(Photo Credit-Colorado Parks and Wildlife)
By Nia Bender
COLORADO SPRINGS –
The La Plata County Coroner, Jann Smith, is identifying the woman killed by a bear near Durango as 39-year-old Laney Malavolta. She was walking her two dogs when she was attacked by a mother bear and died Friday off U.S. Highway 550 near Trimble.
Malavolta’s boyfriend went looking for her after the two dogs returned home without her. He found her body at about 9:30 p.m. and contacted 911. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials were forced to euthanize the adult bear and two cubs. Since 1960, only four bear attacks have been recorded in Colorado, including this one.
