Florida authorities have identified the woman found dead after an alligator was seen with a body in its mouth.
Authorities responded to a call in Largo, in the Tampa Bay area, about a gator in the water about 1:50 p.m. on Friday.
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Officeon Saturday identified the victim as Sabrina Peckham, 41.
A witness, JaMarcus Bullard, toldWFTS he was walking to work when he saw an alligator with a body its mouth.
"I just happened to look over into this lake and I saw the alligator head but then once I looked closer it had like a bottom torso in its mouth," Bullard said. "My brain was trying to not believe it. But it was real."
Officials humanely killed In the the 13-foot, 8.5-inch male, according to the sheriff’s office and Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Alligators have been spotted in the area before, but resident Jennifer Dean told Spectrum News 13 that she had never seen one this large.
“A lot of my neighbors were out here and they’re the ones that told me about the gator,” Dean said. “While we were standing here we heard a shot. I assume they killed the gator.”
