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Deadly Bear Attack: Authorities hunt for killer bruin in Tennessee
Today in southeastern Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest, authorities are using dogs and setting traps to track down a black bear that killed a 6-year-old girl and injured her 2-year-old brother and mother yesterday. The attack took place when the bruin walked in on the campers gathered at a pool below Benton Falls and picked the boy up in its mouth. The mother was injured as she and others tried to fend the bear off with rocks and sticks. Her daughter ran away, but was soon found dead about 100 yards away with the bear standing over her. The incident took place southwest of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, where two female black bears killed school teacher Glena Ann Bradley in May of 2000.

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NASHVILLE, TN (AP) -- A black bear was caught in a forest recreation area Sunday and was being sent to a veterinary school to determine if it was the same animal that attacked a family, killing a 6-year-old girl.

Authorities found a bear in the same trap where they detected paw prints on Saturday in the remote Cherokee National Forest Chilhowee Recreation Area, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Sharon Moore said.

The bear, which was captured near the site of the attack, looked to be the same weight as the 350- to 400-pound bear that attacked a mother and her two children on a trail in the recreation area on
Thursday, she said.

"We're very hopeful this is the bear," Moore said. "It's basically the same size bear. There's truly not that many bears in the 5,000 acres we have closed off."

Moore said authorities planned to euthanize the bear on Sunday and send its body to the University of Tennessee's College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville to determine whether it was the one that had attacked the family.

Animal experts plan to compare the bear with hairs that were shed during the attack, said Bob Miller, a spokesman for Cherokee National Forest and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They also
will look for gunshot wounds since the bear that attacked the family was shot.

A bear attacked and killed Elora Petrasek Thursday afternoon as she and her family were leaving a waterfall pool on a rugged, 1,800-foot-high mountaintop, about 10 miles from the nearest
highway.

The bear bit the girl's 2-year-old brother, Luke Cenkus, on his head and punctured his skull, officials said. Their mother, Susan Cenkus, 45, tried to fend off the bear with rocks and sticks but the bear attacked her, dragging her yards off the trail.

Her 6-year-old daughter apparently ran away and almost an hour passed before a rescuer found her body about 100 yards off the trail with the bear. The man said he shot twice at the bear with a
pistol before it ran away.

Luke Cenkus was in fair condition and their mother remained in critical condition, hospital officials said Sunday. Doctors said they expected both to recover.

The family from Clyde, Ohio had stopped at the forest recreation area Thursday while they were in the area to visit Susan Cenkus' eldest son, a music student at Lee University in Cleveland, near
Chattanooga.

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Positive Identification of Bear In Fatal Attack
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

At a joint press conference at Cleveland State Community College, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and USDA Forest Service Officials announced that DNA testing positively identified one of the captured bears as the animal involved in the fatal attack on April 13, in the Cherokee National Forest, at Benton Falls, near the Chilhowee Recreation Area.

"Various laboratories including the TWRA, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation recently provided reports on a variety of forensic tests conducted on the two captured bears. The items submitted brought us positive results that the second bear captured was responsible for the fatal attack of Elora Petrasek, 6, and the mauling of her mother, Susan Cenkus, 45, and her two year old son, Luke, of Clyde, Ohio," explained Ron Fox, Assistant Director of the TWRA.

The samples gathered from both bears were subjected to a variety of testing procedures designed to search for any human related evidence. Investigating authorities have learned from the FBI laboratory that the controlled samples gathered from under the front claws of the second bear captured tested positive for human DNA.

"TWRA and the Forest Service recognize the valuable support in the evidence collection phase of the Polk County Sheriff's Department, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Hamilton County Sheriff's Department, and the Hamilton County Medical Examiner's Office," Fox added.

Numerous items were submitted to the three involved laboratories, with some of the items being transferred between agencies, for specific testing relating to the respective facilities' capabilities.

The testing process began with an attempt to match samples of bear hair collected at a variety of locations by TWRA officials. Wildlife managers initially believed that this would be the most timely and conclusive avenue for a positive identification of the culprit bear. However, the National Wildlife Laboratory, operated by the Department of the Interior's USFWS, was unable to make a positive identification due to the small amount of samples available for submission for analysis.

Dr. Mike Tabor, Chief Forensic Dentist at The State Medical Examiner's Office, examined photos of bite marks on the victims. His final report revealed that both bears' dental features were very similar in size and shape with no distinctive markers. Although he was not able to make a positive identification based upon the examination, he did conclude that some of the wounds depicted on the photographs were consistent with the size and shape of both black bears.

The second bear was discovered in a live culvert trap on April 17, in the Mulepen #1 area of the forest approximately 3/4 of a mile from the attack site. It has been held in a secure location since the capture.

"It is the policy of the TWRA to destroy any native wild black bear proven to be involved in the attack of a human. The second bear has been removed from its holding area, euthanized by wildlife officials and retained for future necropsy. The 211 pound male will be examined for any abnormalities in the bear's biological condition that could indicate the cause for the its violent behavior," stated Fox. "We are confident that the animal responsible of this tragedy has been eliminated from the wild bear population of the Cherokee National Forest."

Tom Speaks, USDA Forest Service, Cherokee National Forest Supervisor reported, "Based on the findings of the final evidence reports, the areas in and adjacent to Chilhowee Mountain that have been closed will reopen at 9:00 AM, EST Friday, June 16, 2006. This includes Chilhowee Recreation Area and the Parksville Campground, as well as roads and trails leading to the area. For additional information please call 423-338-3300."

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