11-foot gator eats burglary suspect hiding in Florida pond - WPEC-TV CBS12 News :: News - Top Stories:"BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Authorities say a burglary suspect was killed by an 11-foot gator while hiding from authorities in a Florida pond.
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office says 22-year-old Matthew Riggins drowned as a result of the gator attack.
Riggins and another suspect were in a neighborhood in Barefoot Bay to burglarize homes, Brevard County Sheriff's officials say. Riggins and the other man were spotted on Royal Palm Boulevard, but eluded authorities. Riggins nor the other man were never located by deputies.
Riggins reportedly called his girlfriend to say he was being chased by authorities.
His girlfriend called police the next day to report him missing when he never returned home, Brevard Sheriff's officials say.
The half eaten body of Riggins was found in a Barefoot Bay lake just north of Ocean Avenue Way on Nov. 23.
He was missing his lower extremities and part of his arm, deputies told the Orlando Sentinel..."
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