Story highlights Coroner: Woman mauled by bear actually died from a bullet fired by husband

Matthias Liniger was trying to kill the grizzly attacking Claudia Huber

The 375 pound bear crashed through a window in their home

(CNN) "Catastrophic."

That's how the Canadian coroner who performed Claudia Huber's autopsy described the circumstances of the Yukon woman's death -- which occurred more than a year ago -- in the autopsy report that wasn't released until Thursday.

In October 2014, Huber was attacked by a grizzly bear in her own home and her car before being mauled by the beast in her driveway and dragged across a creek for more than 60 feet.

But that's not how the 42-year-old died.

"A bullet meant for the bear struck a tree branch and deflected from the anticipated path and trajectory," Yukon Chief Coroner Kirsten Macdonald said in the report. "The bullet struck Ms. Huber in the chest, causing death."

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