WASHINGTON COUNTY, N.Y. -- Today marks 10 years since 12-year-old Jaliek Rainwalker disappeared from Greenwich. The case, which began as a missing-persons investigation, began a homicide investigation, but his remains have never been found. 

Barbara Reeley, Jaliek’s adoptive grandmother, holds out hope one day there will be justice for her grandson.

“Ten years is just such a horrendous amount of time to think about a child being missing,” said Reeley.

“The sadness and the frustration are amplified in our minds for sure,” said Dennis Smith, Jaliek’s grandfather.

“If I concentrate, I can still feel his arms around me and his head on my shoulders when he would give me a hug,” said Reeley.

On November 1, 2007, Jaliek was reported missing from the Greenwich home he was living in with his adoptive family. His adoptive father, Stephen Kerr, was the last person who saw Jaliek, and was later identified as a person of interest, but never charged in the 12-year-old boy's disappearance. 

“I believe there was foul play. I believe my son-in-law is the only one who really knows exactly what happened,” said Reeley.

“I firmly believe as I sit here today 10 years later that Stephen is still a person of interest,” said Cambridge Police Chief George Bell.

Bell has been in charge of the investigation from the beginning. He says Stephen and Jaliek's adoptive mother, Jocelyn, do not contact him for updates. Reeley constantly checks in with him to see if there’s any new information in the case. She has not seen her daughter or other grandchildren in 10 years.

Earlier this year, there was a glimmer of hope in Jaliek's case when a partial skull was found in Coxsackie, and investigators believed it belonged to a young boy. Further tests proved it did not, but Barbara and Bell had thought it was the break in the case they'd been longing for.

“I was hoping 'yes, this is it, we can push forward, move toward a prosecution, bring closure to the family,' " said Chief Bell.

A day hasn't gone by that Barbara doesn't think of her grandson.

“It's heartbreaking and it's agony. It really is. You think of the child. How wonderful and happy [he was],” said Reeley.

“We're still here. We're still looking, we're still pushing for answers,” said Bell.

“My hope is to someday have somebody come forward so that we can find Jaliek's remains and we can put him to rest,” said Reeley.

The search will not end until Jaliek has the justice he deserves.

“My hurt isn't nearly as much as he's endured. And that I think is the most heartbreaking is, as badly as my heart hurts, he endured much more,” said Reeley.

“I think it speaks to Jaliek's spirit that people still care about him 10 years after. He was that kind of kid; you don't forget,” said Smith.

If you have any information about Jaliek’s disappearance, call (518) 692-9332 or 1-800-FIND-KID.