down this path and off to the left side according to the former attorney for the family. the thing about this location though is it isn t in the middle of nowhere. it has a ymca on one side and it is surrounded by homes. jelani day s body was found about a week afterward, just about a mile away off the bank of the illinois river east of the route 251 bridge. his body wouldn t be officially identified until nearly a month later. around when the body was found his walt was discovered about a mile and a half away from the vehicle, still half a mile from the vehicle with a lanyard and clothes found in separate locations as well according to the peru police department. his mother says none of it adds up and this wasn t an area he was familiar with. that he would come all the way that he would come all the way here. i mean there s plenty of bodies of water in bloomington. we re in peru, a town that jelani doesn t have any friends, no no ties to.