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Hilda Vasquez, the mother of the 12-year-old boy who went missing from his home in New Orleans and was killed by an alligator, has been charged with negligent homicide.

Police said her son, who was nonverbal, suffered repeated abuse at the hands of his mother.

The mother of a 12-year-old nonverbal boy who was killed by an alligator after escaping his bedroom window in New Orleans has been arrested for what police described as a pattern of abuse, reports say.

According to Nola.com , Hilda Vasquez, the mother of Bryan Vasquez, was arrested Sunday and booked into jail on charges of second-degree cruelty to juveniles and negligent homicide.

The backstory:

Bryan Vasquez, who is nonverbal, was first reported missing the morning of Aug. 14 after reportedly escaping through hi

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