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The FOX True Crime Podcast

DNA Links Montana Camper to Brutal Murder After “Bear Attack” Claim Falls Apart

The FOX True Crime Podcast

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True Crime

4.7826 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 1 minutes

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A Montana man with white supremacist ties has been convicted of killing a fellow camper in a brutal attack first believed to be a bear mauling, after DNA evidence on a beer can exposed him as the murderer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I'm Gianna Jalosi with your Fox True Crime Minute. A Montana man with links to white supremacist 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 Darren Christopher Abbey guilty of fatally attacking Dustin Zersam with an axe, a block of wood, and a screwdriver after the pair met at Zurgham's campsite

0:21.8

in Big Sky, Montana in October 24. Zerjum was camping there when he met Abby and welcomed him

0:27.3

to the site and shared his beer with him. Prosecutors say Abby then struck Zerzum with a block

0:32.1

of wood in an axe and stabbed him with a screwdriver. His body was found in his tent two days later

0:36.5

by his girlfriend who planned to meet him. At first it was reported as a possible bear attack, but wildlife agents found no signs of animals in the area. DNA on a beer can found inside the tent led investigators to Abby, with Abby initially claiming the killing was done in self-defense. Abby will be sentenced in December. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.

0:58.4

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