CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The mother of Illinois State University grad student Jelani Day said she's angry that police in Bloomington didn’t do more to find her son who was found dead in the Illinois River.
To the police, Jelani didn't mean anything, there was no effort, Carmen Bolden Day said.
"I did all of that legwork, me and my kids. Me and everybody that never knew Jelani. My family, friends, strangers did all the legwork," Bolden Day told CNN.
She suggested that race played a role, noting the attention given to the Gabby Petito case, the white woman who disappeared while touring national parks with her fiance later found dead near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
Bloomington police said the Jelani Day case did receive significant attention and generated tips that helped investigators locate his body in the Illinois River.
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