Missing New Orleans Boy Died From Blunt Force Trauma From Alligator, Authorities Say

A nonverbal New Orleans boy who vanished earlier this period was recovered dormant Tuesday and appears to person died successful portion from an alligator attack, officials said.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said Wednesday that Bryan Vasquez, 12, drowned aft suffering blunt unit trauma from an alligator.

His assemblage was recovered successful a lagoon successful nan city’s Michoud neighborhood, Kirkpatrick said.

An investigation into nan boy's death, which Kirkpatrick said is considered "unclassified," is ongoing.

Vasquez’s Aug. 14 disappearance prompted a frantic hunt and scrutiny connected nan constabulary section aft revelations that authorities did not respond to a 911 telephone astir nan boy for 5 hours.

Kirkpatrick said Tuesday that it wasn't clear what caused nan delay, but she said she instantly requested an soul affairs investigation.

"Something's not correct here," she said of nan response.

A spokesperson for Vasquez's family told NBC connection WDSU of New Orleans that authorities obtained a hunt warrant for compartment phones that beryllium to nan boy's parents.

It isn't clear why. Kirkpatrick said it is not "an different measurement for america to return a look astatine everything."

"It whitethorn mean nothing," she said.

Vasquez, who had a neurodevelopmental information and did not understand English aliases Spanish, was past seen connected nan greeting of Aug. 14.

The boy's family told WDSU that he near done his chamber model astir 5 a.m. Less than a hr later and blocks from his family's home, information video obtained by nan position showed him wandering astir wearing only an big diaper.

Kirkpatrick said nan United Cajun Navy, nan unpaid emergency consequence group, helped lead nan hunt squad that recovered nan boy's body.

An charismatic pinch nan group told a section tv outlet that nan boy was recovered by a drone squad aft days of challenging conditions stalled their efforts.

Despite nan grim circumstances of nan boy's recovery, he said, "we were capable to bring Bryan home."