A camper in Montana who was initially reported to have died in a bear attack was murdered by a stranger he welcomed to share his campsite and offered a beer, officials said. Police say Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, was arrested and charged with murder after his DNA was discovered on a beer can at the campsite where the victim's body was found.

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.

Dustin Kjersem was found dead by a friend who reported he appeared to have been killed by a bear. An autopsy later showed Kjersem sustained "multiple chop wounds."

Montana investigators have arrested a man for the brutal murder of a camper earlier this month at his Gallatin County campsite. Daren Christopher Abbey was identified from a DNA sample found on a beer can at the campsite,