St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies with the Special Operation Division, along with U. S. and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents, captured a 12-foot-long alligator, weighing 504 pounds in the area of Avery Estates.
It was near the location where Timothy Satterlee Sr. went missing on Monday, August 30, 2021, one day after Hurricane Ida hit South Louisiana.
This past weekend U.S. Wildlife agents observed a large alligator in a waterway near where the incident occurred. Deputies and agents, with the assistance of two Louisiana Department of Wildlife licensed nuisance hunters, Phillip Mc Clurke and Eric Dumas, set traps to catch the alligator.
The alligator was caught by one of the traps and brought to a secure sight to be searched.
Once the alligator was searched, it was discovered to have what appears to be human remains inside its stomach.
Investigators will work with the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office to verify those remains belong to Timothy Satterlee.
Sheriff Smith would like to thank the U. S. Fisheries and Wildlife agents, Louisiana Wildlife and Fishery agents, Louisiana Search and Rescue agents with their cadaver scenting K-9, and the licensed nuisance hunters for assisting with the search and ultimate capture of the alligator.
