Teacher found dead; wolves to blame?
Villagers in a remote Alaska region are blaming the death of a 32-year-old schoolteacher on wolves after her body was found along on isolated road, though an autopsy completed Thursday was inconclusive.The autopsy concluded that Candice Berner was killed by animals, the Alaska State Troopers said.
The agency’s chief said the autopsy could not determine for sure if wolves were responsible but it ruled out other causes of death.
Col. Audie Holloway said DNA tests might determine whether wolves are responsible.
Berner, who had arrived in Alaska just last August, appeared to have been attacked while jogging and her body pulled off the road, villagers in Chignik Lake told The Anchorage Daily News.
Four people riding snowmachines came across her body about 6:30 p.m. Monday, the newspaper reported.
“There was a blood spot on the road,” Gregory Kalmakoff, 23, told the Daily News by phone Wednesday. “I turned around, looked and there was drag marks going down a little hill.”
