Update: Human remains seen with gator at Florida nature preserve have been identified
Just minutes ago, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) announced that this morning, as detectives continued to search Hungryland Preserve after an alligator was seen with a dismembered human arm, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officer (FWC) found what appears to be a shallow grave with human remains.
Meanwhile, detectives say the arm, hand, and part of a leg found Thursday near a gator infested canal are believed to be that of 43-year old Dustin Davis Mills of St. Lucie County. The medical examiner was able to obtain fingerprints from the victim’s hand which was located near a large alligator that was guarding the body part. A second body part was located on the bank of a different canal about one mile from the first location.
Detectives, the Martin County Fire Rescue’s Dive Team and FWC Officers spent the day combing hundreds of acres of preserve land searching for the remainder of Mills’ body. Detectives suspect that Mills was the victim of a homicide. The body parts did show evidence of being removed with a sharp instrument.
Dustin Mills served time in prison for multiple crimes including manufacturing, sale and delivery of marijuana, trafficking in illegal substances, resisting arrest with violence, and battery on law enforcement or firefighter. He was released from the Department of Corrections in February 2020 and has not had a permanent address since that release.
If you have any information about Mills or this crime, you are asked to call the Martin County Sheriff’s Office at 220-7060, or you can private FB message us.
See our original report on this story:
Nature preserve closes as biologist spots detached human arm dangling from gator’s mouth
(Source: Martin County Sheriff’s Office)
(Cover photo: Dustin Davis Mills of St. Lucie County, Image credit: MCSO)
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