A woman’s body has been recovered from Florida’s Lake Kissimmee after reports of “an alligator attack” on a canoeist, ...

Florida woman Cynthia Diekema, 61, was killed by an alligator on a canoe trip on Lake Kissimmee on May 6, 2025. While out ...

On May 6, an alligator thrashed and tipped over a couple’s canoe in Central Florida where it attacked a woman and killed her.

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THEY SAY THEIR 14 FOOT CANOE WAS TRAVELING IN JUST 2.5FT OF WATER WHEN THE COUPLE PASSED OVER A LARGE ALLIGATOR, CAUSING THE GATOR TO THRASH, ULTIMATELY TIPPING THE CANOE OVER AND SENDING THE ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an accidental encounter.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP/CNN/CNN Newsource/WESH) — An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an ...

He was shocked to hear about the woman who was killed by an alligator on Lake Kissimmee as she rode in a canoe on May 6. “It sounds like it was just a very unfortunate collision,” Sundstrom said.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A tragic alligator attack on Lake Kissimmee in Polk County resulted in the death of a woman after an alligator tipped over the canoe she was in with her husband.