Human Bones Found in Edinburg, New York

October 27, 2009

According to officials with the New York State Police, fragments of a human skull have been discovered in a wooded area near Fox Hill road in Edinburg, New York. The state police forensic identification unit is in possession of the bone fragments and tests are underway to determine how old the skull is and how long it has been in the woods. State and local authorities are also conducting a full-scale search of the area for other human remains

Local residents suspect the remains could belong to Jaliek Rainwalker, a 12-year-old boy who went missing under mysterious circumstances in November 2007. If not Jaliek, there are several other unsolved cases in the area, including that of Kellisue Ackernecht, a 35-year-old woman from nearby Johnstown, who went missing in September 2008.

"We do have a number of missing person cases in the area," Saratoga County District Attorney James Murphy said in an interview with poststar.com. "It's still too early to say. There are lots of questions. It's going to take some significant time."

No further details have been released.

UPDATE:
Authorities are now saying that a large portion of the skull was found and that it is possibly that of a child.

Related Link:
Unsolved: The Missing and Murdered Women of Chautauqua County

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Comments

[Keli]

Hopefully a family out there will now have some answers.

[Cindy Adler]

The first person I thought of was Sara Ann Woods! Then I did a search:

http://www.wktv.com/news/local/66987262.html

[Heather]

I'm hoping that if this isn't Jaliek that it is finally Sara Anne Wood. Hopefully her family will one day find her to give her a proper burial