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Winter Garden alligator attack victim's cause of death released
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Key Points:
- Steven Hamilton, a 71-year-old man from Winter Garden, died after an alligator attack near Lake Apopka while fishing on the shoreline of a retention pond.
- The Medical Examiner's Office ruled his cause of death as blunt force injury to the left leg and drowning, classifying the death as an accident.
- Firefighters recovered Hamilton's body from the water following the attack, and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC) trappers subsequently killed and removed a nearly 12-foot alligator from the scene.
- The Winter Garden Police Department is conducting a joint investigation with FWC into the alligator attack.
