US EditionMissing New Orleans boy drowned after ‘blunt force trauma’ by an alligator
Bryan Vasquez, a nonverbal autistic boy, died from blunt force trauma and drowning after an alligator attack, prompting an internal police investigation into delayed response times.
- On Aug. 26, the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office confirmed Bryan Vasquez, 12-year-old nonverbal autistic boy, died from blunt force trauma due to an alligator and drowning after United Cajun Navy volunteers recovered his body.
- On Aug. 14, Bryan Vasquez, who was nonverbal and neurodivergent, escaped through his Beaucaire Street home bedroom window around 5 a.m., not understanding English or Spanish.
- After a nearly two-week search, a thermal drone detected a heat signature and United Cajun Navy volunteers found the boy's remains about 200 yards from the search start in marsh/canal near Sevres Street and Michoud lagoon.
- NOPD logs show a nearly five-hour gap in response, and Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said, `We know that we had a five-hour delay`; the department launched an internal investigation, Vasquez's parents were issued a search warrant, and DCFS opened its own inquiry with no arrests made.
- Kirkpatrick asked the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to remove nuisance alligators from the canal where Bryan was found; Louisiana hosts the largest alligator population with over 1,000 nuisance alligators removed annually.
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Bryan Vasquez's search operation extended for almost two weeks, until a drone located the body in a canal near where it disappeared.
Missing 12-year-old boy with autism found killed by alligator in Louisiana after 2 week search
A missing 12-year-old boy with autism, whose body was discovered in a New Orleans canal following a nearly two-week-long search, died from “blunt force due to an alligator” and drowning, police said Wednesday.
Missing 12-year-old boy with autism killed by alligator in New Orleans: police
Bryan Vasquez, who is nonverbal, was first reported missing Aug. 14 after escaping through his bedroom window. Police didn’t respond to the call until five hours after it was reported.
Alligators being removed after New Orleans boy's death
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Alligators are being removed from a body of water after the body of missing Bryan Vasquez, 12, was found. According to the New Orleans Coroner's Office report, he died as a result of blunt force trauma by an alligator and drowning. New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick called for the removal of alligators from the area where Bryan's body was found. "We want the community and the Michoud neighborhood t…
Missing New Orleans Boy Drowned After ‘Blunt Force Trauma’ by Alligator
A missing 12-year-old boy with autism, whose body was discovered in a New Orleans canal following a nearly two-week-long search, died from “blunt force due to an alligator” and drowning, police said Wednesday. Bryan Vasquez was first reported missing on the morning of Aug. 14, after he reportedly escaped through a bedroom window in the East side of the city, the New Orleans Police Department said. The nonverbal boy was seen on doorbell camera fo…
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