UPDATE: Toddler’s Body Recovered After Being Snatched By Gator Near Disney Resort

Had been playing near the water

June 15, 4:34pm – Authorities in Florida say remains of the two-year-old boy have been recovered, after five alligators were euthanized in the search for the toddler.


June 15, 6:39am – A search continues for a two-year-old boy snatched by an alligator and dragged into the water Tuesday night at a Walt Disney World hotel in Orlando, Florida. Reports say the incident happened at the Seven Seas Lagoon of the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at about 9:30. Police say the tot and a sibling had been vacationing at the hotel with their parents, from Nebraska. More than 50 law enforcement personnel were taking part in the search, in helicopters and boats, as was an alligator trapper.

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