ORLANDO, Fla. – A new warning sign was posted in Polk County after a woman was recently attacked and killed by an alligator.

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

A family in Fort Myers had an unexpected visitor when a large alligator appeared on their porch Friday morning. The Lee ...

The gator thrashed, throwing the woman from the boat, FWC said. The woman landed on top of the gator in the water and was bitten. Her husband tried to help but was unsuccessful, FWC said. The two may ...

A woman’s body has been recovered from Florida’s Lake Kissimmee after reports of “an alligator attack” on a canoeist, investigators say. It happened just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, near the mouth of ...

Cynthia Diekema, 61, was killed after the canoe she was riding in with her husband drifted over a large alligator, Florida ...

An alligator attacked and killed a woman who was canoeing with her husband on a central Florida lake Tuesday afternoon after ...

FWC said the alligator attack occurred on Lake Kissimmee near Tiger Creek. A similar, though non-lethal attack happened in ...

An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, investigators said.

The most recent fatal alligator attack was in February 2023 when 85-year-old Gloria Serge was killed while walking her dog along a community pond in Fort Pierce, officials said. Earlier that year, a ...

An alligator killed a 61-year-old woman who was canoeing Tuesday in Lake Kissimmee, according to the Florida Fish and ...

A 61-year-old woman died after being attacked by an alligator on Tuesday while she was on Lake Kissimmee with her husband, ...