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- Children at a sleep-away camp stumbled upon a dead body while collecting firewood.
- The body was found in a "state of decomposition," Newsweek reported.
- The campers appear to be "emotionally stable," according to an email to parents seen by the New York Post.
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Children at a sleep-away camp in the Berkshires found a decomposing corpse while they were collecting firewood for a camp activity on Thursday night, the New York Post reported.
Four campers at Camp Lenox in Berkshire County, all juveniles, found the remains at around 3.30 pm on Thursday, a Massachusetts state police spokesperson told the Post.
The kids reported the discovery to their camp counselors, who then called the police, the spokesperson said.
The body was found in a "state of decomposition" outside of the camp property, in a wooded area in the town of Becket, according to Newsweek.
State police identified the deceased individual as a 35-year-old man, Newsweek reported. Detectives are investigating his cause of death, the district attorney's office told the media outlet.
A preliminary investigation indicates that the man may have died by suicide "some time ago," the Post reported, but the findings were not conclusive. "The investigation remains open and an autopsy is expected to be conducted," a police spokesperson told the paper.
The camp informed parents of the gruesome discovery by email on Thursday, the Post said.
"A counselor and 3 of our oldest campers were in the woods at the border of camp and private property collecting wood for a big event called 'Rope Burn," the email said.
The campers who stumbled upon the corpse appear to be "emotionally stable," the message continued.