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DNA, necropsy results show that just one of three bears shot by wildlife officials was responsible for fatally mauling Robert ...
The partial remains of an 89-year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and Wildlife officials captured ...
A massive black bear, weighing close to 300 pounds, mauled to death an 89-year-old Florida man and his faithful dog — the ...
An 89-year-old man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida, marking the first confirmed fatal ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has identified both the victim and the bear involved in the first ...
When Sue Story found her father's dog mauled in yard with no sign of Robert Markel, she told authorities something was off.
New information on Florida’s first fatal bear attack revealed the culprit was a 263-pound black bear that broke into the ...
Investigators said the remains of 89-year-old Robert Markel were found about 100 yards from his home in rural Jerome. They ...
After Robert Markel's daughter called to report a bear had just killed her father's dog, officials found Markel's body yards ...
A 263-pound male bear that was killed by wildlife officials contained the partial remains of 89-year-old Robert Markel, ...
Wildlife officials in Florida are working to find the bear, or bears, behind an attack that killed an 89-year-old man and his ...
Robert Markel and his dog were found mauled to death on May 5, 2025, in a black bear attack in rural Jerome in Collier County ...