When she heard about the body in the river, Dr. Diane Jeanne Blakeney-Billings knew in her gut it was Jelani Day. How could her former student—the brilliant, kind leader, the one who helped quieter students find their voice—suddenly be dead? Day was only 25 years old, one week into classes as a speech pathology graduate student at Illinois State University. Blakeney-Billings had written his recommendation letter for entry into the program.