Rainwalker: The Lost Boy
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More from the Times Union - 'Long Buried'
After human remains were found during the construction of a new home in the Hudson Valley in April 2024, it took investigators nearly two months to identify them. When they did, the mystery only…
More from the Times Union - 'The Girl in the Pond'
In the summer of 1908, America was transfixed by the murder of a woman found floating in a country pond in upstate New York. The mystery of a young beauty brutally killed became an instant sensation,…
More from the Times Union - 'Catastrophic Failure'
The limousine crash that killed 20 people in rural upstate New York on Oct. 6, 2018, remains one of the deadliest ground transportation disasters in United States history. Investigators determined…
S1E10 Bonus episode 3: Bones
The discovery of human remains in South Troy, New York, fuels speculation about what may have happened to Jaliek Rainwalker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1E9 Bonus Episode 2: Stranger Danger
The abduction of a 9-year-old girl in Saratoga County late last year made national headlines. She went missing the evening of Sept. 30 while riding her bicycle alone in a New York State park…
S1E8 Bonus Episode 1: No Body
There have been no updates in the investigation of Jaliek Rainwalker’s disappearance since late June 2022, when a tip launched a search near some ballfields in Troy, New York — more than 30 miles…
S1E7 7. Colfax Mountain
The search continues for Jaliek Rainwalker 15 years after he disappeared. Students from the College of Saint Rose Cold Case Analysis Center recently explored a property in Washington County they…
S1E6 6. Marker 30
Four months after his disappearance, a bizarre note sent to local media says Jaliek is alive. But there’s no proof to accompany it. The investigation takes several twists and turns, stretching out…
S1E5 5. Black and Missing
About 38 percent of missing children in America are Black, yet their cases receive disproportionately less media coverage and law enforcement attention than missing white children, according to the…
S1E4 4. The Yellow Fleece
It was winter in upstate New York, and the child on the school playground wasn’t wearing a coat. A concerned teacher sent him to the nurse’s office, where they found him a yellow fleece jacket to…
S1E3 3. A Boy's Life
Jaliek Rainwalker’s life was not an easy one. Born to a drug- and alcohol-addicted mother, he was placed in foster care immediately. He would live with 5 foster families before he landed with Jocelyn…
S1E2 2. It's Green-WITCH, not Gren-ITCH
The upstate New York village of Greenwich is tight-knit and proud. But it’s also haunted. People on the streets of the sleepy town on the Battenkill River remember the disappearance of Jaliek…
S1E1 1. Red Robin
More than 15 years ago, Katie Bonesteel was a waitress at a Red Robin Restaurant in upstate New York. She was in her first weeks on the job, and she wasn’t yet sure of herself. On the evening of Nov.…
S1E1 Trailer: What happened to Jaliek?
On the night of Nov. 1, 2007, Jaliek Rainwalker and his adoptive father ate dinner at a Red Robin in upstate New York. The next day, the 12-year-old boy was reported missing. 15 years later, no trace…
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