Jelani Day's family suspects foul play in son's death, urges public for answers: 'Somebody knows something'
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The family of Jelani Day, an Illinois grad student and aspiring doctor whose body was found floating in the Illinois River, is desperately searching for answers.
The family of Jelani Day, an Illinois grad student and aspiring doctor whose body was found floating in the Illinois River five days ago, is desperately searching for answers.
Day's body was found on Sept. 4 and was identified by the LaSalle County Coroner on Sept. 23 through forensic dental identification and DNA testing.
"Jelani did not just disappear into thin air. Somebody knows something, somebody seen something and I need somebody to say something," Day's mother, Carmen Bolden Day, told "Good Morning America" on Wednesday.
"I'm very upset because I can't even look at my son's body. His body has deteriorated to the point where I can't say a proper goodbye to him," she said.
