A sad end to a search for a 12-year-old New Orleans boy. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says searchers found Bryan Vasquez dead in a lagoon near his home.
“It was actually the Cajun Navy that found what we believed to be Bryan, through a drone, about 200 yards out into the marsh,” Kirkpatrick said.
Vasquez was a nonverbal autistic boy who disappeared from his home August 14th when he climbed out of a bedroom window. Kirkpatrick says the investigation is now a death investigation, and it is in the early stages. She says foul play has not been ruled out.
“We look at everything associated with this, from whether or not it’s a simple missing juvenile, too. We always look at all angles, and that includes foul play,” Kirkpatrick explained.
There was a five-hour delay from the time Vasquez was reported missing to the time New Orleans Police first responded. Kirkpatrick says that’s also being thoroughly investigated.
“We immediately opened up an internal investigation, which is a formal investigation on ourselves, for that time delay,” Kirkpatrick noted.
