"It could have happened to anyone." Mom shares photos of son in spot where gator killed

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119. I'll leave this to your deductive thought then

From the news stories I've read.

The father ran and jumped into the water not knowing where the alligator was nor where his boy was. The mother may have jumped in too, but she wasn't injured so she didn't know where the alligator was either, if she did.

The fact that the father had to run to the scene and the alligator was already somewhat gone by the time he got there is substantiated by what witnesses have said about there being an attack and commotion first, then the parent's reaction to run and jump into the water to attempt to rescue their son. The father gallantly but unsuccessfully fought off the alligator. And sadly it sounds as though the boy had drown, but was 15 feet from shore? I think that's what I read. So he might have been able to be resuscitated had he been found. But it was probably too dark to see him under water only a few feet away.

If their 4 y.o was in a playpen on the beach 60 - 90 feet away from the water and their 2 y.o. was wading in the lagoon at 9:16 PM, according to witnesses, alone, the parents weren't with the 2 y.o. And if the father was only able to wrestle with the alligator after the boy was attacked and people took notice of the attack, he was probably more than 30 feet away... I'd gander he and his wife hand chairs next to the playpen and were sitting in those chairs at the time of the attack, unaware of where Lane was. That makes the most sense.

But the Sheriff did also say that charges will not be brought against the Graves' parents at this time, since no laws were broken.

My way of figuring out the timeline and the most probable scenario has me thinking the parents were probably by their 4 y.o. at the time. This is why they had to run to the scene and by the time they got 60 - 90 feet from where they were, they didn't know where the alligator even was, since it was after the initial attack and it was approximately 9:16 PM.

Lane was not very near where his parents were, from what I can gather. I'm sure, simply by the fact that the family has not stated they were with their son at the time, that they weren't even close to where their son was at the time. This information will probably come out once a lawsuit is brought and their recollection of that night is compared to witness statements.