Now a new report has surfaced backing up her allegations. The Chicago Sun-Times recently released a story titled "Some things no mother should have to endure" chronicling the moments leading up to Jelani Day's October 9 funeral service. Within the report that questions whether Jelani's case would have been handled differently if he "were not Black and male but a woman who was white and blonde", it includes a heartbreaking moment when Ms. Day got a call from the coroner with "good news." That news was that the "office had received new dental records" and was coming closer to identifying a body found in a river.
Jelani Day, a 25-year-old grad student and aspiring doctor, was last seen on Aug. 24, reports the Bloomington Police Department.