NORMAL, Ill. - Last weekend, the Jelani Day Foundation held their second annual memorial dinner for the late Illinois State University graduate student. In 2021, Day was studying speech pathology and he went missing before eventually being found dead weeks later. Now, the Jelani Day Foundation aims to keep his memory alive and help people in similar situations. Day's mother Carmen Bolden Day spoke about the purpose of the organization. […]
Photo Courtesy Bloomington Police Department. BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The LaSalle County Coroner has determined drowning as the cause of death of former Illinois State graduate student Jelani Day. "After consideration of the currently known circumstances surrounding his death, based upon review of the extensive available investigation, medical, and dental information, and after postmortem examination with multiple ancillary and special studies, the cause of death of this positively identified 25-year-old, male, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photo Courtesy of Bloomington Police Department NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University’s Multicultural Center held an event in support of Jelani Day last Friday. Day was reported missing two weeks ago. Friends, family and the ISU community gathered to hear from Day’s mother and his other family members. Vice President of College Democrats at ISU—Avery Spranger came in support of the Day family. “It was really powerful—they brought in a […]
NORMAL—Tamales, flags and community filled Illinois State University’s Multicultural Center. The Association of Latinx American Students hosted their first event of the year. The name of the annual ALAS event is called Bienvenidos which signifies the introduction of ALAS and this year included presenting the Multicultural Center. The night started with the executive board of ALAS introducing themselves and letting students get to know each other. Students were given questions and were able to […]
