{"id":2357101,"date":"2024-10-19T18:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T22:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/case-of-man-thought-to-have-been-brutally-killed-by-bear-now-being-investigated-as-a-homicide\/"},"modified":"2024-10-19T18:36:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T22:36:39","slug":"case-of-man-thought-to-have-been-brutally-killed-by-bear-now-being-investigated-as-a-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/case-of-man-thought-to-have-been-brutally-killed-by-bear-now-being-investigated-as-a-homicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Case of Man Thought to Have Been Brutally Killed by Bear Now Being Investigated as a Homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcase-of-man-thought-to-have-been-brutally-killed-by-bear-now-being-investigated-as-a-homicide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2357101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The reported death of a 35-year-old man from Belgrade, Montana, has been reclassified from \u200ba suspected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-survives-bear-mauling-in-alaska\/\" title=\"Man Survives Bear Mauling In Alaska\">bear attack<\/a> to a murder investigation. Dustin Mitchell Kjersem\u200d was found deceased in his\u200b tent on \u200bOctober 12,\u2062 2024, after family and friends raised concerns when\u2064 he did not\u2064 meet with a friend as\u2063 intended. Initial responses indicated a possible bear attack; however, wildlife experts found no signs of\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-found-dead-from-bear-attack-near-yellowstone\/\" title=\"Woman killed by bear near Yellowstone.\">bear activity<\/a> at the scene. An autopsy later revealed that\u2063 Kjersem died\u2064 from severe &#8220;chop wounds,&#8221; including significant injuries to his skull, indicating a violent homicide.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities, including the Gallatin County Sheriff\u2019s Office, are \u200cactively seeking public assistance to track down the perpetrator, emphasizing that a suspect is on the loose and warning locals to remain \u200bvigilant. The investigation has not resulted in any arrests, but \u200ddetectives are working to uncover leads \u2064related to\u2063 this brutal attack, which\u200b has alarmed the community. Kjersem&#8217;s sister described him as a loving father, highlighting the tragedy of his death. The attack took place near Moose Creek in Gallatin Canyon, and\u2063 Sheriff Dan Springer has urged anyone \u200dwith information to come forward.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The death of a Montana man, first reported to authorities as a possible bear attack, has now been classified as a murder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dustin Mitchell Kjersem, 35, of Belgrade, Montana, was discovered dead in his tent on Saturday, October 12, the Gallatin County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gallatincountysheriffsoffice\/posts\/pfbid0katqkeAo4YpsxGzQ88gjddqrx9wwim5APNpxcxGSmu4Kin1vSJvZ6yfHC8k7Qs2Dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial call indicated &ldquo;that the death may have been caused by a bear attack,&rdquo; the post said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks agent &ldquo;with expertise in bear attacks responded and did not find any signs of bear activity at the scene,&rdquo; the post said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An autopsy further confirmed that Kjersem was not killed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/three-construction-workers-dead-video-took-captures-terrifying-final-moments-mother-bear-enters-job-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This incident was a vicious attack, and detectives are working hard to develop and track down leads. A suspect has not been arrested at this time,&rdquo; the post said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An autopsy found &ldquo;multiple chop wounds&rdquo; were inflicted on Kjersem, including to his skull, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/article\/news\/nation-world\/911-caller-reported-friend-killed-by-bear-officers-think-it-was-homicide\/507-b8d584ac-a71f-4f85-b1e2-a8fc13ca44fc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSDK-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Gallatin County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office is seeking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-hawley-says-most-of-trump-rally-security-was-not-secret-service-but-unprepared-and-inexperienced\/\" title=\"Sen. Hawley says most of Trump rally security was not Secret Service, but unprepared and inexperienced\">public&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s assistance on the homicide of Dustin Kjersem, whose body was discovered on Saturday, Oct. 12, in a tent approximately 2.5 miles up Moose Creek Road. Dustin was last seen on Thursday, Oct. 10. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i8NJsJEEmF\">pic.twitter.com\/i8NJsJEEmF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gallatin County (@Gallatin_County) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gallatin_County\/status\/1846678782268338513?\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kjersem was last seen on Oct. 10. The next day, he did not meet a friend as had been planned, leading the friend to go look for him the next day, which was when Kjersem&rsquo;s body was discovered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer warned local residents that a suspect is in the region who &ldquo;killed someone in a very heinous way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;He was brutally killed at his campsite and we need your help,&rdquo; Springer said, asking anyone in the Big Sky area who may have seen something to contact police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Springer said officials do not know what was used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mom-way-pick-4-month-old-killed-freak-accident-caused-wild-bird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attack<\/a> Kjersem, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.explorebigsky.com\/sheriff-provides-update-on-homicide-of-35-year-old-belgrade-man\/58369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore Big Sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&ldquo;We do know that it was something hard enough to cause <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-move-to-force-conspiracy-theorist-marjorie-taylor-greene-off-her-committee-assignments-report\/\" title=\"Democrats Move To Force Conspiracy Theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene Off Her Committee Assignments: Report\">significant damage<\/a> to the skull, um, as well as the flat areas of the body,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kjersem&rsquo;s sister Jillian Price called her brother a &ldquo;loving, helpful and adorning father, who in no way deserved this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;There is someone in our valley that is capable of truly heinous things,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-makes-disturbing-joke-murdering-foremen-campaign-speech-goes-off-rails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attack<\/a> took place near Moose Creek in the Gallatin Canyon<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People have asked me if there was a threat to this community, and the answer is, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t know. We don&rsquo;t have enough information to know at this time,&rdquo; Springer said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But we do know that someone was out there who killed someone in a very heinous way. So if you&rsquo;re out in the woods, I need you to be paying attention. You need to remain vigilant,&rdquo; Springer said. &ldquo;If you see anything suspicious, please just call us. We will take a look. 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Dustin Mitchell Kjersem, 35, from Belgrade, was found dead in his tent on October 12. The Gallatin County Sheriff\u2019s Office shared on Facebook that the first report suggested a possible bear incident. However, an expert from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks found no evidence of bear activity at the scene. An autopsy confirmed that Kjersem was not killed by a bear but suffered multiple chop wounds to his skull. Authorities are seeking public assistance in the investigation and have warned residents about an unidentified suspect who committed this brutal act near Moose Creek Road<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2357102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Picture-59.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43349,43350,43352,43353,43351],"class_list":["post-2357101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bear-attack","tag-homicide-investigation","tag-man-found-dead","tag-suspicious-circumstances","tag-wildlife-incident"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Picture-59.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2357101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2357102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}