Florida officers find 2 alligators eating a body

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Florida officers find 2 alligators eating a body
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, May 30, 2016 11:05 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, May 30, 2016 11:16 PM EDT
SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. -- Police in South Florida were called to a gruesome scene: a pair of alligators eating a human body.
The Sun Sentinel reports that Davie Police Capt. Dale Engle says the body found Monday in Southwest Ranches, about 20 miles west of Fort Lauderdale, appears to have been at the location for a long time.
Engle says officers were able to scare the alligators away from the body but the two lingered as officers tried to recover the body.
He says the cause of death and whether the body is a man or woman are both unknown.
Engle says a dive team would attempt to recover the body Monday evening.
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Police trying to ID man eaten by alligators in Florida
The Associated Press
First posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 11:05 AM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 11:14 AM EDT
SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. -- Investigators are trying to identify a man whose body was found in a South Florida canal being eaten by alligators.
Two fishermen came upon the grisly scene Monday on the edge of the Everglades in Southwest Ranches. The Miami Herald reports the Broward Medical Examiner's office completed an autopsy on Tuesday, but results were inconclusive. And officials are still trying to get fingerprints.
Davie police investigators want to know how the man met his end.
Capt. Dale Engle says they're treating the death as a homicide. The level of decomposition led investigators to believe the body had been in the water for some time.
After the body was discovered, officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lured the gators away so police could investigate.
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