Authorities in Montana are investigating after what they say started with a 911 call for a bear attack turned into a homicide investigation.
Dustin Kirsem, 35, was found dead in his tent the morning of Oct. 12 along Moose Creek Road north of Big Sky, Mont.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer said a friend who was supposed to meet with Kersem on Friday went looking for him after he failed to show up.
The friend eventually found Kirsem’s body at a makeshift campsite, and believed the brutal scene was caused by a bear attack. Call 911 to report the death.
However, when police and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks agents arrived at the site, they were unable to find any evidence of bear activity — rather, they believe Kirsem was the victim of a “brutal attack.”
Capt. Nathan Kammerman told reporters that an autopsy showed that Kersem had been injured.Multiple wounds“, including his skull, which led to his death, KBZK Bozeman reported.
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Police said they were not sure what weapon was used to kill Kersem, but they suspected it was large and powerful enough to cause “serious damage.”
“He was brutally murdered at his campsite and we need your help,” Springer said Wednesday, per CBS News, asking for information from the public about anything suspicious or out of the ordinary in the area, or any trail camera footage or… The game or any views. of Kjersem’s black 2013 Ford F-150, with a black hood and silver aluminum ladder rack, in the days before the death.
the The Sheriff’s Office said it is following up on POS“Even the smallest details can be crucial to an investigation,” he wrote on Facebook.
“People have asked me if there is a threat to this community and the answer is we don’t know. We don’t have enough information to know right now,” Springer said Wednesday.
“We know that somebody was out there and they killed somebody in a very heinous way, so if you’re out in the woods, you have to pay attention, you have to stay vigilant.”
Kirsem’s sister, Gillian Price, He issued a call To help find her brother’s killer, according to the Washington Post.
“This weekend, we lost our brother, our son, our uncle, our best friend and our father in an unimaginable way,” Price said.
“There is someone in our valley capable of doing truly heinous things. Please, if you are in Moss Creek anytime Thursday through Saturday, please call and talk, even if you think you haven’t seen anything.”
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