The victim, identified as Dustin Mitchell Kjersem, was found dead in a tent, about 2.5 miles up Moose Creek Road, north of Big Sky.

CBS News reports that Kjersem sustained "multiple chop wounds," including to his skull, according to an autopsy.

A father was discovered hacked to death in his tent Saturday morning after he failed to meet up with a buddy for a weekend of camping in Montana, authorities said.

Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer said he does not know if there is currently an active threat to the public

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,

A man found dead in a tent was not killed in a bear attack, as originally reported, but instead was the victim of a “vicious” homicide, authorities say. The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said Dustin Mitchell Kjersem,

When Dustin Kjersem was found dead in his tent, his friend thought a bear did it — but police say something much more sinister took place.