Body Found Near Metra Tracks ID'd as 22-Year-Old

A body was found near Metra tracks Wednesday morning in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

The body of 22-year-old Demetri J.C. Wilburn was spotted near the tracks by an inbound Metra train about 10:30 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and Metra spokeswoman Meg Thomas-Reile. He lived in the 7300 block of South Perry.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the person had been struck by a train, but a train that had gone through about an hour earlier was inspected in the train yard and had blood on the lead car.

The crew was unaware that the train had struck anyone, Thomas-Reile said.

An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday.