On Feb. 4, village police were dispatched to the Harlem Blue Line stop around 6 a.m. to assist the Forest Park Fire Department with a man on the train who was unresponsive and not breathing. When police administered sternum rubs to try and wake him, they found his body stiff and cold to the touch, according to the police report.
The fire department contacted Loyola University Medical Center, where a doctor pronounced the man dead through telemetry.
Two witnesses told police that they had been riding the train with the man since about 5:30 p.m. the night before, and that he hadn’t moved since then. Police determined there were no signs of foul play.
According to the Cook County Medical Examiner Case Archive, the man was 57 years old. Police said he didn’t have any form of identification on him, and they contacted Illinois State Police to request fingerprinting services.