Human remains in alligator's mouth believed to be connected to man's slaying
On Wednesday, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist was in the ‘Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area’ in Martin County, Florida and spotted what she believed was a human arm in an alligator’s mouth. The discovery prompted the FWC to reach out to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement investigators are still searching for other body parts. A shallow grave with human remains was found Friday in the same Florida nature preserve where a severed arm and part of a leg were located earlier this week, Martin County Sheriff’s Office said.
Using helicopters, a dive team and cadaver dogs, investigators searched the thick brush for more remains. In a Facebook post Friday, the sheriff’s office said the arm was found Wednesday “near a large alligator that was guarding the body part.” On Thursday, part of a leg was found about a mile and a half away.
On Friday, the sheriff’s office said the medical examiner’s office identified the remains found earlier in the week by using a fingerprint from the hand. The sheriff’s office identified the man as 43-year-old Dustin Davis Mills of St. Lucie County.
Not a lot is known about where Mills had been recently. Snyder said he did not have a permanent address, and he moved around a lot. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said Mills was released from jail in February 2020, after serving about two years for battery on a law enforcement officer. According to the sheriff’s office, Mills had been in prison for manufacturing, sale and delivery of marijuana, trafficking in illegal substances and resisting arrest with violence.
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