Plainfield Man Found Dead in Metra Train Bathroom

A 25-year-old Plainfield man was found dead in the bathroom of a Metra/Burlington Northern passenger train and police believe it may have been an overdose.

Adam Castilla, 25, of the 13000 block of Meadow Lakes Drive in Plainfield, was found dead at around 1:45 p.m. Thursday at the downtown Aurora Transportation Center at 233 N. Broadway Ave. Castilla was found by railroad personnel who were doing checks of the rail cars after everyone had exited the outbound train from Chicago. When one of the workers was checking the train’s second car, he noticed the bathroom door was locked. When he knocked on the door he received no response so he unlocked it and was able to open it far enough to see Castilla inside. The door was eventually removed in an attempt to render aid to Castilla but he had already expired. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 2:27 p.m. It is not known where Castilla boarded the train.

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Police believe Castilla’s death to be narcotics-related based on information gleaned in the investigation so far.

An autopsy on Castilla was performed Friday at the Kane County Coroner’s Office.

Detectives from the Burlington Northern Railroad and the Kane County Coroner assisted Aurora police.