After what sounded like gunfire, FWC officials emerged from the woods with a dead bear, possibly connected to the May 5 ...

After Robert Markel's daughter called to report a bear had just killed her father's dog, officials found Markel's body yards ...

The last documented black bear attack in Collier County happened Jan. 9, 2018, when a black bear attacked a man in his North ...

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 ...

Residents in Collier County are anxiously awaiting DNA test results to determine if one of the three bears killed this week ...

FWC has confirmed the DNA from the three bears killed were at the scene of the fatal attack. The agency says one bear had some of the victim's remains in it.

Tyson Matthews, public information officer for the FWC, said that if the ongoing investigation confirms that the victim’s cause of death was mauling by the suspected bear, it will be the first ever ...

JEROME, Fla. (WWSB) - Evidence and DNA collected from a black bear killed this week has confirmed it was the animal that killed a Collier County man and his dog, state wildlife officials said.

attracting a bear for illegal purposes can result in penalties. An 89-year-old man and his dog were found dead May 5 in Collier County near Naples, after what Florida officials say is the first fatal ...

A Florida man was found dead in the woods near Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County on Monday, May 5, apparently mauled by a bear. Wildlife officials were called to the scene ...

After Robert Markel's daughter called to report a bear had just killed her father's dog, officials found Markel's body yards away.