Body found at CTA Blue Line station in South Loop

A CTA employee found the man unresponsive while walking down the stairs to the Blue Line platform Saturday in the 500 block of South LaSalle Avenue.

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A body was found at a Blue Line station May 29, 2021.

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Chicago police are conducting an investigation after a man was found dead Saturday at a CTA Blue Line station in South Loop.

About 1 a.m., a CTA employee found the man unresponsive while walking down the stairs to the Blue Line platform in the 500 block of South LaSalle Avenue, Chicago police said.

The man, about 30 to 35 years old, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He had no evident signs of trauma, according to police.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the man as Moses Rangel.

Area Three detectives are investigating.

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