With all the media attention focusing on a missing white woman, Gabby Petito, the disappearance of a Black graduate student hasn’t garnered the same type of attention that’s needed to find the 25-year-old man, his family claims.
Although Jelani Day was reported missing on Aug. 24, the call to get the news out has fallen short, says his mother, Carmen Bolden Day, according to WGLT.
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The mother of the missing Illinois State University student says finding her son has come to a standstill since police uncovered an unidentified body on Sept. 4.
“Since they found that unidentified body, it doesn’t seem to me that they are pushing to continue to look for my son,” Bolden Day said of authorities.
“I understand that there are other crimes that they have to investigate, but it seems like I only have this one detective, and I understand he has a life outside of his work. But once he stops, does that mean we stop looking for my son?”
According to People, the family of Day, a graduate student, has been pleading with the public and Illinois police for any information that will lead to finding out what happened to Jelani.
Source: Family of Missing 25-Year-Old Black Man Jelani Day Demands More News Coverage
