When the foster system fails a twelve-year-old boy, family and police argue over whether it's the case of a runaway or foul play.

This episode was written and researched by Shana Wilensky.
With production, editing, and additional research by Josh Hallmark.


Resources:

• Reactive attachment disorder - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
• Jaliek Rainwalker Cold Case | The College of Saint Rose (strose.edu)
• What happened to Jaliek Rainwalker? The case remains unsolved. (timesunion.com)
• Jaliek L. Rainwalker - Missing Persons Center - Live Site
• (4) Missing Jaliek - adoptive parents interview - YouTube
• (4) Find Our Missing - Jaliek Rainwalker - YouTube
• Hope Fades for Boy Missing in Upstate New York - ABC News (archive.org)
• Police study Jaliek letter – Saratogian
• Rainwalker evidence found | Local News | benningtonbanner.com
• Jaliek Rainwalker went missing 10 years ago (news10.com)
• Jaliek Rainwalker – A Little Boy Vanished « Colton Levi Clark (wordpress.com)
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