BOZEMAN, Mont. — A 41-year-old Montana man was charged with homicide Friday in a brutal slaying at a distant campsite that had been initially reported as a potential bear mauling by individuals who discovered the sufferer’s physique.
The suspect allegedly advised authorities that he arrived on the campsite northeast of Huge Sky, Montana, on Oct. 10 intending to remain the night time however discovered it occupied by 35-year-old Dustin Kjersem.
Kjersem, who did not know the suspect, welcomed him to the campsite and supplied him a beer, in accordance with Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer.
However someday later the suspect pushed by an unknown motive hit Kjersem with a bit of wooden, stabbed him within the neck with a screwdriver and hit him with an axe, Springer stated.
The sufferer’s girlfriend and one other good friend discovered his physique Oct. 12 and reported it as a potential bear assault. It become a murder investigation after wildlife brokers discovered no signal of a bear within the space.
After DNA discovered on a beer can from the camp web site was matched with the suspect’s DNA, he was tracked down this week and arrested in Butte, Montana, Springer stated.
He was being held on $1.5 million bail, in accordance with sheriff’s division data.
