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The FBI field office in Chicago and the Behavioral Analysis Unit from Washington, D.C., is assisting with the Jelani Day investigation, but the agency has declined to take the lead.
A 16-year-old Bloomington High School student was taken into juvenile custody after he allegedly brought a loaded gun to school.
"We want to gain one thing, and that is justice for Jelani Day," said Cameron Barnes, national youth director with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
People from across Illinois gathered in Peru Tuesday to show support for the mother of Jelani Day in her search for answers in her son’s death.
Day, a Illinois State University graduate student, was reported missing on Aug. 24. LaSalle County authorities say the manner in which he went into the Illinois River is currently unknown.