Jelani Day

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Questions remain in Jelani Day's death. Lawyer Ben Crump calls on FBI to intervene

2:17pm December 03, 2021

by Emma Bowman

The 25-year-old's body was found a month after he went missing. "As we approach 100 days without any answers, we are demanding that the FBI investigate this matter as a hate crime," Crump said.

Jelani Day went missing on Aug. 24. LaSalle County Coroner Richard Ploch says Day's official cause of death was drowning.

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Jelani Day's death is ruled a drowning, the coroner says

8:55pm October 26, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Day, a Illinois State University graduate student, was reported missing on Aug. 24. LaSalle County authorities say the manner in which he went into the Illinois River is currently unknown.