The elderly woman killed by alligators after falling into a golf course pond and attracting the predators with her panicked splashing has been identified as Rose Marie Wiegand, 80.

Investigators say that as Wiegand was struggling to stay afloat at Boca Royale Golf and Country Club in Englewood, two alligators were seen swimming toward her. 

They then grabbed her before she could escape. 

Rose was pronounced dead at the scene, and an investigation is now ongoing. 

‘She lives a couple doors down from me and she would bring our trash cans up if we were out of town’, neighbor Kurt Kauffmann told NBC 2.

Trappers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have removed the alligators from the pond.

But Rose’s death is just the latest in a recent string of alligator attacks in the southern United States.

Investigators say as the woman was trying to stay afloat, two alligators (like the one seen here) were seen swimming toward her and grabbing her before she could escape

At the end of May, 47-year-old Sean Thomas McGuinness’ body was found missing three limbs at the lake at the John S Taylor Park in Largo, Florida.

Investigators now believe he had gone into the 53-acre freshwater lake looking for UFOs when he was attacked. The park is home to an 18-hole disc golf course, with five holes adjacent to the lake, according to the Miami Herald.

‘While the medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death it was apparent that McGuinness suffered injuries related to alligators in the lake,’ Largo Police said last month, adding: ‘Detectives believe this occurred in the lake for a long period of time before he was discovered the morning of May 31.’

Authorities noted that park management had reported ‘McGuinness was known to frequent the park and enter the lake with disregard to the posted “No swimming” signs.

‘A witness also advised detectives that McGuinness was known to sell discs back to people within the park, and McGuinness was found within a few feet of a disc in the water.’

Just a few weeks later, on June 24, an 11-foot alligator snatched and killed a victim from a South Carolina pond.

The unknown victim was near the pond when at the Myrtle Beach Golf and Yacht Club that morning, and police spokeswoman Mikayla Moskov said…