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THIS IS CBS 4 NEWS AT 5PM.
WE'RE HEARING THAT A LADY
DISAPPEARED.
A WOMAN MISSING.
A LAKE WITH AN ALLIGATOR
NEARBY.
A GREAT CONCERN THAT SHE MAY
NOT BE FOUND ALIVE.
TONIGHT INVESTIGATING THE
POSSIBILITY SHE FELL VICTIM TO
AN ALLIGATOR ATTACK.
THIS STEMS FROM A WITNESS
THAT SAW TWO DOGS BEING WALKED
BY WOMAN AND THEN THE DOGS WERE
WITHOUT HER.
ONE OF THE DOGS WERE HURT.
WHAT IS THE LATEST?
Reporter: WE JUST SAW THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER VAN LEAVE
HERE.
IT IS A VERY ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION.
WE CANNOT SAY WHAT HAPPENED TO
THIS WOMAN.
BUT AUTHORITIES CONFIRM A LARGE
SKATER WAS PULLED FROM ONE OF
THE LAKES HERE AND A LARGE ARM
WAS FOUND INSIDE.
AFTER A HORRIFYING EVENT THIS
MORNING.
EDWARD GOMEZ HORRIFIED TO HEAR
AND ALLIGATOR MAY BE BEHIND IN
ALLIGATORS DISAPPEARANCE.
THE GATOR LURKING IN ONE OF THE
LAKES IS WELL KNOWN TO REGULARS
HERE.
WHEN I SAID AT THE PAVILION
THE ONE WHERE THE LAKE IS I
TELL PEOPLE WHEN I SEE THEM
THERE'S A GATOR IN HERE.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE RESPOND LIKE
OKAY THIS IS FLORIDA.
EVERYBODY WALKS THEIR DOGS
OVER THERE.
WE GO THERE ALL THE TIME.
Reporter: POLICE SAY A
VISITOR TOLD THEM HE SAW A
WOMAN WALKING TWO DOGS AND
LATER SAW THE DOGS ALONE.
ONE OF THEM HAD A FRESH
INJURY.
HE COULD NOT FIND THE WOMAN AND
WHEN HE WENT TO THE AREA HE'S
BOTHERED AND ALLIGATORÃSPOTTED
AND ALLIGATOR.
THIS LADY'S POODLE
DISAPPEARED LAST YEAR.
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TWO OR
THREE HOUSES OR -- AND THEY
LOOK AND THEY ARE SWIMMING.
Reporter: SIGNS POSTED
SAYING NO SWIMMING BUT IT IS
NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE KIDS
SPLASHING IN THE LAKE.
THIS IS HAPPENED BEFORE.
MAY BE BACK HERE THERE IS NOT A
FOOD FOR THEM TO EAT.
DOGS AND PEOPLE ARE FAIR GAME.
Reporter: THE LAST DEADLY
ATTACK HAPPENED YEARS AGO WHILE
A WOMAN WAS JOGGING AND
SUNRISE.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON DIVERS COULD
BE SEEN ENTERING THE LAKE.
FISH AND WILDLIFE CONFIRMED
THEY CAPTURED A GATOR AND ARE
EXAMINING IT FOR EXORBITANTÃ
EVIDENCE OF AN ATTACK.
24 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY
GATORS IN FLORIDA OVER THE PAST
70 YEARS.
YOUR CHANCES OF BEING KILLED BY
A GATOR IN FLORIDA ARE ONE IN 1
MILLION.
THERE WAS A MAN WHO SPOTTED A
WOMAN AND THEN DIDN'T SEE HER
ANY LONGER THAT WILLÃALERTED
POLICE.
THEY FOUND HER CAR IN THE PARK
AND REACHED HER HUSBAND.
FOR MORE ON THAT PART OF THE
STORY WE GO TO MY COLLEAGUE.
Reporter: WE ARE LEARNING
MORE ABOUT THE VICTIM.
WE SPOKE TO SOME OF HER FRIENDS
AND WHAT THEY WERE TELLING US
IS SHE IS JAPANESE AND LIVES IN
PLANTATION.
IF YOU LOOK RIGHT BACK THERE.
CREWS ARE BACK THERE.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE THIS
MORNING.
THAT IS WHERE THE SEARCH AREA
HAS BEEN.
HER BROTHER IS OUT THERE ON THE
SCENE AS WELL.
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
Reporter: HE IS FRIENDS WITH
THE WOMAN MISSING AT THE LAKE.
HER BROTHER IS HERE WAITING ON
ANY WORD.
THE FRIEND SAID HE SPOKE TO THE
HUSBAND WHO IS ON A BUSINESS
TRIP IN CHICAGO.
THE HUSBAND GOT AN ALARMING
CALL FROM THE POLICE.
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO MY
WIFE?
AND IT IS BY YOUR HOUSE IN THE
PARK. WE CANNOT FIND HER BUT
FROM THE DOG.
Reporter: SHE WAS OUT JUST
WALKING HER DOGS WHEN SUDDENLY
SHE DISAPPEARED.
OFFICIALS FEAR SHE MAY HAVE
BEEN ATTACKED BY AN ALLIGATOR.
IT IS A PUBLIC PARK.
IT IS POSSIBLE THERE WAS AN
ALLIGATOR.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN IN IT
ALLIGATORÃAND ALLIGATOR
ATTACK.
Reporter: SHE ALSO HAS AN
ADULT CHILD.
SHE IS A HOUSEWIFE.