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This is a list of fatal alligator attacks that occurred in the United States by decade in reverse chronological order.

Contents 1 2000s 2 1990s 3 1980s 4 1970s 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] 2000s

Name, age, gender	Date	Location, Comments
Annemarie Campbell, 23, female	May 14, 2006	Her body was pulled out of an alligator's mouth on this date by friends and relatives in a springhead at Juniper Wayside Park in the Ocala National Forest near Lake George in Marion County, Florida. She had been attacked while snorkeling. Autopsy results confirmed that Campbell died from drowning and multiple blunt-force injuries including lacerations on her head, neck and upper torso, and multiple rib fractures. <ref>[1] URL last accessed July 9, 2006 </ref><ref> [2] URL last accessed May 14, 2006 </ref>
Judy W. Cooper, 43, female	May 14, 2006	Her body was found on this date in a canal in Pinellas County, Florida, 20 miles north of St. Petersburg. She had been in the water for about 3 days. Preliminary autopsy results indicate a fatal alligator attack. The official cause of death is pending – awaiting the release of autopsy results. <ref> Ibid. </ref>
Yovy Suarez Jiménez, 28, female	May 10, 2006	Construction workers found her dismembered body on this date floating in a canal between Markham County Park and State Road 84 in Sunrise, Florida. Authorities later captured the 9' 6" alligator that killed her during her nightly jog on May 9. <ref> Ibid. </ref> <ref> [3]URL last accessed May 11, 2006 </ref> The Broward County medical examiner concluded that she was attacked on land and dragged into the canal. <ref> [4] URL last accessed May 13, 2006 </ref>
Kevin Albert Murray, 41, male	July 15, 2005	Killed while swimming in the Apollo waterway in Port Charlotte, Florida by a 12' 2" alligator. <ref>[5],National Geographic News, Human-Alligator Encounters Rising in Southeast U.S. URL last accessed March 31, 2006 </ref>
Don Owen, 56, male	March 15, 2005	Fishermen discovered the body of Owen on this date about 12 miles from his Lakeland, Florida home. He had been missing since March 9. Trappers later caught an 8' 9" alligator and recovered body parts from Owen. <ref>[6], Southeastern Outdoors, Fatal Alligator Attacks URL last accessed March 31, 2006 </ref>
Michelle Reeves, 20, female	September 26, 2004	Killed by a 7' 11" alligator while swimming in a retention pond at Lee Memorial Health Park in Lee County, Florida. <ref> [7] Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission URL last accessed April 12, 2006 </ref>
Janie Milsek, 54, female	June 21, 2004	Attacked by a 12' 3" alligator while working on landscaping along Poinciana Circle Sanibel, Florida. She later died in surgery. <ref> [8] URL last accessed April 12, 2006 </ref>
Brian Griffin, 12, male	June 18, 2003	Killed by a 10' 4" alligator while swimming in the Dead River near a boat ramp; the river connects Lakes Harris and Eustis in Lake County, Florida. <ref> [9] URL last accessed April 12, 2006 </ref>
Robert Steele, 82, male	September 11, 2001	Attacked by an alligator while walking his dog on a trail between two wetland areas in the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge near Sanibel, Florida. Steele bled to death after his leg was bitten off below the knee. <ref> Ibid. </ref>
Alexandria Murphy, 2, female	June 23, 2001	Killed after wandering away from her home on Lake Cannon, Polk County, Florida. A deputy sheriff found her body 700 feet from her home at the edge of the lake. <ref> [10] URL last accessed April 12, 2006 </ref>
Samuel Wetmore, 70, male	May 4, 2001	Killed in a pond near his residence in Venice, Sarasota County, Florida by an 8' 4" alligator. Wetmore suffered from dementia and had wandered from his home. <ref> Ibid. </ref>

[edit] 1990s

Name, age, gender	Date	Location, Comments
Adam Binford, 3, male	March 21, 1997	Killed by an 11-foot alligator after straying outside a roped-off area in Lake Ashby, Volusia County, Florida. Wildlife officials shot the alligator, which was still holding the lifeless body of the boy 20 hours later. <ref> Ibid. </ref>
Grace Eberhart, 70, female	October 3, 1993	Killed by one or more alligators at Lake Serenity, Sumter County, Florida. She died of a broken neck caused by an alligator bite to the throat and head. <ref> Ibid. </ref>
Bradley Weidenhamer, 10, male	June 19, 1993	Killed while wading in the Loxahatchee River at Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Martin County, Florida.<ref> [11], Southeastern Outdoors, Fatal Alligator Attacks URL last accessed March 31, 2006 </ref>

[edit] 1980s

Name, age, gender	Date	Location, Comments
Erin Glover, 4, female	June 4, 1988	Killed while walking along the shore of Hidden Lake, Charlotte County, Florida. <ref> Ibid. </ref>
George Cummings III, 29, male	July 13, 1987	Killed while snorkeling in the Wakulla Springs State Park, Wakulla County, Florida by an 11-foot alligator. <ref> [12]URL last accessed April 12, 2006 </ref>
Robert Crespo, 11, male	August 6, 1984	Killed by a 12' 4" alligator while swimming in a canal in St. Lucie County, Florida. <ref> [13], Southeastern Outdoors, Fatal Alligator Attacks URL last accessed March 31, 2006 </ref>

[edit] 1970s

Name, age, gender	Date	Location, Comments
Phillip Rastrelli, 14, male	September 10, 1978	Killed while swimming across the Hidden River Canal off Bessie Creek in Martin County, Florida.<ref> Ibid. </ref>
George Leonard, 52, male	September 28, 1977	Killed while swimming in the Peace River Canal, Charlotte County, Florida.<ref> Ibid. </ref>
Sharon Holmes, 16, female	August 16, 1973	Killed while swimming in the Myakka River at Oscar Scherer State Park, Sarasota County, Florida by an 11' 3" alligator.<ref> Ibid. </ref>

[edit] Notes

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[edit] References

• Southeastern Outdoors, Fatal Alligator Attacks [14] (last accessed March 31, 2006)
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Alligator Attacks Fact sheet, p.4-5 (updated 11/29/05)[15] (last accessed April 12, 2006)