An alligator that killed a woman jogger in Broward County, Fla., likely stalked her on land before the attack, according to a Local 6 News report Friday.

The Broward County medical examiner said the alligator attacked Yovy Suarez Jimenez, 28, of Davie, on land and then dragged her dismembered body into a nearby lake.

Her body was found by construction workers after she didn't return from a jog the previous night.

"It is my professional opinion that the alligator attacked the woman while she was on land," said Dr. Joshua Perper, Broward County's medical examiner. "She died of traumatic injuries sustained by an alligator attack, a mixture of blood loss and shock, and in my opinion died very fast."

Perper ruled out drowning because little water was found in her stomach and lungs, according to on story on The Miami Herald's Web site.

Earlier, Officer Jorge Pino, spokesman for the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, said the department had witnesses who had seen a woman matching Jimenez's description dangling her feet over the water's edge, but no one saw an attack, Pino said.

Trappers will try to catch and kill the animal, believed to be eight to 10-feet long, and the contents of its stomach will be examined, Pino said.

Perper said the alligator appeared to have crawled on to land and killed Jimenez and then dragged her body into the water.

He said alligators generally pull their prey into the water.

"When they are hungry they can be very very aggressive and attack for food purposes," he said.

There have been 25 fatal alligator attacks in Florida since 1948, according to the wildlife commission.

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