Police have identified a woman whose remains were found in the mouth of a 13 ft alligator in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The body of 41-year-old Sabrina Peckham was pulled from a canal in Largo, about 20 miles west of Tampa, after a witness spotted her in the alligator’s mouth, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The animal was “humanely killed”, the sheriff’s office said, and the coroner’s office will perform a post-mortem examination to determine the official cause of death, but it is suspected Ms Peckham was killed by the alligator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Peckham’s daughter said her mother was homeless and lived near the water, and countered claims her mother had been taunting the animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Breauna Dorris wrote on Facebook: “Some details I would like to share is that my mother did not ‘taunt’ the alligator as some are saying in the news outlets comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My mother was a part of the homeless population that lived in the nearby wooded area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It is believed that she may have been walking to or from her campsite near the creek in the dark and the alligator attacked from the water.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She added: “No matter how you put it, no one deserves to die like this.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A GoFundMe page has been set up for Ms Peckham to raise money for funeral costs, which has raised nearly $6,000 so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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