Death of person found in West Rogers Park apartment ruled a homicide: autopsy

Officers conducted a well-being check about 8:15 a.m. Sunday at a residence in the 6400 block of North Sacramento Avenue and found an unresponsive male inside, Chicago police said.

The 6400 block of North Sacramento Avenue.

The 6400 block of North Sacramento Avenue.

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The death of a person found unresponsive Sunday in a West Rogers Park apartment has been ruled a homicide by assault, according to autopsy results released Monday.

Officers conducted a well-being check about 8:15 a.m. at a residence in the 6400 block of North Sacramento Avenue and found an unresponsive male inside, Chicago police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The man was identified as Mark Criddell by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy found he died of multiple injuries from an assault and ruled his death a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.

Area Three detectives were investigating.

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