it happened:
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20090701_ap_officialsescapedpetpythonstrangledflachild.html
above. just heard in local news.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/7/1/491284.html?title=Florida%20child%20strangled%20by%20Python%20&cid=rss