First Killer Attack in California by Bear

 71-year-old woman was killed by a black bear in Downieville, California

(USPostoday)- First ever woman’s death in Sierra County has been confirmed as the first documented fatal attack by a black bear on a human in California history, according to officials.

Patrice Miller, 71, was found dead in her Downieville home last November, According to recently released autopsy report by California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife has verified, she was killed by a bear, the Sierra County Sheriff’s department said.

 Miller was discovered by the Deputy Officer, while conducting a welfare check after a grocery store employee reported that she had not been seen or heard from for several days, according to Sheriff Michael Fisher.

At first,The sheriff’s office said when they found Miller, there were clear signs of a bear had been inside the house. But officials believed Miller had died of natural causes and the bear broke into the house after her death and had been feeding on her remains.

However, a recently released autopsy revealed that Miller did not die of natural causes but had in fact been killed by the bear, the sheriff said.

Further in Post and Detailed investigation, we found out that she had been having some bear issues at and around the house. And after we concluded in our detailed investigation and removed her remains from the house, the bear continued to break into the house over and over again over the next several days,” Fisher added.

The sheriff said further investigation revealed bears had been prowling around Miller’s house for some time because she would leave cat food on the front porch for her cats and there was garbage around the home as well. Miller’s daughter also told authorities that one particular bear would come to the house quite often and her mother had put bars on the windows to keep the bear away.

That Bear eventually Captures and euthanized, the sheriff said.

Last month, One more Bear was captured and Euthanized due to entering Homes and breaking windows in the mountain Community, the sheriff said.

further added that 99.99% of these animals are not a threat to the public but 0.01 % are nuisance for public safety issues.