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Officials have revealed a preliminary cause of death for a 12-year-old Louisiana boy Bryan Vasquez

Bryan went missing from his home on Aug. 14 and authorities found his body 12 days later

His death remains under investigation

Officials have revealed the cause of death for a 12-year-old boy who disappeared from his New Orleans home earlier this month and was found in a lagoon over a week later.

Bryan Vasquez's preliminary cause of death has been determined to be blunt force trauma from an alligator and drowning, a spokesperson for the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office tells PEOPLE via email on Wednesday, Aug. 27.

Speaking at a press conference, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said that it's believed that Bryan was attacked by an alligator and

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