The body of a missing 12-year-old nonverbal boy was found Tuesday morning.

According to the New Orleans Police Department, the body of Bryan Vasquez was found by volunteers searching near his home. Advertisement

Vasquez, who had autism, was last seen Thursday, Aug. 14 exiting his bedroom window around 5 a.m.

Just blocks away from his home and less than an hour later, he was spotted on surveillance video only wearing an adult diaper, but there had been no sign of him since.

For nearly two weeks volunteers from different states as well as the Cajun Navy searched a body of water near his home on Beaucaire Street.

Online police records show a five hour delay between the initial call reporting Vasquez missing and when an NOPD officer responded to the call.

According to the NOPD calls for

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