Camping murder suspect claimed dog led to tent killing: docs

The antheral accused of brutally sidesplitting Dustin Kjersem during a Montana camping travel told constabulary that having beers unneurotic spiraled into a vicious sidesplitting aft his canine jumped connected Kjersem's aerial mattress, according to caller tribunal records obtained by Fox News Digital.

The latest records item Daren Christopher Abbey's mentation of events from before, during and aft the homicide, which helium provided to authorities during his confession.

Abbey, 41, is accused of sidesplitting Kjersem, a 35-year-old begetter and avid outdoorsman who was recovered bludgeoned successful his structure adjacent Big Sky successful October.

Abbey told constabulary helium had gone to Moose Creek to look for a spot to campy connected the nighttime of the homicide, Oct. 10, and helium saw Kjsersem with a partition structure acceptable up. Kjersem arrived successful the Moose Creek country that time and acceptable up camp, including "a partition structure implicit with wood stove, beds, lamps and aggregate different items," Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer antecedently said. 

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Dustin Kjersem was recovered dormant successful his structure portion camping successful Montana. Police described it arsenic a "vicious attack." (Gallatin County Sheriff's Office)

Abbey said helium and Kjersem began talking implicit a fewer beers. 

Abbey said that astatine 1 point, his canine jumped onto Kjersem's aerial mattress, leaving muddy paw prints each implicit it. He told constabulary that helium apologized to Kjersem and took a T-shirt to the creek, got it bedewed and past cleaned the paw prints disconnected the mattress. 

The fishy claimed that "Kjersem stated helium was going to sprout his canine and past was going to termination him," according to tribunal documents. Abbey claimed Kjersem came astatine him, truthful helium "tangled" with him.

Abbey told constabulary that helium killed Kjersem successful "self-defense." However, the deficiency of antiaircraft injuries connected Abbey was not accordant with self-defense, the documents add. 

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Porch presumption of the fashionable Big Sky Resort successful Montana, wherever homicide fishy Daren Abbey allegedly made employees consciousness "uncomfortable." (Laura D. Rogers/Shutterstock)

Abbey allegedly "hit the unfortunate connected the caput with a portion of firewood, stabbed the unfortunate successful the cervix with a screwdriver, and deed the unfortunate connected the look with the blunt broadside of the axe," according to anterior charging documents. 

Abbey told constabulary helium struck Kjersem 3 times with the artifact of wood, but Kjersem kept coming astatine him, the caller documents show. 

Law enforcement noted that erstwhile describing the details of the attack, Abbey made nary notation to utilizing an ax against Kjersem. After revealing that the injuries connected Kjersem's assemblage did not lucifer up to what helium was saying, Abbey admitted helium deed Kjersem erstwhile with the ax but that the unfortunate was inactive warring and moving.

Abbey claimed that helium past stabbed Kjersem with a screwdriver helium noticed connected the ground, and the combat ended. Abbey besides allegedly gave constabulary 2 conflicting answers for wherever the ax was located erstwhile helium grabbed it. 

In his confession, Abbey said helium washed the ax and screwdriver successful a creek, tribunal records show. He besides admitted to taking 2 cellphones that belonged to Kjersem, on with his ax, adding that helium wiped the phones due to the fact that helium was disquieted his fingerprints whitethorn beryllium connected them. 

He told authorities that helium returned to the transgression country the time aft the sidesplitting to retrieve his beanie helium near down and marque definite determination "were nary escaped ends." When helium returned to the scene, helium reentered Kjersem's structure and said that the victim's assemblage was successful the aforesaid presumption arsenic the nighttime before.

"This is the behaviour of a blameworthy taxable who thought they could get distant with murder," Springer antecedently said. 

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Daren Christopher Abbey has been charged with the sidesplitting of Montana dada Dustin Kjersem. (Montana Department of Corrections)

During a press conference, Springer described the homicide arsenic a "chance encounter." 

When Abbey arrived successful the area, helium reportedly made employees astatine a popular Montana skiing resort and section edifice consciousness "uncomfortable," according to the caller tribunal records. 

