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.

A man accused in a recent killing in Montana was arrested and sentenced for an incident in Bayview more than 13 years ago. Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, of Basin, Mont., was arrested Thursday in connection with the death of 35-year-old Belgrade man Dustin Mitchell Kjersem, according to News Nation.