Montana father murdered at Big Sky campsite in attack so violent friends thought he'd been gored by a bear

A Montana begetter who was camping adjacent Big Sky was recovered truthful brutally murdered, his person thought helium had been attacked by a bear. 

Dustin Kjersem, 35, of Bozeman, was recovered astir 10 americium connected October 12 wrong his structure astatine a distant campsite adjacent Big Sky by a person helium was scheduled to meet. 

The unidentified companion called 911, believing Kjersem had been mauled to decease by a bear, but the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office has ruled it otherwise. 

'This is simply a homicide,' Sheriff Dan Springer said astatine a property league connected Wednesday. 'We are moving each hours of the time and nighttime to find his killer.'   

Bear attacks are not uncommon successful the area, but erstwhile a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks cause visited the campsite, they recovered nary signs of the animal's enactment successful the area.  

Police said, however, Kjersem had been 'viciously attacked' and was recovered with 'multiple chop wounds,' including connected his head. 

'He was brutally killed astatine his campsite, and we request your help,' Springer said. 

Police bash not presently cognize what limb was utilized to termination Kjersem, but the entity was 'hard capable to origin important harm to the skull, arsenic good as, the soma areas of the body,' Springer said. 

The country helium was recovered in, located 2.5 miles up Moose Creek Road, has constricted to nary compartment service, and the past clip his household had heard from him was connected Thursday, constabulary said. He was expected to conscionable his person connected Friday. 

Police recovered his supplies and his motortruck adjacent the makeshift campsite. It is successful an country with hunters, authorities said, and though it was 'fairly remote' it has a 'lot of activity,' according to Springer.  

Law enforcement has nary answers for tense residents who fearfulness a vicious slayer is among their ranks, arsenic they 'don't person capable accusation astatine this time,' the sheriff said. 

'We bash cognize that idiosyncratic was retired determination who killed idiosyncratic successful a precise heinous way, truthful if you're retired successful the woods you request to beryllium paying attention, you request to stay vigilant,' helium said. 

No arrests person been made arsenic of Thursday morning. 

Kjersem's sister, Jillian Price, joined the property conference, wherever she called the begetter a skilled tradesman and a loving father. 

'This weekend, we mislaid our brother, our son, our uncle, our champion friend, and our dada successful the astir unimaginable way,' she said. 'He was a loving, adjuvant and adoring begetter who successful nary mode deserved this.' 

She begged locals to interaction constabulary with immoderate accusation if they had been successful the Moose Creek Road country from Thursday to Saturday. 

DailyMail.com has reached retired to Price for comment.