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Published 12:44 01 Aug 2026 GMT
The terrifying autopsy results of a woman who was mauled to death by an alligator in Florida, have been revealed.
Brittany Clark suffered a vicious attack from the four-metre reptile, which nearly tore her arm and hand off.
She was just 31 at the time of her death, while she had gone on a trip with her boyfriend, Chance Allison, and roommate, Jayden Hernandez, to Little Big Econ State Forest in Florida on June 28.
The trio were on a hike when the attack took place, with 911 audio and a chilling medical report revealing more about her gruesome final moments.
During a swim in a river, Clark was attacked by an alligator, tearing both her arms off while she was still in the water after a "death roll."
911 audio suggested that Chance had called emergency services while fighting the predator off, as screaming and crying could be heard.
It has been revealed that while her limbs were almost completely torn off, her bones also had teeth marks from the alligator.
The results were published by associate medical examiner Jenaye L Mack, who performed the post-mortem on Clark's body the next morning.
As reported by The New York Post, Dr Mack stated that Clark's death was caused by “multiple blunt force injuries of the upper extremities,” and that the manner of death was an accident.
The medical expert added that she had also suffered “near complete traumatic amputation of the left arm at the shoulder and near complete traumatic amputation of the right distal forearm”.
Dr Mack horrifically found teeth marks on the left clavicle, left scapula, and ventral left arm.
After the attacks, trappers killed an alligator found nearby, which was confirmed to be the one responsible for the deadly attack by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials.
It was reported that Chance tried desperately to free his girlfriend from the reptile's grip, as it ripped her arms off.
Chance later recalled that the predator came “out of absolutely nowhere” and quickly grabbed hold of his girlfriend while they were in the river.
He explained: “We were smiling and talking and then it was complete chaos.”
Describing his late partner as "bad a**," he said that she used her final words to ask him to look after her dog, who was with them on the hike.
“While we were waiting for emergency services to arrive, Brittany just told me to make sure I took care of Hokie,” he heartbreakingly revealed.
Chance added: “It was one of the last things she said to me.”
Clark was rushed to hospital, but she would tragically lose her life.
Hernandez, who also witnessed her death, said he "won't ever forget every detail of this scene," as the trip to one of Clark's favorite spots ended in disaster.
He wrote on Facebook that they were joking about the presence of an alligator in the three-feet-deep water before it pounced.
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The father of a 31-year-old woman who was killed in an alligator attack in Florida has spoken about the devastating phone call he received as desperate attempts were made to save her life.
Brittany Clark suffered catastrophic injuries after a 12-foot alligator attacked her while she was swimming in the Econlockhatchee River with her boyfriend, Chance Allison, and roommate, Jayden Hernandez.
She was rushed to a hospital but is believed to have died after losing a massive amount of blood.
Her father Robert Clark said the tragedy unfolded while his family was already mourning the loss of his mother, Barbara, who died at the age of 80 just days earlier.
Robert told The New York Post: “I received a call on Sunday from Brittany’s roommate Jayden and she was explaining as it was happening.
“They were trying to keep her alive and waiting for the authorities to show up.“
According to reports, the alligator clamped its jaws around Brittany, tearing off both of her arms. Her boyfriend tried to fight off the animal but was unable to stop the attack.
A 911 call captured the panic at the scene, with one caller describing Brittany's injuries as “horrible”, adding that “one of her arms is completely off and the other one is like attached barely.”
Hernandez later shared a Facebook post describing how the group had joked about the possibility of an alligator being beneath them in the murky water shortly before the attack.
He wrote: “There were air bubbles within our little triangle we made with our bodies in the water and I commented on how it might be a sneaky gator and Chance, Brittany’s boyfriend, swam right over it to show nothing was there and nothing was there.
“And just a few minutes later my bestfriend got attacked.”
A medical examiner's report states: “While they were swimming an alligator grabbed [Brittany] by her arm and began the ‘death roll’.
“Her boyfriend Chance grabbed the alligator trying to get it to release her when it took them both underwater.”
The report continues: “Chance attempted to bring them both to shore when the alligator finally let go and CPR was started on shore by her boyfriend, and 911 was called.”
The fatal attack came during a series of recent alligator encounters in central Florida.
According to the report, a boy was bitten on the hand while fishing with his father 24 hours before Brittany's death. Officials later euthanized the 8-foot alligator believed to have been responsible.
A snorkeler was also bitten in Rainbow River on June 21, about 100 miles from the site of the fatal attack. The river was temporarily closed before wildlife officials located and removed the animal.
Florida has recorded more than 450 alligator attacks since 1948, with 30 of those incidents proving fatal.
Brittany Clark was brutally torn apart by an alligator while she was on a hike in the Little Big Econ State Forest in central Florida.
The attack took place last week, with 911 audio and a chilling medical report revealing more about her gruesome final moments.
She was with her boyfriend, Chance Allison, and an unnamed friend on Sunday (June 28), when the trio decided to have a swim in a river, just after 1:30 PM.
The 31-year-old was violently attacked by an alligator, which tore both her arms off while she was still in the water after a 'death roll.'
911 audio suggested that Chance called emergency services while trying to fight the reptile off, with screaming and crying heard in the background.
Chance explained to the operator that he was 'still trying to get her arms away from the alligator's mouth'.
Not long after, he explained that 'both her arms, both her arms are off,' while the unnamed friend was also heard claiming that one arm was "hanging by a thread."
The dispatcher would ask where the other arm was, and the friend simply said it was 'gone.'
Chance explained that the attack was 'bad, real bad,' as he asked emergency responders if they could 'please hurry.'
