© Provided by New York Daily NewsTyrell Antar Cohen, 25, was found dead inside the substation's perimeter, Raleigh police said Sunday.
The missing twin brother of Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen has been identified as the man found electrocuted at a Duke Energy substation on Sunday morning.
Tyrell Antar Cohen, 25, was found dead inside the substation's perimeter, Raleigh police said Sunday.
When he was first discovered, police surmised that whoever it was had been electrocuted "trying to climb equipment" while fleeing law enforcement, reported WTVD-TV.
Tyrell Cohen had fled the scene of a car accident at around 2 a.m. Saturday, Wake County Sheriff's Office spokesman Eric Curry told The News & Observer. Raleigh police searched for him but called it off when they couldn't find him, the newspaper reported. His family filed a missing-person report Saturday night after he failed to return home, WGN-TV reported.
© Provided by New York Daily NewsFILE - Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen drinks water during an NFL football camp practice in Lake Forest, Ill., Monday, Aug. 17, 2020.
FILE - Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen drinks water during an NFL football camp practice in Lake Forest, Ill., Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (Nam Y. Huh / AP/)
Tarik Cohen posted numerous tweets, since deleted, and other entreaties on social media asking for help locating his brother.
On Sunday, police resumed the search, and just after 9 a.m. an employee at Duke Energy found the body that police later identified as Tyrell Cohen.
"He entered the substation, which may have been resulting from the accident," Curry told The News & Observer. Authorities do not suspect foul play, the newspaper said, citing statements from Raleigh police and Wake deputies.