The Brief

DNA tests show the bear killed in Newton County was not responsible for the fatal attack.

Officials say the attacking bear is still at large and the search continues.

Sam’s Throne Campground remains closed for public safety.

DNA testing has confirmed that the black bear killed in Newton County earlier this month was not the same animal that fatally attacked a camper in the Ozark National Forest, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced.

The backstory:

Arkansas officials previously announced earlier this month that they had shot and killed a male black bear that they believe fatally mauled a 60-year-old Missouri man at his campsite in the Ozark National Forest.

The body of Max Thomas of Springfield, Missouri, was discovered several yards outside the Sam’s Throne camp

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