(CNN) 鈥� Florida authorities have identified the woman found dead after an alligator was seen with a body in its mouth.
Authorities responded to a call in Largo, in the Tampa Bay area, about a gator in the water about 1:50 p.m. on Friday.
on Saturday identified the victim as Sabrina Peckham, 41.
A witness, JaMarcus Bullard, told he earlier saw an alligator with a body its mouth.
鈥淚 could tell there was a body in his mouth, so I started recording,鈥� Bullard said.
Officials humanely killed In the the 13-foot, 8.5-inch male, according to the sheriff鈥檚 office and Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Alligators have been spotted in the area before, but resident Jennifer Dean told Spectrum 海角社区app 13 that she had never seen one this large.
鈥淎 lot of my neighbors were out here and they鈥檙e the ones that told me about the gator,鈥� Dean said. 鈥淲hile we were standing here we heard a shot. I assume they killed the gator.鈥�
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