The body of a missing 12-year-old boy with autism was found near a canal, and coroners believe he died following an alligator attack, according to officials.

Bryan Vasquez's body was found in a lagoon on Tuesday, Aug. 26, nearly two weeks after he was reported missing, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said at a news conference .

His body was located with a drone, according to CBS News.

The Orleans Parish Coroner determined that the cause of death was blunt trauma consistent with an alligator attack and subsequent drowning, according to an email the NOPD Public Affairs Division shared with USA TODAY. The case has since transitioned from a missing juvenile investigation to an unclassified death investigation. The NOPD's Homicide Division is leading the inve

See Full Page