The death of the student who apparently leapt from a Pearce-Ford Tower window early Thursday morning is still under investigation.

“We’re not classifying this as a suicide,” said Bob Edwards, vice president for university relations. “We’re not classifying this as anything right now.”

Louisville freshman Dylan C. Prott, 18, was found dead early Thursday after police were told at 12:26 a.m. that he had jumped from his room on the 20th floor, Edwards said.

The Warren County Coroner’s Office will determine the official cause of death and perform a toxicology test, which is expected to take 30 to 45 days, he said.

Officials have heard reports that Prott was using drugs, Edwards said. He also said officials received reports that Prott was naked and acting erratically in PFT before his death.

Louisville freshman Kyle Brangers, Prott’s best friend, said he was there the night Prott died and that Prott had taken psychedelic mushrooms.

“It was his first time,” Brangers said. “He didn’t have a drug problem at all.”

A preliminary autopsy report revealed that the student suffered severe body trauma, said Harold Sanson, a Warren County deputy coroner.

The autopsy was performed Thursday in Louisville.

Prott’s body was found on the side of the building that faces University Boulevard, the Herald previously reported.

Officials withheld the victim’s name until Thursday morning so they could confirm it and contact his family members, Edwards said.

Dylan Prott’s mother, who heard the news while she was in Scotland, came home during the weekend, said Mike Prott, Dylan’s father.

Louisville sophomore John Absher, a resident assistant on the 20th floor of PFT, said that he was called to Prott’s room because Prott was causing a disturbance. He wouldn’t comment further.

According to an official statement Western sent in a mass e-mail, a preliminary report indicates that Prott disabled a safety device designed to keep the PFT dorm window from opening more than a few inches.

Dorm safety checks are conducted on the first Tuesday of every month, and the Nov. 7 check showed that the safety bar was in place, according to the statement.

One of Western’s priorities following the incident will be to make sure safety checks are being performed and reported appropriately, Edwards said. Officials believe the checks were conducted correctly.

Edwards said Western has never had a problem, as far as he knows, with students removing safety bars.

Campus police are handling the investigation.

Western will provide grief counselors to anyone who requests one, according to the statement.

The phone number for Western’s Counseling and Testing Center is 745-3159.

Reach the reporters at news@wkuherald.com.