Miami student found dead near RR tracks ID'd

The Miami student found dead Saturday near railroad tracks has been identified as a Colorado man.

Jacob S. Jarman, 19, of Greenwood Village, Colo., was a sophomore who lived on campus at Hahne Hall, according to Oxford police.

Jarman transferred to Miami after attending his freshman year at a college in Colorado, police said.

The Butler County Coroner's Office listed the cause of death as multiple traumatic injuries, but a determination on the manner of death is pending an investigation. Oxford police and the coroner's office are awaiting results of toxicology tests, which could take weeks.

Detectives are working with the coroner's office, Miami University police and CSX personnel to determine the circumstances that led to Jarman being on the tracks that morning.

Burial will be in Colorado and the family is en route back to Denver.

Officers were dispatched about 9:10 a.m. to railroad tracks east of South College and Foxfire drives, where Jarman was located.

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