The medical examiner’s office has released the identity of a former Grayslake man in his late 30s who was found dead in an alley on Chicago’s West Side Friday morning.
The Chicago Police Department and Chicago Fire Department responded around 12:47 a.m. Friday to the 3500 block of West Adams Street for a report of a person down call.
A 911 caller reported a male was down and not moving in the “T” alley between Adams Street and Jackson Boulevard in East Garfield Park.
Officers arrived and found an unresponsive adult male in the alley, according to police officials.
Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.
Crime scene tape was set up around the area during the investigation.
Police officials said the male was unidentified at the scene and no identification was found on him.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said Wednesday the body was later identified as 39-year-old Michael Richard Evans.
The office initially reported Evans was a Grayslake resident but has since said he was most recently residing in West Chicago.
The medical examiner’s office conducted an autopsy on Evans but has not released its findings. A cause and manner of death have not been ruled.
Police officials said the circumstances of the incident remain under investigation by Area 4 detectives.