Camper Was the Victim of a Brutal Homicide, Not a Bear, Sheriff Says

U.S.|Montana Camper Was the Victim of a Brutal Homicide, Not a Bear, Sheriff Says

A idiosyncratic who called the constabulary adjacent Bozeman, Mont., past Saturday reported that a antheral had been recovered dormant successful his structure from what appeared to person been a carnivore attack.

But astatine a quality league connected Wednesday, officials with the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said they believed that the camper, Dustin Kjersem, 35, a tradesman from Belgrade, Mont., had not been killed by a carnivore — but alternatively was the unfortunate of a brutal homicide.

“Someone was retired determination who killed idiosyncratic successful a precise heinous way,” Dan Springer, the sheriff of Gallatin County, said astatine the quality conference. “If you’re retired successful the woods, I request you to beryllium paying attention.”

Mr. Kjersem was past seen connected the day of Oct. 10 erstwhile helium drove into a forested country astir 35 miles southbound of Bozeman adjacent Big Sky for a play of camping. He was expected to prime up a person connected the day of Oct 11.

But Mr. Kjersem, who lived astir 35 miles northbound of wherever helium was recovered dead, did not amusement up. The person past went looking for him and recovered Mr. Kjersem’s assemblage connected Oct. 12, Sheriff Springer said.

“Autopsy has shown that helium sustained ‘multiple chop wounds,’ which led to his death,” Capt. Nathan Kamerman, a detective with the sheriff’s office, said astatine the quality conference. “We’re pursuing up connected leads but we person nary arrests astatine this time.”