Coroner: a woman, a 10-month-old baby killed by a grizzly bear

A grizzly bear killed a woman and her 10-month-old baby in the Yukon.

According to the Yukon Coroner Service, Valerie Theoret, 37, and the girl Adele Roesholt died during the attack.

The department said in a statement that he was informed of deaths in the Einarson Lake area near the Northwest Territories border.

The RCMP received a call around 3:45 pm Monday from a trapper, identified as Gjermund Roesholt.

The service stated that he had been charged by a grizzly bear about 100 meters from a cabin that he shared with his wife and granddaughter.

It is written that he shot down the bear, but when he returned to his cabin, he found the bodies of his wife and child just outside.

"It seems like they were going for a walk at the time of the incident," says coroner Heather Jones in the release.

The family has been in the area for three months and has trapped around Lake Einarson, the coroner said.

The investigation is in progress. Mayo RCMP, Environment Yukon, Yukon Coroner Service and the RCMP Forensic Identification Section are also badisted.

The service offered his condolences to Theoret's family, friends and colleagues and his child.

He did not specify where the family came from.