Medical examiner unable to determine how Lakeview man found dead in stairwell was killed

After a lengthy investigation, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has been unable to determine the circumstances that led to the death of a 32-year-old man found dead in the stairwell of his Lakeview apartment building in October.

In newly released findings, the office said Nolan Hart died from multiple blunt force injuries, but investigators were unable to determine the manner of his death, which could have otherwise been classified as accidental, homicide, suicide, or natural.

Shortly before 9 a.m. on October 27, police were called to Hart’s apartment building in the 500 block of West Addison Street to assist a maintenance worker who believed Hart was sleeping in a stairwell and would not wake up, according to dispatch audio…

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