McHenry County coroner IDs man found dead by Metra tracks in Cary

The McHenry County Coroner’s Office identified a man who was found dead Sunday by the Metra tracks in Cary.

The coroner’s office said in a Wednesday news release that Jared Jacobs, 30, of Algonquin, was found between the north and southbound rail tracks at the Algonquin Road and Route 14 intersection in Cary.

The Cary Police Department responded to a call at 7:45 p.m. Sunday to the intersection. A Metra employee on a train found the body and called it in, a Metra spokesperson said. Cary police Deputy Chief of Support Services Scott Naydenoff said Tuesday that police found a man with “injuries consistent with being struck by a train.”

Preliminary findings from an autopsy conducted Tuesday showed that Jacobs suffered “blunt trauma to the head,” although a final determination is pending toxicology tests, according to the coroner’s office. The office is working with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, the Cary Fire Protection District and Metra to investigate the incident.