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The River - Jelani Day

November 10, 2026 · 58 min

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On August 24, 2021, 25-year-old Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day was last seen on campus. Eleven days later, his body was recovered from the Illinois River, sixty miles away from where his concealed car was found without license plates or keys. While a multi-agency task force ultimately ruled his cause of death as undetermined drowning, his family has fought tirelessly from day one to challenge that finding and uncover what happened during his final hours.

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