Missing Boy's Father: My Son Is Alive

More than one hundred people filled the Episcopalian Church in Greenwich Friday night for a vigil for 12-year-old Jaliek Rainwalker, the East Greenwich boy who has been missing since November 1.

The boy's father, Stephen Kerr, told those gathered about his son's difficult life and his ability to withstand tough times. "I believe deep in my soul that my son Jaliek is alive and safe somewhere," Kerr said. "He is a survivor."

Rainwalker - his grandmother, Barbara Reeley, says the name came to her daughter, Jocelyn McDonald, one day as she walked in the rain - was born to a woman who drank alcohol and used cocaine while pregnant. His father says the boy lived with seven foster families in seven years, three of which agreed to adopt him but backed out. Relatives say he has threatened the family and once threatened to rape a 4-year old child at the small homeschool he attended. Some family members say Rainwalker was no longer welcome at the school after that last threat and that may have prompted him to run away. Rainwalker's 14-year-old brother told CBS 6 Jaliek had threatened his family and began to throw tantrums about three months after he was adopted three years ago.

Police say Jaliek Rainwalker was last seen at his grandfather's house in Greenwich, where he was with his father. His family says the boy's adoption status was going to change because as his mother told CBS 6, he needed more care than the family could provide.

Graham Kerr, Rainwalker's paternal grandfather described it as an interruption of the adoption. "They were planning to put him in long-term respite care where he could get 24/7 professional care," says Kerr.