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.
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The boy’s mother, Hilda Vasquez, had told The New Orleans Advocate/The Times-Picayune that her son would often sneak away from their home to head to a playground nearby. However, they’d recently moved to a new house.
Neighbors and friends of the Vasquez family searched Village De L’East in New Orleans, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, for Bryan Vasquez, 12, who has been missing since Thursday. (John McCusker/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)Bryan’s disappearance prompted a massive search that included multiple agencies, volunteers, airboats and bloodhounds.
As local and state crews combed the area, criticism mounted over the New Orleans Police Department’s delayed response. Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said that there was a nearly five-hour gap between when the boy was reported missing and an officer arriving at the scene.
Kirkpatrick said the police department has launched an internal investigation into the lapse.
Friends, neighbors, and volunteers gather near here 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez was found dead in a canal, back center, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in New Orleans East. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) Friends and neighbors console each other as they gather near where 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez was found dead in a canal, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in New Orleans East. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) Friends, neighbors, and volunteers gather to pray and console each other near where 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez was found dead in a canal, left, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in New Orleans East. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) Show Caption1 of 3Friends, neighbors, and volunteers gather near here 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez was found dead in a canal, back center, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in New Orleans East. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) ExpandA coroner’s autopsy determined that Bryan drowned after he sustained trauma from an alligator, Kirkpatrick said at a news conference on Wednesday. The boy was found about 200 yards from where the search had started. Kirkpatrick said it is possible his body resurfaced after he died, which is common in drowning deaths.
“Bryan was a bright, charismatic, and energetic young boy whose joy and spirit touched the lives of his family, friends and community,” city officials said in a press release.
Kirkpatrick said she has asked the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to remove “nuisance” alligators from the area where Bryan was found.
According to the wildlife agency, hunters capture and remove more than 1,000 nuisance alligators every year in an effort to minimize encounters between the alligators and humans. Louisiana is home to the largest alligator population in the country.
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