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Slain Alabama A&M University graduate Jelani Day had moved on to graduate school when he suddenly went missing. It took nearly three weeks for him to be identified, and his mother wants to ensure the same never happens to another family again. Learn more in the story by 102.7 WBOW below.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law on Monday a bill that was directly inspired by the disappearance and death of Jelani Day.
The bill requires Illinois coroners to notify and consult the FBI if they are unable to identify a body within 72 hours of the body being found. It’s a much shorter time than Carmen Bolden-Day had to wait when her son went missing in August.
“I want them to remember that every time they have to do something in that way, to go look for somebody, to make sure that this person is identified,” Bolden-Day said. “They have to identify that with Jelani, because they didn’t do that for Jelani.”
‘I cried tears of joy’, Jelani Day Bill heads to the Illinois House. (Read More)
