Coverage dated August 27, 2025

Missing New Orleans boy killed in alligator attack, police say

Headline from CBS News

Bryan Vasquez's disappearance prompted a massive search that included multiple agencies, volunteers, airboats and bloodhounds.

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  1. CBS News

    Missing New Orleans boy killed in alligator attack, police say (opens CBS News)

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    Bryan Vasquez's disappearance prompted a massive search that included multiple agencies, volunteers, airboats and bloodhounds.

  2. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Missing New Orleans boy drowned after 'blunt force trauma' by an alligator (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    According to the wildlife agency, hunters capture and remove more than 1,000 nuisance alligators every year in an effort to minimize encounters between the...

  3. Fox26 Houston

    Missing 12-year-old boy with autism killed by alligator in New Orleans: police (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Bryan Vasquez, who is nonverbal, was first reported missing Aug. 14 after escaping through his bedroom window. Police didn’t respond to the call until five hours after it was reported.

  4. New York Post

    Missing nonverbal New Orleans boy, 12, found dead after apparent alligator attack (opens New York Post)

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    Bryan Vasquez drowned after suffering blunt force trauma during an alligator attack, New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick announced in a press conference on Wednesday.

  5. Fox News

    Missing New Orleans boy, 12, died after alligator attack, drowning: authorities (opens Fox News)

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    Bryan Vasquez, a 12-year-old non-verbal boy missing for two weeks in New Orleans, died from blunt force trauma in an alligator attack and drowning in a lagoon, authorities said.

  6. WSVN Miami

    Missing New Orleans boy drowned after ‘blunt force trauma’ by an alligator - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    Associated Press (AP) — A missing 12-year-old boy with autism, whose body was discovered in a New Orleans canal following a nearly two-week-long search, died

  7. NBC News

    Missing New Orleans boy died from blunt force trauma from alligator, authorities say (opens NBC News)

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    A nonverbal New Orleans boy who disappeared earlier this month was found dead Tuesday and appears to have died in part from an alligator attack, officials said

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