jelani day

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of CNN / other Drowning has been determined as the cause of the death of Jelani Day, the Illinois State graduate student who went missing in August and whose body was found but not identified until the month after, fueling concerns about what truly happened to him. LaSalle County Coroner Richard Ploch announced the news on Monday (October 25th), acknowledging that “the manner in which Mr. Day went into the Illinois River is currently unknown,” but also writing that the office’s forensic examinations were less than optimal in a press release cited by CNN. He noted the activity of predators in the waters of the river as well as the state of decomposition of the body as factors before stating in the report that “there was no evidence of any (pre-dea...