A Montana man with links to White supremacists has been found guilty of murdering a man at a Montana campsite in a brutal killing that was initially reported as a bear attack.

A jury found Daren Christopher Abbey guilty of fatally attacking Dustin Kjersem with an axe, a block of wood and a screwdriver after the pair met at Kjersem’s campsite in nearby Big Sky, Montana, in October 2024, according to The Associated Press.

Investigators ultimately linked Abbey to the crime scene after his DNA was found on a beer can inside the man’s tent, with Abbey initially claiming the killing was done in self-defense after Kjersem allegedly attacked him.

However, authorities pointed out numerous inconsistencies in Abbey’s story, while pointing to the multiple chop wounds sustained by Kjerse

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