The boy has been identified as Lane Graves, son of Matthew, 42, and Melissa Graves, 38.
The boy's identity was revealed by the Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon
The dive teams located the toddler's body 'intact' in the Seven Seas Lagoon. The boy's body was located around 1:45pm and was pulled out around 3:30pm.
The young boy had been playing in the man made lagoon which wasn't very deep around 9:20pm when the alligator attacked and dragged him underwater. The hotel had a 'No swimming' sign there but there was no warning of alligators in the area.
The boy's father wrestled with the alligator trying to save his young son, but could get the toddler out from the alligator's jaw. The father came off with huge Alligator bite marks on his shoulder after the Alligator took the boy away.
The boy's father wrestled with the alligator trying to save his young son, but could get the toddler out from the alligator's jaw. The father came off with huge Alligator bite marks on his shoulder after the Alligator took the boy away.
The traumatized family were in Orlando on vacation and had arrived on Sunday, the terrifying incident happened on the 3rd day of their vacation.
A Disney lifeguard said the boy was 10 feet from the shore when the alligator attacked him. He said they all tried to save the boy while the Dad was wrestling with the alligator but they didn't succeed.
'We have lifeguards on duty at the play area but at the beach we don't have any lifeguards because you're not supposed to be in the water,' the lifeguard said.
During the search, wildlife officials caught six alligators in the lake and killed them all. They said in order to know which Alligator took the child, forensics will have to be used. The boy's body was found intact in the lagoon.
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