'It appears that help has ceased so I'm imploring, pleading, and asking that the police still pay attention,' Carmen Bolden Day, Jelani's mother said.
The nonprofit Black and Missing Foundation estimated that in 2020, there were over 200,000 people of color reported missing and over 140,000 were under 18 years of age. The organization works to spread information about the disparities in missing person cases between white victims versus victims of color including police response and media coverage.. She said some of her son's belongings have been found scattered around near the river where they found the unidentified body.
Jelani Day's family is asking the public to share his story. He was last seen August 24 and was reported missing the next day. His car was later found in a wooded area near the local YMCA.Newsy ."I feel like since this body has been found, and as I said it is unidentified, I don't truly believe that it is my son. It appears that help has ceased so I'm imploring, pleading, and asking that the police still pay attention, still look for my son as vigilantly as they were prior to finding this unidentified body."
The last day Bolden Day talked to her son was August 23, two days before she reported him missing. She said he called just to"hear her voice" and that he would call her back later.."He knows what he wants and his goal was to be Doctor Jelani Day." The family asks anyone with knowledge about Day's disappearance to either contact the Bloomington Police at 309-820-8888, Peru Police Detective Commander Dennis Hocking 815-223-2151 extension 2804, or the family's private investigator at 618-223-0044.
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