--- description: The Orange County Sherrif's Office has released an image of the 2-year-old taken by an alligator at Walt Disney World in Orlando title: Photo Released of Boy Killed by Alligator at Disney World image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae0eaacd7d8938d0/69889811ab6d777fa66aa18e/alligator1.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Florida](/tag/florida/) ## Florida Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Authorities Have Released a Photo of the Toddler Killed by an Alligator at Disney by [Amanda Calvo](/author/amanda-calvo/) ## Amanda Calvo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2016 3:38 AM CUT  Lane Graves Lane GravesOrlando County Sheriff's Office by [Amanda Calvo](/author/amanda-calvo/) ## Amanda Calvo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2016 3:38 AM CUT The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has [released an image](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20981907%5F21013005,00.html "undefined") of the 2-year-old toddler who was tragically snatched from his family by an alligator on Tuesday night at the Walt Disney World resort in Orlando. _People_ reports that the child has been identified as Lane Graves of Elkhorn, Neb. His body was recovered intact after an intensive 16-hour search by air and water led by a police dive team Wednesday. “Autopsy has to confirm, but there’s likely no question in my mind that the child was drowned by the alligator,” said Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings according to _People_. The child’s body was found not far from where he was playing in a foot of water at the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, where he had been holidaying with his mother, father and 4-year-old sister. “Of course, the family was distraught, but also somewhat relieved that we were able to find their son with his body intact and that his body was located so they can come to grips with what happened,” said Demings. The search for the deadly alligator is currently under way, _People_ says, with the executive director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Nick Wiley, pledging, “We’re going to do everything to make sure we have taken that alligator out.” \[[_People_](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20981907%5F21013005,00.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4371051/photo-toddler-alligator-walt-disney-world-lane-graves/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4371051/photo-toddler-alligator-walt-disney-world-lane-graves/"},"headline":"Authorities Have Released a Photo of the Toddler Killed by an Alligator at Disney","datePublished":"2016-06-16T03:38:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:38:24.239Z","description":"The child’s body was found not far from where he was playing in a foot of water","url":"https://time.com/4371051/photo-toddler-alligator-walt-disney-world-lane-graves/","keywords":["Florida","Death","Accident","Disney World","Toddler","nebraska","Orlando","killed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae0eaacd7d8938d0/69889811ab6d777fa66aa18e/alligator1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda Calvo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae0eaacd7d8938d0/69889811ab6d777fa66aa18e/alligator1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Toddler who was snatched by alligator in Orlando on Tuesday June 14, 2016.","caption":"Lane Graves","creditText":"Orlando County Sheriff's Office","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/florida/","name":"Florida"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4371051/photo-toddler-alligator-walt-disney-world-lane-graves/","name":"Authorities Have Released a Photo of the Toddler Killed by an Alligator at Disney"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Alligator That Attacked Toddler Has Been Killed, Florida Officials Say","description":"Officials are \"confident\" they captured the alligator that attacked Lane Graves.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FSP6nixB/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-06-15T15:49:55.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FSP6nixB.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4371051/photo-toddler-alligator-walt-disney-world-lane-graves/","duration":"PT37S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4371051/photo-toddler-alligator-walt-disney-world-lane-graves/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```