The Alaska State Medical Examiner concluded today that a Slippery Rock woman whose body was found in the woods of a remote Alaskan village likely died from being attacked by wolves.

Candice Berner, a 32-year-old schoolteacher who had recently moved to the Alaskan peninsula for work, was last seen jogging Monday evening near the village of Chignik Lake, one of the remote communities she worked in. Her body was found in the woods later that evening after a group of kids on ATVs found a glove in the rough path they were traveling on. They explored further and found her body off the path.

An autopsy was performed today at the state medical examiner's office in Anchorage, and her cause of death was listed as "multiple injuries due to animal maulings."

"It has been concluded that the animals most likely responsible for the attack are wolves," said a release from the Alaska State Troopers, who had been conducting a death investigation into the incident. Their investigation is now closed.

If it is determined conclusively that Ms. Berner died from being attacked by a wolf, it would be the first recorded death by wolf attack in the state's history.

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