Saying her sonβs case has not been prioritized, the grieving mother of Jelani Day, the Illinois State University graduate student whose body was found in the Illinois River in September, said Friday itβs time for the FBI to take over the investigation.
βIβm asking you. Iβm imploring you. Iβm begging you. I need to know what happened to my son,β an emotional Carmen Day said. βI need the FBI to come in and take over. β¦ They need to make Jelani a priority.β
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Day was supported in the request for federal assistance by prominent activists including Rev. Jesse Jackson and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump.
Carmen Day spoke from the Rainbow Push Coalitionβs headquarters in Chicago, a civil rights organization founded by Jackson.
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