Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of a man whose body had been partially eaten by an alligator and was found floating in a canal.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office identified the man as Michael Ford II, 45, of Wauchula, whose body was found Thursday morning floating in a canal around property owned by"A large alligator had a part of Ford's body in his mouth" when a Mosaic employee found Ford's body, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
"Ford's hand and foot were found inside the gator's stomach," the sheriff's office said about the necropsy results.
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