Jelani Day was buried Tuesday. His family is still looking for answers on what led to his death
CNN
The funeral for 25-year-old Jelani Day, an Illinois graduate student whose body was identified nearly a month after he was reported missing, was held Tuesday in Danville, Illinois.
About 30 people attended the ceremony, including civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and several members of his Rainbow Push Coalition, CNN's Omar Jimenez reported.
Day was reported missing in Bloomington, Illinois, on August 25, and his vehicle located a day later about an hour north in Peru, Illinois.
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