Florida woman’s family sues retirement home after an 11ft-alligator killed her

Gloria Serge, 85, died in February 2023 after the animal sprang from a retention pond and dragged her back into the water

The family of an elderly woman killed by an alligator as she walked her dog near her Florida home is suing the retirement community where she lived for wrongful death.

Gloria Serge, 85, died in February 2023 after the 11ft alligator, known to residents as Henry, sprang from a retention pond at Spanish Lakes Fairways in Fort Pierce and dragged her back into the water.