![]() ![]() SEALES: Overall, does the story sit right with you? You know, a mother's feeling or intuition that a man happened to stop on the interstate and Jelani's phone happened to be at that exact spot on the interstate?ĭAY: The area that the young man described the phone found in, was the same area that I originally had searched that exit. I need them to not provide oversight, not to be engaged but to take over this case. So, if they can turn it over to the FBI and not mess with it - because at this point, I need the FBI involved. I questioned why they would go through the phone and she said to me, "Carmen, if you don't want us to go through the phone let me know now and we'll turn it over to the FBI," and I told her that's what I prefer for her to do. They then told me that they were going to look into Jelani's phone to see what was on there. When I contacted them today, they told me that they didn't tell me about the phone because they wanted to be sure. According to Peru, in Bloomington, the FBI is assisting and providing resources. ![]() So, the police have been aware of this, they've known about the phone. However, the young man had let me know that he got questioned two days ago. ![]() I found out about the phone, that the phone had been found and had been identified as Jelani's phone early this morning, maybe about one or two o'clock this morning. He ended up taking it to a kiosk at a Walmart because he said that the phone didn't work. He said that the phone had been shattered. He stopped his truck to secure the mattress back on the truck. SEALES: Can you explain how it came to be in their custody? Because you wrote on Facebook about this, that apparently a guy says his friend or acquaintance found it on the side of the road, turned it in at Walmart, they took it to police - it's this really convoluted chain of custody.ĭAY: Well from what I understand, the gentleman was going down the interstate and a mattress fell off the back of his truck. Carmen, since we began talking - a few months ago at this point - a big question always lingered in our conversations: Where is Jelani's cellphone? What clues could it hold? And now you tell us the Bloomington, Illinois, police have it?ĬARMEN BOLDEN DAY: Yes, the Bloomington police have it in their possession and I'm just wondering why they have it in their possession. ![]() Someone who's been leading the fight, pushing for answers surrounding Jelani's disappearance and death is his mother, Carmen Bolden Day, and she joins us again. Now, his mother says it's been found, it's in police custody and Jelani's family wants a say in the upcoming process. Throughout this investigation, Jelani's cellphone has been missing, along with any clues it might hold. 26, police told the public Jelani's cause of death was drowning with no signs of homicide. 4, an unidentified body was found in the river in LaSalle County, Illinois. His vehicle was found just two days later in a wooded area in Peru, Illinois, nearly 60 miles away. Jelani, an Alabama A&M graduate and an Illinois State University grad student was last seen at Beyond Hello Cannabis Dispensary in Bloomington, IL on Aug. Thursday saw a major development in the case and has Jelani's family and friends hopeful for new information and somewhat skeptical of police. In appreciation of all she did to bring warmth and love into our house, we started Beboe to offer the sophisticated cannabis consumer an experience unlike any other on the market.NEWSY'S CHANCE SEALES: "Newsy Tonight" is continuing to follow the disappearance and death investigation of graduate student Jelani Day. I laugh every time I imagine that little 85-year-old woman wandering around our local grocer, trying to find someone who could help her buy a bag of weed. They would help the nausea brought on by the sickness and brought back her appetite. We found out years later that mom’s brownies were made with marijuana. We were reminded each time that mom was really sick, deserved to have her own brownies, and backed off. Of course we would go through our rations in 24 hours, turning our sights on mom’s reserve. She made one tray for us kids, and one tray for Mom, but Mom’s brownies were strictly off limits… kept under lock and key in a closet. One thing she made each trip were brownies. She cleaned up the house and cooked for us. My mother was diagnosed with cancer when I was very young and my grandmother visited frequently to help care for her. ![]()
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