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A 71-year-old woman found dead in her small mountain community in the Sierra Nevada was the victim of California’s first-ever known fatal black bear attack, wildlife officials said this week. When Patrice Miller was found dead in Downieville in November, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office said it believed a bear went into the woman's home after she died. But an autopsy recently confirmed the bear killed her, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said.
A preliminary investigation indicated she died before the bear went to the home, the sheriff’s office said at the time. The state wildlife department said Thursday that “the coroner’s report confirmed that, ultimately, the bear caused the woman’s death.” The bear mauled Miller, the wildlife department said. The animal was trapped and killed, and DNA confirmed it was responsible for the mauling, it said.
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