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PROVO — Police suspect foul play in a man's death after his body was found near railroad tracks Monday in Provo.
The body was discovered about 4 p.m. about a block west of 1600 S. State, inside "a transient camp" near the tracks, Provo police said in a statement posted to Facebook.
The man is described as "middle-aged," but he had not been identified as of late Monday evening, said Provo Police Sgt. Brian Taylor.
The man suffered "injuries on his head, neck and face, suggest(ing) that he died of foul play of some kind," Taylor said.
Police were combing through the scene Monday, though their efforts were complicated by the rain and dark conditions after sundown, according to the sergeant.
Officers also interviewed several transients in the area, none of whom are considered suspects, Taylor said.
"No one seems to know him or who he is or how he died," he said.
Investigators believe the man was not dead for very long when he was discovered by someone passing by. Taylor said the man's body would be taken to the Utah State Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.
Police are also investigating whether there may be surveillance footage from the railroad that could shed light on what happened. It wasn't clear Monday evening whether any such footage existed, Taylor said.
The area where the man's body was found is not considered a "problem spot" in the city, according to Taylor.
