Body of British Tourist Ademola Owolana Found at Metra Rail Yard Near Indiana Ave and 127th St, Chicago

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Chicago firefighters, paramedics, and police responded to Indiana Avenue and 127th Street about 3:13 p.m. Tuesday to a report of an electrocution victim on top of a Metra Electric rail car in the railyard. Firefighters worked to get the area de-energized before attempting to rescue the victim. Within minutes the area was declared a crime scene.

BRITISH TOURIST FOUND DEAD: A sad development in the search for a missing British tourist. The body of Ademola Owolana,…

Posted by ABC 7 Chicago on Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Metra officials say the body was discovered on top of a retired electric railcar.

Firefighters stood by in case they were needed by police, who began to investigate the crime scene after the area was de-energized.

The body found at the Metra Electric Kensington Railyard is the body of missing British tourist Ademola Owolana, a family spokesperson confirmed. Owolana, age 26, had been missing since early Saturday morning after leaving a club called Low Key in West Pullman. Originally from London, he was in Chicago to visit relatives.

Owolana’s family had been searching for him since Saturday.




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