A missing 12-year-old boy with autism likely died following an alligator attack, police said Wednesday. A nearly two-week-long search resulted in his body being found in a New Orleans canal this week.

Bryan Vasquez was first reported missing on the morning of Aug. 14, after he reportedly escaped through a bedroom window on the East side of the city, the New Orleans Police Department said. Vasquez, who is nonverbal, was seen on doorbell camera footage, wearing only a diaper and walking down the street alone, around 5:20 a.m. local time that morning. His body was found on Tuesday, located by a drone.

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 rece

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