OXFORD, Fla. --

A man woke up Wednesday morning and found his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter being strangled by his 8.5-foot pet albino Burmese python, according to Sumter County sheriff's officials.

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The fatal incident occurred at about 10 a.m. at a residence in the 1500 block of county Road 466 in Oxford, which is located about 60 miles northwest of Orlando.

Investigators said there were several bite marks on the toddler.

911 calls from the home were released Wednesday afternoon. The caller told the dispatcher that a baby is dead.

"Our stupid snake got out in the middle of the night and strangled the baby," the caller said.

The snake apparently escaped from its cage overnight and strangled Shaunnia Hare, Sumter County sheriff's deputies said.

Charles Darnell, who owns the snake, woke up and found the snake's enclosure empty. He went in the girl's room and found the snake wrapped around the girl's neck. He stabbed the animal and pulled the girl away before calling 911, deputies said.

Emergency workers could not revive the girl. The medical examiner was called to the Sumter County house, and an investigation into the death is ongoing.

Darnell told deputies this was not the first time the python escaped from its terrarium. He said it had happened as recently as earlier Wednesday morning.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission removed the snake from the home Wednesday evening.

A 6-foot boa constrictor is also inside the house, but it did not escape from the terrarium.

Shaunnia's mother, Jaren Hare, was also inside the home at the time of the incident, deputies said.

Detectives are questioning Hare and Darnell at the sheriff's office.

Darnell did not have a permit to keep the snake as a pet. According to snake expert Scott Hardin of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Burmese python owners must have a license to keep the snake as a pet. The license costs $100 a year and mandates specific caging requirements.

"Law enforcement with the assistance of the FWC is going to investigate this case further to see if there is any kind of game violations or any other misconduct," Bobby Caruthers of the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said.