Does this deserve a Darwin?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:29 pm
Florida burglary suspect eaten by alligator after fleeing police
The Guardian
8 December 2015
Reuters A 22-year-old man suspected of burglarizing homes in Florida (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida) was killed and partially eaten by an 11ft (3.4-meter) alligator after he waded into a lake, apparently to avoid detection by law enforcement officers pursuing him, police said on Tuesday.
An autopsy on the man, Matthew Riggins of Palm Bay, determined that he drowned in November after an apparent alligator attack (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015 ... ng-florida). A necropsy on the alligator revealed parts of the mans body in the reptiles stomach, according to a report released this week by the Brevard County sheriffs office.
Sheriffs deputies chased Riggins and another suspect with dogs and a helicopter on 13 November, after residents in the Barefoot Bay community reported two men walking behind houses, authorities said.
No suspects were caught that night. Riggins was reported missing by his family when he did not return home, according to the sheriffs report. His body was found 10 days later floating in a lake, with an aggressive gator standing guard, sheriffs major Tod Goodyear said.
I believe he was hiding, Goodyear said of how Riggins ended up in the lake. With the dogs out there, its not a bad idea to go into the water.
Goodyear said Riggins had told his girlfriend by telephone that he would be burglarizing homes the evening of 13 November and later told her he was being chased by deputies.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015 ... -alligator
The Guardian
8 December 2015
Reuters A 22-year-old man suspected of burglarizing homes in Florida (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida) was killed and partially eaten by an 11ft (3.4-meter) alligator after he waded into a lake, apparently to avoid detection by law enforcement officers pursuing him, police said on Tuesday.
An autopsy on the man, Matthew Riggins of Palm Bay, determined that he drowned in November after an apparent alligator attack (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015 ... ng-florida). A necropsy on the alligator revealed parts of the mans body in the reptiles stomach, according to a report released this week by the Brevard County sheriffs office.
Sheriffs deputies chased Riggins and another suspect with dogs and a helicopter on 13 November, after residents in the Barefoot Bay community reported two men walking behind houses, authorities said.
No suspects were caught that night. Riggins was reported missing by his family when he did not return home, according to the sheriffs report. His body was found 10 days later floating in a lake, with an aggressive gator standing guard, sheriffs major Tod Goodyear said.
I believe he was hiding, Goodyear said of how Riggins ended up in the lake. With the dogs out there, its not a bad idea to go into the water.
Goodyear said Riggins had told his girlfriend by telephone that he would be burglarizing homes the evening of 13 November and later told her he was being chased by deputies.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015 ... -alligator
