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The grim discovery Sunday of a body in Pike County, Pa., has now resulted in a homicide investigation. But is it connected to the missing persons case of 17-year-old Leanna Walker?

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The grim discovery Sunday of a body in Pike County has now resulted in a homicide investigation, according to WFMZ. However, authorities still aren't connecting the human remains or the homicide investigation to the missing persons case of 17-year-old Leanna Walker.

However, there are some troubling connections between the two cases:

The as-yet unidentified body was discovered Sunday afternoon the same area where a search has been ongoing for Walker, missing since April 18.

What is more, the llama farm near Milford, Pa., where the remains were discovered, is where some of Walker's belongings were found during an earlier search. A makeshift campsite also was discovered inside a barn on a llama farm.

Walker was originally reported by her family as a runaway. She was last seen leaving Milford with her 24-year-old boyfriend Sky Michael McDonough, also from Milford.

McDonough was arrested late last month on unrelated charges, including active arrest warrants from Sussex, New Jersey for burglary and fleeing apprehension.

He has since been identified as a person of interest in Walker's missing person case, and police say he attempted to escape while assisting them in a search for Walker.

But police tell WFMZ that the search for Walker remains active and ongoing, even as the homicide investigation stemming from the discovery of the body gears up.