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Brainerd man charged for murder in shooting death at resort | Pine and Lakes Echo Journal
Cameron Jay Moser was charged Monday in Crow Wing County District Court with felony second-degree murder with intent but not premeditation in connection with the shooting death of Bethany Anne Bernatsky at the resort.
Written By: Brainerd Dispatch | 11:30 am, Oct. 11, 2021
Murder charges for man accused in Nisswa woman's death | kare11.com
Cameron Jay Moser of Brainerd was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Bethany Anne Bernatsky, 46, of Nisswa. He is currently in custody at the Crow Wing County Jail.
According to the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a 911 caller's report of gunshots coming from an adjoining cabin at Cozy Bay Resort in Lake Edward Township around 11 p.m. Thursday. The criminal complaint states that when deputies arrived around 11:20 p.m., they found Moser across the street at Mollie Lake R.V. Park armed with a rifle and handgun.
According to the complaint, deputies negotiated with Moser for almost two hours before convincing him to lay down his weapons. He was then taken into custody.
A search of the property by the Crow Wing County Tactical Response Team (TRT) revealed a woman, later identified as Bernatsky, had been shot inside one of the resort's cabins. The complaint states a TRT member approached Bernatsky and determined she was dead. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner confirmed Benatsky's death was a homicide, and was caused by multiple gunshot wounds to her body.
The complaint says investigators later learned Moser was familiar with the resort, as he used to have a relationship with the previous owners' daughter. Authorities say Moser had been asking about her at the R.V. park a week prior.
Moser's next court hearing is scheduled for Oct. 20 at 2:45 p.m.
Man charged with homicide in possible case of wrong identity
Sheriff Scott Goddard said investigators believe Moser may have been looking to kill his ex-girlfriend and mistook Bernatsky for her. Both women's families say they resemble each other.
The ex-girlfriend's father said the week before the shooting Moser came to the RV park he owns across from the resort looking for her. He said Moser wasn't happy that his daughter had overcome drug abuse.
Bernatsky had recently left Vermont, where she was running a paving company, and planned to stay the winter in the Brainerd area, her brother, Ben Bernatsky, said. She had moved into a cabin at the resort a couple weeks ago.
BBM
IMO I love visiting Nisswa during the summer months. It is a cabin and resort community on Gull Lake that has restaurants and shops in this quaint little town. It is about 2 hours and a half from the Twin Cities and about 20 minutes to a larger city of Brainerd in northern Minnesota.
I have never heard of this resort before. I do not know of other murders from this area.
The drugs scene is common anywhere but the mistaken identity of your ex-girlfriend. The victim was 46 and I assume the ex-girlfriend was in her 20s.
Tragic
Cameron Jay Moser was charged Monday in Crow Wing County District Court with felony second-degree murder with intent but not premeditation in connection with the shooting death of Bethany Anne Bernatsky at the resort.
Written By: Brainerd Dispatch | 11:30 am, Oct. 11, 2021
Murder charges for man accused in Nisswa woman's death | kare11.com
Cameron Jay Moser of Brainerd was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Bethany Anne Bernatsky, 46, of Nisswa. He is currently in custody at the Crow Wing County Jail.
According to the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a 911 caller's report of gunshots coming from an adjoining cabin at Cozy Bay Resort in Lake Edward Township around 11 p.m. Thursday. The criminal complaint states that when deputies arrived around 11:20 p.m., they found Moser across the street at Mollie Lake R.V. Park armed with a rifle and handgun.
According to the complaint, deputies negotiated with Moser for almost two hours before convincing him to lay down his weapons. He was then taken into custody.
A search of the property by the Crow Wing County Tactical Response Team (TRT) revealed a woman, later identified as Bernatsky, had been shot inside one of the resort's cabins. The complaint states a TRT member approached Bernatsky and determined she was dead. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner confirmed Benatsky's death was a homicide, and was caused by multiple gunshot wounds to her body.
The complaint says investigators later learned Moser was familiar with the resort, as he used to have a relationship with the previous owners' daughter. Authorities say Moser had been asking about her at the R.V. park a week prior.
Moser's next court hearing is scheduled for Oct. 20 at 2:45 p.m.
Man charged with homicide in possible case of wrong identity
Sheriff Scott Goddard said investigators believe Moser may have been looking to kill his ex-girlfriend and mistook Bernatsky for her. Both women's families say they resemble each other.
The ex-girlfriend's father said the week before the shooting Moser came to the RV park he owns across from the resort looking for her. He said Moser wasn't happy that his daughter had overcome drug abuse.
Bernatsky had recently left Vermont, where she was running a paving company, and planned to stay the winter in the Brainerd area, her brother, Ben Bernatsky, said. She had moved into a cabin at the resort a couple weeks ago.
BBM
IMO I love visiting Nisswa during the summer months. It is a cabin and resort community on Gull Lake that has restaurants and shops in this quaint little town. It is about 2 hours and a half from the Twin Cities and about 20 minutes to a larger city of Brainerd in northern Minnesota.
I have never heard of this resort before. I do not know of other murders from this area.
The drugs scene is common anywhere but the mistaken identity of your ex-girlfriend. The victim was 46 and I assume the ex-girlfriend was in her 20s.
Tragic
