Police have charged the mother of a 12-year-old boy who officials believe was killed due to an alligator attack after escaping his room.

The charge comes after Bryan's body was found nearly two weeks after he was reported missing, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said at a news conference .

The investigation is still ongoing, and the police department has stated that it will not release further details on the case at this time.

What happened?

Bryan's body was located via drone in a lagoon on Tuesday, Aug. 26, according to USA TODAY's previous reporting.

The Orleans Parish Coroner determined that the cause of death was blunt trauma consistent with an alligator attack and subsequent drowning, according to an email the NOPD Public Affairs Division shared w

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