Jelani Day's mother wants the answers she believes national attention got for the Petito family
Two days later, his car was found about an hour's drive north in Peru, dumped in the woods behind a YMCA and in the middle of a residential community.
Where the car entered, according to the former family attorney, looks like a dead end from the paved road.
The license plate had been removed. The clothes Day was seen wearing on a surveillance camera on August 24 were in the car.
His wallet was found "somewhat in the bushes" about a half mile away, according to investigators. Neither the car nor wallet was found near the water, yet Day's body was recovered more than a week later over a mile away off the bank of the Illinois River.
According to investigators, an ID lanyard was found just across the river from the body. Clothing was also found farther east along the river, next to the Illinois Route 251 Bridge.