NORMAL, Ill. - Tears, memories, and the celebration of Jelani Day entered Redbird Arena Thursday night. The family of Jelani Day attended the memorial in which they expressed their thoughts of their late son and brother. Carmen Bolden Day, Jelani’s mother said that she wished she could have done something the day she found out her son was missing. “I just wish that I could go back to Monday, August […]
NORMAL, Ill.-On Monday students and residents of Normal gathered together in Uptown after a mural of ISU graduate student Jelani Day was taken down. There were key speakers at the event ranging from residents, employers of the area, students, and more. The community took time to commemorate the life of Jelani Day and Black Lives Matter. NAACP Bloomington-Normal President Linda Foster spoke about raising awareness on the injustices that African […]
Picture Courtesy of Bloomington Police Department. NORMAL, Ill. - The LaSalle County Coroner identified the body found in IL River on 9/4/21 as Jelani Day. Day was identified through forensic dental identification and DNA testing and comparison. Bloomington Police Department Public Information Officer John Fermon told the media the death investigation remains ongoing with no new information available to the public. "Really the circumstances at this point, we have some […]
