This is another really sad story with no happy ending in sight. There's only one survivor left, his dad. His mother lost her other son and then died before Jaylen's remains were found.
I'm short on time right now. But my research into this matter suggests that Jaylen's skeletal remains were found by a maintenance man. The residence appears to be a group home since 2011, before Jaylen went missing. It's owned by some corporate entity and it's been continuously occupied by multiple transient people. When they say "group home" I take it to mean either a sober living facility, an assisted living place for people with mental health issues, or a place for sex offenders and other people coming out of the criminal justice system. The kind of place neighborhood people should have been aware of, local kids should have been warned about. Jaylen went to a corner store on his bike and was never seen again. My theory of the case is that some sex offender lured him into the building Gacy-style, with the promise of some work, and murdered him: "I'll give you $20 to help me move this old radiator out of the attic." Boys that age are always looking to earn a little pocket money. This is a situation where the murderer got away with it this long because of end-stage capitalism. I'm willing to bet it's someone who was already known to have problems that made them a danger to the community. But they have to live somewhere. So they get sheltered in group homes, where someone in theory keeps tabs on them. And yet they were able to murder a 12-year-old and let his body decompose in the attic with nobody finding out for years. This happens because in end-stage capitalism, many people accept positions of responsibility without actually fulfilling the corresponding responsibilities. They have important titles that pay them handsomely. But they don't do anything to prevent someone like Jaylen from getting killed. Because that's not the object of the game. Rest in peace, Jaylen.
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