FL Authorities Convinced Child Dead From Disney Alligator Attack
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Authorities in Orlando are searching for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator near Disney's upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.
Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says some 50 people are now "working on recovering the body" of a 2-year-old boy snatched by an alligator at Walt Disney World.
He says the boy's family "will no question lose a 2-year-old child."
Some 50 people are now using sonar equipment as they search a system of lakes and ponds linked by canals to the Seven Seas Lagoon where the boy was attacked while wading in about a foot of water at 9 p.m. Tuesday night.
Demings says they are trying to "bring some closure to this family."
Orange Co. Sheriff Office says 2-yr old not recovered yet in #AlligatorAttack at Disney https://t.co/oikL0RnHuE pic.twitter.com/TODhJ03KHC
— 1080 KRLD (@KRLD) June 15, 2016
Speaking at a news conference earlier Wednesday, Demings said 0the family of five from Nebraska was on vacation and wading in a lake Tuesday evening when the attack happened. Demings says the father tried to rescue the child but was unsuccessful.
FL Wildlife says they have taken 4 alligators out of the lake during overnight search. "They will be analyzed" pic.twitter.com/60x5KpRqVK
— 1080 KRLD (@KRLD) June 15, 2016
Demings says there have been no other recent reports of similar alligator attacks at the lake.
(©2016 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)