Tests fail to confirm bear was killer of girl

Preliminary forensic results were not able to confirm if a captured black bear was responsible for killing a six-year-old girl and injuring her mother and brother, officials in Tennessee said today.

Trapping will continue around the Cherokee National Forest swimming hole in south-east Tennessee where Elora Petrasek of Clyde, Ohio, was fatally mauled and her mother, Susan Cenkus, 45, and two-year-old brother Luke Cenkus were injured on April 13.