A black bear stunned residents of a luxury Florida community by lounging in a hot tub and napping under a lanai before being ...

Robert Markel's granddaughter told authorities she saw a bear maul her grandfather's dog but couldn't find him. Markel's dog was found mauled to death in the front yard. Markel's family member ...

An elderly man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida, officials said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

FWC confirms a 263-pound male black bear killed Robert Markel in the first recorded fatal bear attack in Florida history. Three bears were killed near the scene, and necropsy results confirmed one ...

On the morning of May 5, authorities found Robert Markel and his dog deceased following a bear attack on Markel's property near Jerome, a small unincorporated community 30 miles east of Naples ...

The daughter of Robert Markel informed officials that she witnessed a bear kill her father’s dog. Investigators then found 89-year-old Markel’s body "a couple hundred yards away," as they ...

The nearly 20-minute emergency call came from Sue, the granddaughter of the victim, Robert Markel, who reported that he was missing from his trailer in Jerome. Sue said a bear killed Markel’s ...

Robert Markel of Jerome, south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, likely was mauled by a bear that morning, according to his daughter, who called authorities and said she saw a bear ...

Robert Markel, 89, was found dead near his trailer in Collier County, Florida, in what authorities believe to be the first fatal black bear attack recorded in the state's history. Three bears have ...

Editor's note: A previous version of this story indicated the wrong relationship between Sue Story and Robert Markel. When Sue Story found her grandfather's dog being mauled in her front yard and ...