FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 1/11/08

"WHAT HAPPEN TO JALIEK RAINWALKER" NEWS CONFERENCE

On December 30, 2007, Doreathea Brace, a slightly built African American woman came out of church and was met on the street by Stephen Kerr, the adopted father of Jaliek Rainwalker.  Jaliek is the 12 year-old who disappeared from Greenwich, NY over ten weeks ago on November 1st.  Stephen Kerr was the last person to see Jaliek alive and has stated that he believes his adopted son ran away and joined a gang in Albany or is living with an African American family in a rural area.

As Mr. Kerr attempted to hand her a reward flyer, she confronted him with angry allegations that it was he, who had harmed Jaliek.  It was all caught on tape and later shown on the news.  Doreathea has had many sleepless nights since that encounter and is driven to help find Jaliek.  She is also outraged at Mr. Kerr’s allegations about the Black community hiding this child.

She has organized a news conference/rally scheduled for Sunday, January 13th at the Albany Housing Authority at 200 South Pearl Street in Albany at 3:00pm.  Doreathea has spent many hours passing out her own flyers advertising the event.  It reads, “Women, Mothers, all females of all Races.  Please come out.  Tell the authorities this young man has become a victim of foul play.  Come one, come ALL!!  Let’s STOP THE KILLING OF OUR CHILDREN!”

Copy of the flyer.