Woman's body found in jaws of Florida alligator

A body which was spotted in the jaws of a 13-foot alligator in Largo, Florida, has been identified as a 41-year-old woman, authorities said Saturday.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reports that the situation unfolded a little before 2 p.m. local time Friday, when deputies were called to an unincorporated part of Largo — located in the Tampa Bay area — after the body of the victim, later identified as Sabrina Peckham, was spotted in a waterway.

Neighbor JaMarcus Bullard told CBS affiliate WTSP that he discovered the victim in the jaws of an alligator and called 911.

“It (the alligator) lifted up out of the water with the body, like it was just clamped onto it, and it like swam backwards, like, under to the bottom of the canal to the other side,” Bullard said.