He said that she was 'losing a lot of...' before trailing off, though he told the operator that the gator left but his girlfriend was left with 'horrible' injuries.
They then proceeded to drag Brittany out of the water, telling the operator: "We're far off the trail, we're off of a little launch area by the river... We need help now!"
The operator responded: "You may see a helicopter. If you see it, just try and flag it down if you can."
A medical examiner's report also revealed Chance's attempts to save his girlfriend's life, in detail.
The medical report, which was obtained by the Daily Mail, detailed that the trio were swimming in 'shoulder-deep water' in the Econlockhatchee River.
This is when the alligator grabbed Brittany and started a 'death roll,' a technique used by the predators to subdue prey.
It involves them twisting onto their backs before attempting to drag their prey underwater, drowning them.
The report further details: "Her boyfriend Chance grabbed the alligator trying to get it to release her when it took them both underwater."
Chance got the predator to release Brittany's arm 'or a moment,' before it locked its jaw on her other arm.
He tried to drag them to shore, which is when the alligator let go and Chance started to administer CPR on his girlfriend, calling 911.
Brittany died on her way to the hospital, resulting in wildlife officials euthanizing and decapitating the alligator responsible.
The popular hiking route, Barr Street Trailhead, has now been closed for the foreseeable future.
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A woman found dead after a suspected alligator attack has been identified by authorities in Florida.
As reported by BBC News, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that 41-year-old Sabrina Peckham was the victim of Friday's attack involving a male alligator measuring nearly 14 feet in length.
The woman - who is reported to have been homeless - was pulled from a canal in Largo after witnesses reported that the predator had a corpse in its mouth.
The authorities revealed in a statement that with the help of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the animal was "humanely killed" and pulled from the canal.
Footage taken at the scene shows a huge alligator sprawled by the road and surrounded by police.
According to the outlet, a local witness named Jamarcus Bullard told US media that he was walking to a job interview when he spotted the vicious animal with what initially looked like a mannequin in its mouth.
"I noticed it had a body in its mouth - like a lower torso - so once I saw that I ran straight to the fire department," he said, as cited by BBC News. "It was my first time seeing a gator in real life so I was like it's pretty cool, but once I saw what it had I was like 'Is that like a mannequin?'"
"It was pale and white," he continued, telling another publication that the animal was "just clamped onto it, and swam backward to the bottom of the canal... I just couldn't believe it was real".
Bullard also told WFLA that he hurled a rock at the alligator when he saw it holding onto the lower part of the victim’s torso. The gator then yanked the body underwater.
Peckham's daughter, Breauna Dorris, wrote in a heartbreaking Facebook post that her mother was "part of the homeless population" and lived near the body of water.
"It is believed that she may have been walking to or from her campsite near the creek in the dark and the alligator attacked from the water," Ms Dorris wrote in her post. "No matter how you put it, no one deserves to die like this."
Addressing her mother, she continued: "I love you more than I ever expressed, I miss you more than you’ll ever know and I pray that you are looking down over me and your grandchildren. Please protect us."
"I’m so sorry this happened to you. I pray you are at peace and you are no longer struggling or hurting. I pray you found momo and pop and you all are watching down from above," she concluded.
The family has now created a GoFundMe page to raise money for funeral costs. As of this writing, more than $6,245 had been raised.
"We will be using the funds raised from the GoFundMe to put my mother to rest in our family plot," Dorris said on the social media platform. "My mother only being 41, we had not expected to do this anytime soon. We expected to have many many more years with her."
The cause and circumstances of Peckham’s death have not yet been confirmed.
An autopsy is expected to be carried out, and an investigation remains underway.
A troubling twist has emerged after a woman's lifeless body was found after a suspected alligator attack.
As previously reported, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office revealed that 41-year-old Sabrina Peckham was the victim of an attack involving a male alligator measuring nearly 14 feet in length.
The woman was dragged by the beast in a canal along a residential street in Largo - a small community just four miles south of Clearwater - after witnesses reported that the predator had a corpse in its mouth.
Police officers shared in a statement that with the help of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the animal was "humanely killed".
Footage taken at the scene shows a huge alligator sprawled by the road and surrounded by police.
According to The New York Post, court records showed that Peckham, who was reportedly homeless, was caught by authorities around 6:30AM on July 14 for trespassing on a county wetland - just half a mile from where she was later found dead.
It has been reported that Peckman overlooked signs warning against unlawful entry and was released on September 8 after pleading no contest to the misdemeanor. She was ordered to pay $500.
It is not clear where the woman - who has had several charges against her for trespassing - went in the two weeks before she was discovered dead in the waterway.
Her deceased body was found by a local witness named Jamarcus Bullard who told US media that he was walking to a job interview when he spotted the vicious animal with what initially looked like a mannequin in its mouth.
"I noticed it had a body in its mouth - like a lower torso - so once I saw that I ran straight to the fire department," he said, as cited by BBC News. "It was my first time seeing a gator in real life so I was like it's pretty cool, but once I saw what it had I was like 'Is that like a mannequin?'"
"It was pale and white," he continued, telling another publication that the animal was "just clamped onto it, and swam backward to the bottom of the canal... I just couldn't believe it was real".
Bullard also explained to WFLA that he hurled a rock at the giant beast when he saw it holding onto the lower part of the victim’s torso in its jaws. The gator then yanked the body underwater.
Peckham's daughter, Breauna Dorris, wrote in a heartbreaking Facebook post that her mother was "part of the homeless population" and lived near the body of water
Her family has now created a GoFundMe page to raise money for funeral costs. As of this writing, more than $6,455 had been raised.
The cause and circumstances of Peckham’s death have not yet been confirmed.
An autopsy is expected to be carried out, and an investigation remains underway.
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