Horrifying bodycam footage shows a bloated 14ft alligator with the body of a 41-year-old mom in its stomach.
Sabrina Peckham was eaten by the alligator after being dragged by the beast into a canal in Clearwater.
Peckham was unhoused at the time and had been staying at an encampment close to where the alligator was located and killed.
New footage from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows the aftermath of the deadly attack.
Video shows the huge gator surrounded by police moments after it was shot to death. Its stomach is visibly swollen with Peckham inside.
Horrifying bodycam footage shows a bloated 14ft alligator with the body of a 41-year-old mom in its stomach
Police also released footage showing the moment the beast was gunned down.
‘Watch them, watch them,’ a voice is heard shouting before the trigger is pulled with a bang and a splash.
A passerby raised the alarm in September of last year after spotting the reptile with what appeared to be a body in its mouth.
Soon afterwards several other local residents spotted the gruesome sight as the alligator dragged its prey away with some even recording the scene.
Emergency responders, together with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, managed to pull the alligator from the water before shooting it dead, with officials describing it as having been ‘humanely killed’ following the horrific attack.
Sabrina Peckham was named as the homeless Florida woman mauled to death and dragged into a waterway by a huge alligator in Largo, Clearwater
Video shows the huge gator surrounded by police moments after it was shot to death. Its stomach is visibly swollen with Peckham inside
Officers taped the animal’s mouth shut and used rope and chains to pluck in from the canal
Officers taped the animal’s mouth shut and used rope and chains to pluck in from the canal, Fox13 reports.
They had to slash the side of its belly in order to remove some of Peckham’s remains.
After her mother’s death, Peckham’s daughter came out to deny that her mom had been taunting the animal.
‘My mother was a part of the homeless population that lived in the nearby wooded area,’ Breauana Dorris wrote in a Facebook post.
‘It is believed that she may have been walking to or from her camp site near the creek in the dark and the alligator attacked from the water.
‘We expected to have many many more years with her. Unfortunately god has called her home sooner than our hearts were ready.’
‘Some details I would like to share is that my mother did not ‘taunt’ the alligator as some are saying in the news outlets comments,’ Breauna Dorris (right) the daughter of Sabrina Peckham said
Two months before her untimely death, Peckham was arrested on July 14 for trespassing on a county wetland just half a mile from where she was mauled, reports WFLA. She was ordered to pay $500 for that incident.
Peckham reportedly ignored warning signs placed around the area and pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge on September 8.
It was not the first time that she was apprehended for trespassing, as she has multiple misdemeanors to her name dating to 2014, records show. Peckham also had a history of theft convictions and run-ins with the police.
‘No matter how you put it, no one deserves to die like this,’ her daughter wrote online.
Breauna Dorris said nobody deserves to suffer the same gruesome fate as her mom
‘To my mother: I love you more than I ever expressed, I miss you more than you’ll ever know and I pray that you are looking down over me and your grandchildren.
‘Please protect us. I’m so sorry this happened to you. I pray you are at peace and you are no longer struggling or hurting. I pray you found momo and pop and you all are watching down from above.’
It is understood the deadly reptile had come from a nearby alligator-infested lake known as Ridgecrest Park.