( CNN ) -- A crocodile has snatched and eaten a five-year-old boy in Australia , state police have confirmed . Jeremy Doble 's remains were discovered in the stomach of a four-meter long reptile following DNA tests , ABC News reported Queensland Police as saying Tuesday . Jeremy vanished from the Daintree River , Queensland while walking with his seven-year-old brother on February 8 , police report . Police say Jeremy disappeared into a mangrove swamp behind the family home after following his dog into flood waters . His brother , Ryan , saw a large crocodile close to where he went missing , local media report , and raised the alarm . `` Dad jumped in after him , but it was too late , '' resident Col Patterson told The Courier Mail . `` His older brother saw it all and will , no doubt , be haunted by that image . '' A statement on the Queensland Police Web site Tuesday said : `` Police have been advised that the remains found in a crocodile that was caught in the Daintree are that of a missing five-year-old boy . '' Jeremy 's family have requested that the animal is not harmed , media report . `` I 've been advised that the child 's family that they do not want any adverse action against crocodiles in the Daintree , '' The Courier Mail reported acting police inspector Jason Smith as saying last week . The Daintree region , in the far north-eastern tip of Australia , is popular with eco-tourists .
14 - year - old Jeremy Doble was snatched from close to home in Western Australia . Dead ##man 's family request that the animal is not missing , media reported . Daintree region , in the north - eastern tip of Australia , is popular with nature - lovers .