US EditionNew Orleans Police Arrests Mother of 12-Year-Old Boy Found in Lagoon in New Orleans East
Hilda Vasquez faces charges after a 12-year history of abuse and neglect led to her son's death by alligator attack and drowning, police said.
- Twelve-Year-Old Bryan Vasquez went missing from his residence on Beaucaire Street in the Village De L'Est area of New Orleans East on August 14, 2025, prompting a coordinated search effort involving multiple agencies.
- Bryan, a nonverbal autistic boy with serious medical issues, had a long history of abuse and neglect by his mother, Hilda Vasquez, including multiple reports since 2013.
- The search involved drones, divers, airboats, bloodhounds, and the United Cajun Navy, expanding over several days until Bryan's body was found in a lagoon near his home on August 26.
- The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office concluded that Bryan’s cause of death was drowning accompanied by blunt force injuries that align with an alligator attack, while volunteers used a drone to distract nearby alligators at the scene.
- On September 7, Hilda Vasquez was taken into custody and is facing legal accusations including second-degree cruelty towards a juvenile and negligent homicide, with officials indicating there has been a consistent history of neglect and abuse throughout Bryan’s life.
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The New Orleans Police Department has arrested the mother of a nonverbal 12-year-old boy who was found dead in a lagoon in East New Orleans.
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