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SYRACUSE -ÊPolice are at a standstill in the investigation of the death of a Cleveland man whose body was found by railroad tracks near Syracuse Nov. 25.
The body of Willie B. Walker, 26, of Cleveland, Ohio, was found covered in snow next to a CSX railroad track east of CR 300E, just north of CR 1300N near Milford around 5 a.m. Nov. 25.
According to Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department detectives, no new information has surfaced in the case. Officials have spoken with Walker's family members, the employees of the railroad and Walker's attorney, but have no suspects or leads in the case.
A train crew spotted the body and contacted the KCSD.
An autopsy performed in Fort Wayne determined Walker's death was a homicide caused by blunt-force trauma to the head.
Police believe Walker was riding on a train before he died and they think his body was placed along the tracks after his death.
Walker's destination and the people he was traveling with at the time of his death are not known.
The incident remains under investigation by the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department.
