Shutterstock / Dpongvit Dustin Kjersem was only 35 years old when he was killed last month, while camping near Big Sky, in a forested area. According to the NY Times, Kjersem had traveled to the area in advance of picking his girlfriend up the next day,

A beer can left at a murder scene helped officials hunt down a man accused of bludgeoning a Montana father and avid outdoorsman to death in his camping tent, police said.

According to the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office, Daren Christopher Abbey has been identified as the suspect involved in the brutal killing of Dustin Kjersem, who was found dead in a tent while camping in Big Sky,

DNA from a beer can helped lead the authorities to an arrest in the killing of Dustin Kjersem, whose death was originally reported as a possible bear attack, officials said.

After the body of Dustin Kjersem was discovered in his tent, police launched a homicide investigation. On November 1, they announced that a suspect

Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer said DNA on a beer can at the campsite where Dustin Kjersem was killed led authorities to Daren Christopher Abbey.

After DNA found on a beer can from the campsite was matched with the suspect’s DNA, he was tracked down and arrested.

Image via Department Of Corrections Major new details have surfaced in the murder of a Montana man, initially mistaken for a bear attack. Police have arrested a suspect in the brutal slaying. They managed to extract DNA from a nearby beer can.