Saying her son’s case has not been prioritized, the grieving mother of Jelani Day, the Illinois State University graduate student whose body was found in the Illinois River in September, said it’s time for the FBI to take over the investigation.
Carmen Day said authorities have not made her son a priority. "I need the FBI to come in and take over," she said Friday.Saying her son’s case has not been prioritized, the grieving mother of Jelani Day, the Illinois State University graduate student whose, said Friday it’s time for the FBI to take over the investigation.
“I’m asking you. I’m imploring you. I’m begging you. I need to know what happened to my son,” an emotional Carmen Day said. “I need the FBI to come in and take over. … They need to make Jelani a priority.”Day was supported in the request for federal assistance by prominent activists including Rev. Jesse Jackson and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump.
Carmen Day spoke from the Rainbow Push Coalition’s headquarters in Chicago, a civil rights organization founded by Jackson. "We are asking the FBI to make this young, Black man named Jelani Day a priority just like they did the young white woman, Gabby Petito, because his life matters just like hers," Crump said.
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