The body of an unidentified black man was discovered Tuesday night near the New York state border, but police said there is no indication that the body is connected to a claim made in a death threat sent to a Penn State student last week.

Pennsylvania State Police in Towanda are deeming the crime a homicide after an autopsy revealed the man's death to be the result of multiple gun shot wounds. According to a press release provided by State Police, the man's body was found in a small embankment off of Water Street in Camptown, Pa., in Bradford County. The man, who was 6 feet and weighed about 210 lbs., appeared to be between his late teens to mid-twenties.

News of the Camptown discovery circulated at the HUB-Robeson Center yesterday, prompting administrators to send an e-mail message to all students to dispel rumors.

A Daily Collegian reporter received a letter containing a death threat for Black Caucus President Lakeisha Wolf last week. The letter also claimed a black man was murdered, and his body could be found in a wooded area near the Mount Nittany summit.

Camptown resident Kathy Loyack was the first person to find the body while she was walking her dog at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

"It was hard to tell what it was," Loyack said. "At first, I thought it was a dummy."

Loyack said the body wasn't moving and was obviously dead, although the body did not appear to have been in the bank long. She also said she did not see any marks on the man, nor did she see any blood anywhere in the street or on the man himself.

The discovery reached the HUB, where protesters had been camped out since Black Caucus members began meeting with administrators to discuss racism and diversity issues Tuesday, and caused a wave of concern.

Penn State Police Services, however, said there is no evidence at this point that suggests the body found in Bradford County is related to the threats contained in Friday's letter.

"There is no reason to believe that this was at all related to the Penn State threat. There's nothing at all that points toward a connection," said Clifford Lutz, Penn State police supervisor.

He added, however, that if any evidence is found connecting the two cases that Penn State police would be investigating.

According to the Penn State e-mail sent to students, no black male student has been reported missing from University Park or from the Wilkes-Barre Campus, which is the Commonwealth Campus closest to where the body was found.

Penn State police ended their search for a body at Mount Nittany on Monday, after an aerial search and several sweeps of the area found no body.

The Philadelphia Division of the FBI is also investigating the death threat sent to Wolf and said every aspect of the case is being inspected.

"We will look into the entire situation and will leave no stone unturned," said FBI Special Agent Linda Vizi.

Vizi would not comment on any advances the bureau may have made on the investigation or any investigation details.

State Police ask anyone with information concerning the victim's death to contact police at (570) 265-2186.