The Melbourne Age has a better headline... "Cops get wrong croc"
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/cops-get-wrong-croc/2005/08/18/1123958152399.html
news.com.au is running a similar line....
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16301062-1248,00.html
(and because the Age sometimes wants you to log in...)
Cops get wrong croc
August 18, 2005 - 8:06AM
A post mortem examination on a crocodile believed to have killed a Queensland fisherman has found it was not responsible for the attack.
Townsville man Barry Jeffries, 60, was fishing with his wife Glenda when he was dragged from his canoe by a crocodile at Cape York's Lakefield National Park late Tuesday.
Authorities yesterday shot a 400kg croc suspected of the attack.
However, a police spokeswoman said a post mortem examination carried out on the reptile last night failed to find any trace of human remains.
She said authorities had continued to search the far north Queensland waterhole to try to locate other crocodiles which may be responsible for the attack.
The search for Mr Jeffries' remains will resume this morning, she said.
Mrs Jeffries was thrown into the water when the canoe overturned but managed to swim to safety before raising the alarm.
The couple's children Kerry and Troy, in their 20s, have driven to Cape York to be with their mother.
