Two weeks after a camper in Montana was savagely killed in his tent, authorities say they’re searching for a big axe and different objects that had been possible taken from the crime scene.
Dustin Kjersem, 35, was discovered lifeless in his tent earlier this month by a buddy who reported Kjersem appeared to have been killed by a bear — however officers quickly found the camper was really the sufferer of a brutal homicide.
In a social media publish, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Workplace stated it is persevering with to analyze the circumstances surrounding the murder and requested the general public to be looking out for a big axe and several other objects which might be “believed to have been faraway from the scene of the crime.”
Particularly, authorities stated they had been searching for a blue and silver Estwing camp axe, possible with a 26″ deal with, in addition to a Remington 11-87 12ga shotgun and Ruger Blackhawk .44mag revolver. The sheriff’s workplace stated it was additionally searching for an orange Tundra 45 cooler made by YETI.
“Should you see this stuff, do not contact them and instantly report them,” the workplace stated within the publish, which included photographs of the axe and cooler.
“We respect the knowledge that has been offered by the group and a number of leads are being investigated,” the workplace added.
Earlier this month, a buddy found Kjersem’s physique in a tent at a makeshift campsite alongside Moose Creek Street and referred to as 911, telling responders the dying appeared to have been brought on by a bear assault, the sheriff’s workplace beforehand stated.
However a state wildlife official discovered no indicators of bear exercise, and investigators stated they quickly discovered proof of a “vicious assault.” An post-mortem later confirmed Kjersem sustained “a number of chop wounds,” together with to his cranium.
“He was brutally killed at his campsite and we’d like your assist,” Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer stated beforehand, including that his detectives had been working “all hours of day and night time to seek out his killer.”
Gallatin County Sheriff’s Workplace
No suspects have been recognized, and Springer stated the distant space of the crime scene, the place there isn’t any cellphone service, was making the investigation harder than most instances.
“Individuals have requested me if there is a risk to this group and the reply is we do not know. We do not have sufficient data to know right now,” he stated.
Kjersem’s sister Jillian Worth stated her brother was a talented tradesman and a doting father.
“I do not perceive why the world’s simply not stopping and searching for who did this to him,” Worth advised the Bozeman Each day Chronicle. “Please, I imply he deserves that. I want that.”
A GoFundMe arrange for Kjersem’s kids has raised greater than $24,000.