Parents Matthew and Melissa Graves said they are “devastated” by Lane’s death.
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Demings said the boy’s family is from Nebraska and they were on vacation with their three children.
Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said, “It was a tough message to deliver to them, to let them know that at this point, their child is dead”.
Disney spokeswoman Jacquee Wahler said on Thursday that resort beaches would be off-limits to guests until further notice.
Meanwhile, a senior source at Disney told CNN that alligator warning signs will be installed near all the waterways at Walt Disney World resorts “as soon as possible”.
Police said that Graves was less than half a metre in the Seven Seas Lagoon, which has no-swimming signs, when the alligator emerged.
A post-mortem examination was carried out on Lane’s body on Thursday, which was found intact underwater.
In this March 24, 2014 photo, alligators lie on grass near fresh water at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, in Gainesville, Fla. he death of a Nebraska tot killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World raises questions in a state…
Authorities search for the body of a missing two-year-old boy the beach near the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA, June 15, 2016.
Lane’s parents watched Tuesday night as the alligator grabbed their son in the shallows of the lake and dragged him deeper into the water, officials said.
Graves died from drowning and traumatic injuries, the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
State wildlife officials say Disney has an active alligator monitoring program and an open permit to trap alligators on its properties that are deemed to be a nuisance.
Disney is conducting a “thorough review” of all its processes and protocols, Wahler added, which includes the number, placement and wording of its signage.
“There is a good chance we already have the alligators because we focused our efforts on that proximity”, he said.
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He was just steps away when a bull gator more than 10 feet long surged toward Erin Lynn Glover as she splashed through ankle-deep water in Englewood, Florida, at the edge of the Everglades.
