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Florida Authorities Kill 13-Foot Alligator After 41-Year-Old Unhoused Woman’s Body Is Spotted In Its Jaws

<p>An alligator measuring nearly 13 feet and 9 inches was killed in Largo&comma; Florida&comma; after being spotted with human remains in its mouth&period; The body was later identified as an unhoused woman named <strong>Sabrina Peckham<&sol;strong>&comma; 41&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;florida-man-arm-alligator&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Florida Man Loses Arm To Alligator While Trying To Pee Outside Bar&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Not The End Of The World&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">JaMarcus Bullard Initially Thought The Alligator Had A &&num;8220&semi;Mannequin Body&&num;8221&semi; In Its Mouth<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox13news&period;com&sol;news&sol;alligator-involved-in-pinellas-county-death-investigation-underway-authorities" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">FOX 13 Tampa Bay<&sol;a>&comma; the situation came to public attention on Friday &lpar;Sept&period; 22&rpar; after a bystander named <strong>JaMarcus Bullard <&sol;strong>spotted a gator that appeared to have something in its jaws&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While he initially thought the alligator had a &&num;8220&semi;mannequin body&&num;8221&semi; in its jaws&comma; a closer inspection prompted a macabre realization&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I noticed it had a body in its mouth&period; Like&comma; a literal torso&period; So&comma; once I saw that&comma; I ran straight to the fire department and got them&period; They confirmed it was a body&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The animal was ultimately euthanized thanks to a dual effort from the Pinellas County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office &lpar;PCSO&rpar; and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The publication also reports that the PCSO Dive Team recovered the human remains&comma; which were later identified as belonging to Sabrina Peckham&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At this point&comma; we should note that a coroner has not yet confirmed Peckham&&num;8217&semi;s exact cause of death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cxi39CXPDck" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Sabrina Peckham&&num;8217&semi;s Daughter Speaks Out&comma; Calls Situation A &&num;8220&semi;Nightmare&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As the public awaits an official cause of death&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox13news&period;com&sol;news&sol;alligator-attack-victims-daughter-wants-mother-remembered-for-her-heart-this-is-all-a-nightmare" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">FOX 13 Tampa Bay<&sol;a> reports that Sabrina Peckham&&num;8217&semi;s daughter — <strong>Breauna Dorris<&sol;strong>&comma; 23 — spoke out to acknowledge&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Nobody expects to hear that your mother died under these circumstances&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dorris noted that Peckham would drop by her home every day to visit her grandchildren&period; As a result&comma; she knew something was off when her mother didn&&num;8217&semi;t show up on Thursday or Friday&period; The alligator news exacerbated this sentiment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I knew that she was out here&period; Before her name was even released or she was identified&period; I knew there were news articles going around about a gator with a human body part in its mouth&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Dorris added that while her mother &&num;8220&semi;chose the wrong path in life&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she wants people to remember her kindness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;My mother chose the wrong path in life for sure&period; She was selfless&period; One hundred percent selfless&period; She was homeless herself&period; But that didn&&num;8217&semi;t matter&period; She would give you the last piece of food off her plate&period; She would give you the shirt off her back if she needed to&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>After acknowledging that a stranger crafted a memorial in Peckham&&num;8217&semi;s honor&comma; Dorris somberly said&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Knowing that&&num;8217&semi;s how she went&&num;8230&semi;it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t painless&period; It wasn&&num;8217&semi;t fast&period; It wasn&&num;8217&semi;t easy&period; She struggled&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;family-florida-toddler-found-inside-alligator-speaks-out&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">UPDATE&colon; Family Of Slain Mother &amp&semi; 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