek as six month anniversary approaches. |
| 4/28/2008 | Times Union ~ Sonar guides search for Rainwalker ~ Volunteer suggests closer inspection of two areas in the Hudson River. |
| 4/28/2008 | America’s Most Wanted Website ~ Jaliek Rainwalker. |
| 5/1/2008 | Bake Sale for Jaliek ~ 31 N. Pearl Street, Albany, NY ~ in front of Jonathan’s Pizza. |
| 5/1/2008 | WNYT Channel 13 ~ New posters keep Jaliek search alive. |
| 5/6/2008 | WRGB CBS Channel 6 ~ Jaliek Search Continues. |
| 5/6/2008 | WRGB CBS Channel 6 ~ Search Resumes for Jaliek Rainwalker; New Air Boats Used. |
| 5/7/2008 | FOX News 23 ~ Searching ForJaliek. |
| 5/7/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Forest Rangers help search forJaliek. |
| 5/21/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Police scaling back search for Jaliek. |
| 5/28/2009 | WRGB Channel 6 ~ Fighting for Custody of a Missing Boy. |
| 5/29/2008 | Find Jaliek Task Force announces schedule of volunteer searches for Jaliek. |
| 5/29/2008 | Times Union ~ Custody bid delayed in Rainwalker case. |
| 5/29/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Jaliek’s grandparents file for custody. |
| 5/29/2008 | Find Jaliek Task Force schedules searches for Jaliek. |
| 6/1/2008 | Times Union ~ Find Jaliek Task Force searches in Vermont. |
| 6/2/2008 | Bennington Banner ~ Rainwalker search in Vermont turns up empty. |
| 6/2/2008 | Times Union ~ Voice experts work Rainwalker case. |
| 6/2/2008 | Texas EquuSearch sends TJ Ward to assist with Jaliek Rainwalker case. |
| 6/4/2008 | Times Union ~ TV interview studied in Rainwalker case. |
| 7/3/2008 | Times Union ~ Jaliek’s maternal grandmother fails in custody bid. |
| 7/15/2008 | WNYT Channel 13 ~ New evidence found in Jaliek’s home. |
| 7/15/2008 | WRGB Channel 6 ~ Jaliek’s adoptive grandmother to face charges in break-in. |
| 7/16/2008 | Albany Times Union ~ Ex-Rainwalker home searched. |
| 7/16/2008 | FOX 23 News ~ Police: New Evidence in Rainwalker Disappearance. |
| 7/16/2008 | Troy Record ~ Jaliek’s grandmother charged; police probe possible new evidence. |
| 7/16/2008 | Albany Times Union ~ Ex-Rainwalker home searched. |
| 7/18/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Police remove article of clothing from Jaliek’s former home. |
| 7/18/2008 | Bennington Banner ~ Rainwalker evidence found. |
| 8/3/2008 | FOX 23 News ~ Jaliek’s 13th Birthday. |
| 8/3/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Jaliek Rainwalker turns 13. |
| 8/13/2008 | WRGB Channel 6 ~ Sureillance video surfaces, shows boy resembling Jaliek Rainwalker. |
| 8/13/2008 | Times Union ~ Doubts linger about missing youth’s sighting. |
| 8/13/2008 | WNYT Channel 13 ~ Police doubt teen on video is Jaliek. |
| 8/13/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Police, attorneys reviewing video in Jaliek case. |
| 8/13/2008 | Glens Falls Post Star ~ Person resembling Jaliek turns up in video footage. |
| 8/14/2008 | FOX 23 News ~ New Lead in Rainwalker disappearance. |
| 8/14/2008 | Capital News 9 ~ Who is on surveillance video? |
| 8/26/2008 | WTEN Channel 10 ~ State Police divers search Hudson River in Watervliet. |
| 9/27/2008 | Greenwich Harvest Fest Used Book Sale for Jaliek at Washington Square Deli. |
| 10/1/2009 | Gift Basket Sale for Jaliek to mark 11th month mark of disappearance, at Jonathan’s Pizza in Albany, NY. |
| 10/4/2008 | AppleFest Jaliek Booth, Altamont, NY. |
| 10/4/2008 | Greenwich Used Book Sale for Jaliek at Washington Square Deli. |
| 10/12/2008 | Easton Used Book Sale for Jaliek, Easton, NY. |
| 11-1-2008 | Saturday marks one year since Jaliek disappeared |
| 11-1-2008 | Capital News 9 Jaliek Rainwalker Timeline |
| 11-1-2008 | CBS6 Albany ~ Jaliek: Missing One Year |
| 11-1-2008 | Capital News 9 ~ New Jaliek Rainwalker billboard on display |
| 11-1-2008 | News 10 ~ Still No New Leads |
| 11-1-2008 | CBS6 News ~ One Year Ago: Search Continues |
| 11-1-2008 | CBS6 News ~ Missing For a Year |
| 11-1-2008 | Fox23 News ~ Jaliek Rainwalker Missing One Year |
| 11-1-2008 | Troy Record ~ One year marked since teen disappeared |
| 11-1-2008 | Saratogian ~ Missing youth's whereabouts still unknown after a year. |
| 11-1-2008 | Times Union ~ Vigils for Jaliek Rainwalker |
| 11-1-2008 | Glens Falls Post Star ~ Vigil marks anniversary of boy's disappearance |
| 2-27-2009 | CNN gives Jaliek national attention. |
| 6-17-2009 | Capital News 9 - Have A Tip? Call and Help Fight Crime |
| 6-18-2009 | Fox 23 News - Washington County launches anonymous crime tip line |
| 6-18-2009 | Fox 23 News - Washington County launches anonymous crime tip line |
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