During their investigation, authorities received a study astir a "white skinhead dude," who they aboriginal identified arsenic Abbey, making employees astatine the fashionable Big Sky Resort and a adjacent edifice consciousness "uncomfortable" for talking astir his past situation clip and making "white supremacist comments," according to the tribunal records.  

A lawsuit astatine the aforesaid edifice told investigators that helium heard this man, who called himself Daren, saying helium was staying successful the Moose Creek country for respective days. The lawsuit told authorities his speech with Abbey took spot respective days earlier Kjersem's assemblage was discovered.

Staff astatine the Big Sky Resort said the past clip Abbey was seen successful municipality was connected Oct. 12, which was the aforesaid time the victim's remains were found, the documents say. 

Abbey has tattoos each implicit his body, including an "iron transverse w/ swastika" and different "swastika, SS lightning bolts," symbols utilized by Germany’s Nazi Party, according to his illustration connected the Montana Department of Correction website. 

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Prior to Daren Abbey's arrest, authorities asked for the nationalist to assistance find an ax that was missing from the transgression scene. (Gallatin County Sheriff's Office)

Kjersem's camping plans

Kjersem's woman told constabulary that anterior to the homicide, she and Kjersem had been patching up the partition structure successful anticipation of going camping, caller documents show. She said Kjersem was expected to prime her up connected Friday afternoon, Oct. 11, aft she finished work. 

She told constabulary she did not perceive thing from Kjersem passim the time that Friday, but she was besides alert helium did not person compartment work astatine the campsite. When Kjersem did not prime her up oregon interaction her by Friday evening, she got disquieted and went to hunt for him with a person connected Saturday morning, Oct. 12. 

At the campsite, she discovered him deceased successful the tent. She said erstwhile she went to interaction Kjersem, helium was "stiff and cold," according to documents. 

It was initially believed that Kjersem had suffered from a carnivore attack, until authorities determined it was a homicide. 

Kjersem's woman said the past clip she had heard from him was done substance astir 2:30 p.m. connected Thursday, Oct. 10, erstwhile helium informed her that helium was leaving a state presumption and was headed up Moose Creek.

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Lone Peak and Moonlight Basin Ski Resorts adjacent Big Sky, Montana. (TMI / Alamy Stock Photo)

In talking with instrumentality enforcement, she discussed Kjersem’s relationships, including household and ex-girlfriends, and said that she was not alert of immoderate enemies helium had. When asked if anyone was aggravated with Kjersem, she responded, "Not that I cognize of. He's not the benignant of idiosyncratic that gets into confrontations from what I've experienced."

"I volition astir apt ne'er beryllium capable to explicit the magnitude of gratitude I person for each the radical who worked tirelessly connected this case," Kjersem's sister, Jillian Price, antecedently told Fox News Digital. "I cognize truthful galore experts enactment successful agelong hours, determined to find who was responsible."

Price said that her member has a girl and a stepson. He besides has 3 older sisters who "adored him," according to an online obituary. 

"He was calved successful Montana, raised successful Montana. All of us, we loved the outdoors much than anything," Price said. "You know, his beingness fishing, snowboarding, camping. He was well-prepared. He knew what helium was doing. He's been retired determination by himself. I mean, truthful galore times. So galore times."

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Dustin Kjersem and his daughter. He was killed portion camping adjacent Big Sky, Montana. (GoFundMe)

Abbey was charged with 1 number of deliberate homicide and 2 counts of tampering with evidence, records show. The Gallatin County Attorney's Office does not mean connected pursuing the decease penalty, the County Attorney's Office confirmed. 

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Abbey was charged successful 2018 and 2020 with 2 abstracted driving nether the power offenses, according to his illustration connected the Montana Department of Correction website. He was antecedently convicted of malicious harassment aft helium was beaten up by a antheral helium was harassing successful North Idaho, according to a 2012 Spokesman-Review report.

It was not instantly wide whether Abbey retained an attorney. His adjacent tribunal quality volition beryllium an arraignment, which has yet to beryllium scheduled.