Wildlife officials have identified the bear that killed Robert Markel. Only one of the three black bears shot after Markel, of remote Jerome in Collier County, was mauled was responsible for the ...

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), authorities were called to the home of 89-year-old Robert Markel in Jerome, Fla. — a rural unincorporated community ...

Wildlife officials are searching for at least one bear that killed 89-year-old Robert Markel and his dog at home in Jerome, Florida. The incident marks the first documented fatal bear attack in ...

JEROME, Fla. (WWSB /Gray News) - Officials in Florida confirmed that a man and his dog found dead earlier this month were killed by a bear, a first for the state. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Just after 7 a.m. on May 5, Markel was found dead nearly 100 yards from his dog in Jerome, Florida, which is located south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area.

JEROME, Fla. — Florida wildlife officials have captured and killed the black bear they believe was behind the first deadly bear attack in state history. On Monday, 89-year-old Robert Markel was ...

Necropsy results revealed that a 263-pound (119-kilogram) male bear contained the partial remains of 89-year-old Robert Markel, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a ...

JEROME, Fla. (AP) — Lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal attack on a man and his dog a day earlier, officials said Friday.