Dustin Kjersem’s battered body was discovered October 12 in a tent near Big Sky, Montana. A 911 caller said it looked like a bear attack. But police now suspect Kjersem was murdered.

Investigators are asking for help solving a "vicious" murder that was so brutal a 911 caller had reported it as a possible bear attack, according to the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office. A friend found 35-year-old Dustin Kjersem dead in a tent on Saturday morning about 2.

Dustin Kjersem’s body was discovered by a friend at a remote Montana campsite. The 35-year-old’s injuries were so severe that it looked like a bear attack.

A 911 caller discovered a 35-year-old dead in his tent and reported it as a bear attack, Montana deputies said. Deputies are instead investigating Dustin Mitchell Kjersem’s death as a homicide, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said in an Oct. 15 news release.

Sheriff’s deputies in Montana are searching for an unidentified killer whose crime was so vicious the original 911 caller thought the victim had been mauled by a bear. Dustin Kjersem, 35, was supposed to spend the weekend camping near Big Sky with a friend,