Jelani Day

Carmen Bolden Day spoke for nearly two hours on Facebook and Instagram live about her efforts to get answers about her son Jelani's death. Investigators are no longer actively working the case.

The Jelani Day Foundation was founded in 2022. Its mission is to help families of color who have reported a missing person connect to resources that Carmen Bolden-Day said she didn't have when her son went missing in 2021.

The family of Jelani Day announced on Facebook they are postponing the All-White Remembrance Dinner to focus on updates in the ongoing investigation.

The Town of Normal is making Smart Cities technology a big priority. The City of Bloomington has been less vocal on that front, but also is leveraging new tech. Smart Cities technology, broadly defined, is supposed to make city operations smoother for the public and more efficient for the municipality.

The Bloomington City Council voted Wednesday night to invest nearly $2 million in keeping the city's police department technology updated, including body cameras, tasers, and digital evidence storage.

A celebration of life for late Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day on Saturday night resembled a spiritual revival, a rally, a memorial and a party with music, food and dancing.

The mother of ISU grad student Jelani Day says police have shared little with her about their investigation into her son's death last year.

Gov. JB Pritzker has signed the “Jelani Day” bill into law, amending the Missing Persons Identification Act in hopes of preventing a repeat of what the Day family experienced last year.

It’s been six months since Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day went missing. His body was not found for nearly two weeks. Once found, Day's remains went unidentified for three more weeks.