Montana man charged with murder in brutal campground killing

A fishy was charged pinch execution successful nan sadistic slaying of a Montana man that was initially reported arsenic a imaginable carnivore mauling

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- A 41-year-old Montana man was charged pinch execution Friday successful a sadistic slaying astatine a distant campsite that had been initially reported arsenic a imaginable carnivore mauling by group who recovered nan victim's body.

The fishy allegedly told authorities that he arrived astatine nan campsite northeast of Big Sky, Montana, connected Oct. 10 intending to enactment nan nighttime but recovered it occupied by 35-year-old Dustin Kjersem.

Kjersem, who didn't cognize nan suspect, welcomed him to nan campsite and offered him a beer, according to Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer.

But sometime later nan fishy driven by an chartless motive deed Kjersem pinch a portion of wood, stabbed him successful nan cervix pinch a screwdriver and deed him pinch an axe, Springer said.

The victim's woman and different friend recovered his assemblage Oct. 12 and reported it arsenic a imaginable carnivore attack. It turned into a homicide investigation aft wildlife agents recovered nary motion of a carnivore successful nan area.

After DNA recovered connected a brew tin from nan campy tract was matched pinch nan suspect's DNA, he was tracked down this week and arrested successful Butte, Montana, Springer said.

He was being held connected $1.5 cardinal bail, according to sheriff's section records.