Man Found Dead on Uptown Baseball Diamond Died of Head Injuries

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Aug 26, 2011 8:40PM

Police found a man dead on a baseball diamond in the Uptown neighborhood on Thursday, and a Friday autopsy shows the man died from head injuries. The man has not been identified. He was found in Clarendon Park near Montrose and Clarendon avenues. The death has been ruled a homicide. The Sun-Times writes:

A black man in his 30s, the victim died of craniocerebral injuries, blunt force head trauma and assault, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

A local resident wrote to neighborhood blog Uptown Update that the man "was found face down in the grass."