Algonquin Man, 30, Identified As Person Found Dead Near Train Tracks

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — The McHenry County Coroner's Office has identified a 30-year-old man found dead near the Metra train tracks in Cary as Jared Jacobs, of Algonquin.

According to the coroner's office, Jacobs' body was found between the north and southbound tracks at the intersection of Algonquin Road and Northwest Highway in Cary on Sunday night.

Authorities were called to the scene after an employee on a Union Pacific Railroad train spotted what they believed to be a body and called police, Scott Naydenoff, deputy of support services for the Cary Police Department, told Patch earlier this week.

Officers with the Cary Police Department responded and found the body at about 7:45 p.m., Naydenoff said.

Preliminary results from an autopsy performed on Tuesday shows Jacobs died from blunt force trauma to the head. Toxicology is pending, according to the coroner's office.

Metra Police and the McHenry County Coroner's Office are investigating the death.