NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department arrested the mother of 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez after the missing boy's body was found after 12-day-long search, WWL reports.

Hilda Vasquez was arrested and charged with second-degree cruelty to juveniles and negligent homicide on Sunday.

“There has been a pattern of both negligence and abuse over Bryan’s 12 years, and so we believe we can prove that pattern of negligence and abuse led to a severe injury, undue pain and suffering on his part," NOPD Deputy Supt. Nicholas Gernon said during a news conference Sunday.

WWL added that the nonverbal boy had previously been removed from the home as an infant after sustaining injuries, including a skull fracture, broken legs and a collapsed lung, but was later returned by the Louisiana Department

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