DNA confirms slain grizzly killed camper in Ovando
This April 26, 2006, file photo shows Jacobsen Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of the Blackfoot River near Ovando, Mont. (Jennifer Michaelis/Missoulian via AP)
DNA tests have confirmed a grizzly bear killed by wildlife officials is the same bear that attacked and killed a camper last week in the tiny western Montana town of Ovando, officials said Wednesday.
Montana's Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said lab tests confirmed a match between DNA samples taken from the slain bear and a saliva sample from the scene of the July 6 attack that killed Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California...
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