Overview

• Hilda Vasquez, 34, faces negligent homicide and second-degree cruelty to juveniles and remains in custody, according to police and court records.
• The coroner determined Bryan Vasquez died from blunt force trauma consistent with an alligator attack and drowning after his body was recovered Aug. 26 from a New Orleans East lagoon.
• Police cite a yearslong record of neglect and abuse, including a 2013 case that left Bryan with a skull fracture, broken legs and a collapsed lung before DCFS later returned him to the home.
• Investigators say the nonverbal 12-year-old left home Aug. 14; United Cajun Navy volunteers using a thermal drone located his remains; NOPD seized phones and opened an internal probe into a roughly five-hour response delay.
• Wildlife agents reported a trapped alligator in Lacombe containing apparent human remains, with DNA testing underway to determine whether they belong to Bryan.