VIDEO FOOTAGE: Crocodile Beheads and Eats 8-Year-Old Kid, Julio Otero Fernández, Right in Front of His Mom and Dad in Costa Rica

 An 8-year-old boy was attacked and mauled to death by a massive crocodile in front of his horrified family while playing in a river near his home in Costa Rica.

The young victim, Julio Otero Fernández, was decapitated by the reptile, before being dragged to the depths of Matina River in the city of Limón on Oct. 30, never to be seen alive again.

Then on Saturday, nearly a month after the child’s gruesome death, an unidentified hunter reportedly shot and killed a crocodile in the area. When the locals cut open the beast’s stomach, they discovered inside strands of hair and bone fragments believed to belong to Julio. The 8-year-old was killed while spending time with his parents, four siblings and other relatives during a fishing trip.

At around 2 p.m. on Oct. 30, Julio was standing in knee-deep water in the river when the large crocodile lunged at him. Rip prayers go out to his family