Both the victim and the alligator were recovered from the canal.
The daughter of a US woman who lost her life to a four-metre alligator has said her family struggled with unbearable grief and pain. The alligator was found in a canal in Florida on Friday with a body between its jaws, the New York Post reported. It was sighted by a witness on a residential street in Largo, a small community just four miles south of Clearwater Beach.
Breauna Dorris, the victim’s daughter, posted on Facebook that her mother, Sabrina Peckham, was homeless and lived in a wooded area near the scene of the incident. Dorris speculated that her mother, 41 years old, may have been on her way to her campsite when the alligator attack occurred. She also refuted several rumors circulating on social media suggesting her mother had “taunted” the alligator.
“Some details I would like to clarify are that my mother did not ‘taunt’ the alligator as some news media and comments suggest,” Ms. Dorris wrote. “My mother was part of the homeless population living in the nearby wooded area. It is believed she was walking to or from her campsite near the creek in the dark and the alligator attacked from the water,” she added. . Ms Dorris said: “Regardless of the circumstances, no one deserves to die this way.”
Turning to her mother, she wrote, “To my mother: I love you more than I ever said, I miss you more than you will ever know, and I pray that you look down on me and your grandchildren.”
Additionally, she said, “Within 24 hours, we raised over $4,000, which will be used for funeral and burial expenses.”
