New information on Florida’s first fatal bear attack revealed the culprit was a 263-pound black bear that broke into the man’s home and killed him and a dog, wildlife officials said. The male bear tested negative for rabies, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said May 9.

Officials say lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal attack on a man and his dog a day earlier.

Jerome, Fla., resident Robert Markel was found dead 100 yards away from his home, and DNA was found on his body from a 263-pound male black bear Officials have only documented 42 incidents where wild black bears have made physical contact with people in Florida since the 1970s An 89-year-old man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida — the first of its kind confirmed fatal attack in the state's history.