The unnamed 69-year-old woman was found dead in Spanish Wells, Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
She was found on the edge of a lake bordering a golf course, and the crocodile appeared to have kept close to the woman, hampering rescue efforts, according to the police office.
The crocodile was removed from the scene of the attack, and the woman’s body was recovered and taken to a hospital for autopsy.
This is the second fatal attack by a crocodile in the province after an incident over the past year, according to the police chief.
An 88-year-old Sun City woman was attacked by a crocodile in a lake near her home in August 2022.
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