NEW ORLEANS —

WDSU Investigates has uncovered court documents detailing a troubling past for Hilda Vasquez, 34, the mother of Bryan Vasquez, a 12-year-old nonverbal boy with autism whose body was recovered this week from a lagoon near the area where he went missing two weeks ago.

Court records reveal that Hilda Vasquez, previously convicted of child abuse, regained custody of her son despite documentation of severe injuries he sustained in 2013. Advertisement

In November 2013, a 3-month-old boy was rushed to the hospital after an incident in which he began vomiting blood and stopped breathing, according to court records. The infant was diagnosed with a pneumothorax (collapsed lung), retinal hemorrhages, fractured ankles, fractured legs, and a fractured skull. Further evaluation reveale

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