The family of an elderly woman killed by an alligator last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owner of the retirement community where the attack happened.
Gloria Serge, 85, she died in February 2023 while walking her small dog near the lake outside of her home in Spanish Lakes Fairways, a housing development in Fort Pierce, Florida. Surveillance footage from a wildlife camera set up in the community showed the moment a big alligator emerged from the lake and lunged at both Serge and her dog.
The footage was released by Inside Edition, and it includes portions of a distressed 911 call that Serge’s neighbor placed as she watched the alligator pull the 85-year-old into the water.
Wildlife officials estimated that the alligator was 10 feet long. It took at least six people to wrangle the creature, load it into the back of a pickup truck and transport it to be euthanized after the attack. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed in a statement soon after the attack that Serge’s remains had been recovered.