Illinois State University grad student Jelani Day died from drowning, the LaSalle County coroner said Monday, but he did not determine a manner of death. Coroner Richard Ploch said he saw no evidence of injuries “such as manual strangulation, assault or altercation, sharp, blunt, or gunshot injury, infection, tumor, natural disease, congenital abnormality, or significant …
More questions than answers remain after the body of Illinois State University graduate student, Jelani Day, was found last month in the Illinois River. His family is now pleading for federal authorities to take over. As CrimeOnline previously reported, family members told Dateline in August that not hearing from Day, 25, was “very unlike him.” …
More questions than answers remain after the body of Illinois State University graduate student, Jelani Day, was found last month in the Illinois River. As CrimeOnline previously reported, family members told Dateline in August that not hearing from Day, 25, was “very unlike him.” After contact with him on August 23, the family didn’t hear …
A body found floating in the Illinois River earlier this month has been identified as that of an Illinois State University grad student who vanished on August 24. Jelani “J.J.” Day, 25, was last seen that day on security footage at a cannabis store in Bloomington at about 9:12 a.m. His white, 2010 Chrysler 300 …
Bloomington police in Illinois are asking people to stop speculating after a body was found in Peru on Saturday, in an area close to where Illinois State University grad student Jelani Day was spotted before he vanished. As CrimeOnline previously reported, family members told Dateline that not hearing from Jelani “J.J.” Day, 25, was “very …
Police in Bloomington, Illinois, are looking for a college graduate student who was reported missing by his family and a faculty member on August 25. Jelani Day, 25, started his graduate program at Illinois State University this summer, according to Cara Boester, the director of clinical experiences in Day’s Speech Pathology program, the university said. …
