Missing Person

Chief Deputy Dennis Tipsword said in a news release the department was notified at 5:15 p.m. Sunday that the boy had been swimming with a group of other juveniles and adults in the pond when he was reported missing.

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

Police said Melissa Ostrom, 39, of Bloomington was pronounced dead at the scene on Thursday after her body was located following what authorities described as an extensive search by Bloomington Police, the McLean County Sheriff’s Office and the McLean County Emergency Management Agency.

A 21-year-old who was reported missing in Normal on Thursday night has been found dead near a creek. Authorities say no foul play is suspected.

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.

Somewhere out there is a 7-month-old baby girl gone missing. On Monday, Bloomington Police spokesperson John Fermon said Zaraz V. Walker was last seen five to seven days ago.

Authorities said Thursday that the body found three weeks ago near Peru, Ill., is that of miissing Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day of Bloomington.

Bloomington Police, Peru Police and the LaSalle County coroner's office are investigating a body found in the Illinois River on Saturday morning.

Bloomington Police said they now have two sets of video of a missing Illinois State University graduate student taken a couple hours apart a week ago Tuesday; in both, he is wearing different sets of clothes.

Authorities are looking for the public’s help locating an Illinois State University graduate student who went missing this week under “unexplained suspicious circumstances.”