Florida woman found dead and clutched in the jaws of 13’ gator has been identified
On September 22 at approximately 1:50 p.m., deputies with Florida’s Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of 134th Avenue North and 121st Street North in Unincorporated Largo, after a report of a body seen in the waterway, a local canal. When officials arrived on the scene, a 13-foot, 8.5-inch male alligator emerged from the water with the remains of a deceased woman clutched tightly in his jaws.
With assistance from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) personnel, the gator was humanely killed and removed from the waterway. Deputies assigned to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team also recovered the remains of the deceased woman from the waterway.
By the evening of September 23, the Sheriff’s Office had identified the alligator’s victim as 41-year-old Sabrina Peckham – and her next of kin had been notified. According to the Medical Examiner’s Office, the manner and cause of death Sabrina’s is pending.
Peckham faced a history of trespassing charges near the area where she was found dead. Scripps News reviewed a police report from earlier this month where Peckham was arrested for trespassing on Sept. 7 in Largo. The New York Post reported that Peckham was homeless and had a history of trespassing arrests on county wetlands, in addition to multiple drug and theft convictions dating back to 2014. ~ Scripp News
Sabrina’s daughter, Breauna, has started a GoFundMe campaign in her mother’ name:
… Sabrina only being 41 and homeless at the time had no funeral or death arrangements set up. We will be using the funds raised for crematory expenses and laying her to rest in our family plot.
my mothers story is linked below. WFLA news article
For more on the story, see the video accompanying this article.
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(Source: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office)
(Cover photo: YouTube)
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