Investigation launched after man is found dead in Lakeview apartment

CHICAGO — The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office will be conducting an autopsy to determine how a 43-year-old Lakeview man died.

Adam Hewett, 43, was found unresponsive in an apartment in the 600 block of West Oakdale around 4:54 p.m., according to information from Chicago police and the medical examiner. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

CPD issued a media statement saying that detectives were conducting a death investigation. An officer at the scene asked an evidence technician to recover two knives from the apartment where Hewett was found.

Update 8:59 p.m.: The medical examiner has ruled Adam Hewett’s death a suicide by multiple sharp force injuries.

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