Mother arrested after 12-year-old son was killed in alligator attack in New Orleans

Daily Mail UK ^ | September 8, 2025 | Elliot Force

[Morgana]

"Reptiles are abhorrent because of their cold body, pale color, cartilaginous skeleton, filthy skin, fierce aspect, calculating eye, offensive smell, harsh voice, squalid habitation, and terrible venom; wherefore their Creator has not exerted his powers to make many of them." — Linnaeus, 1797

[kiryandil]

Jamie Raskin...

[Brooklyn Attitude]

He was killed by an alligator but not eaten?

[Mogger]

Why would she be arrested?

She has to sleep sometime.

[Theophilus]

It’s not like she fed him to the gatpr. Seems like NOPD may be “stuck on stupid.”

[panzerkamphwageneinz]

Sing a parent is exhausting
This poor woman must be mentally distraught
Prayers being sent right now…

[ncalburt]

Gators like alot of animals will kill you and save you as a snack later .

[tired&retired]

Vasquez was previously convicted of abusing Bryan when he was 3 months old, causing a skull fracture, broken legs and a collapsed lung, according to Gernon. The infant was removed from the home, then the Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services at some point returned him, he said.

[skr]

Just aaargh! Why return a child to a dangerous person?

[UnwashedPeasant]

It looks like normal mother behavior in this case. Certainly not at fault. The mother has suffered enough and should not be harmed.

[montag813]

Did she conspire with the alligator? Ridiculous overcharging. Let the poor woman grieve.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Gators like alot of animals will kill you and save you as a snack later .

Yes, but gators usually are going to stuff you under an underwater ledge or sunken tree, not laying on a bank where another gator or predator can get it.

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

Hilda said she then woke up at 7am to take her other, six-year-old son to school, leaving Bryan and her 11-year-old daughter home alone.

Her daughter doesn't go to school?

Prayer to the family. I don't know how single parents can do it. Hard enough to be a married dad...

[TangoLimaSierra]

Check here

[mewzilla]

Or there’s more to this story...

[Drew68]

It looks like normal mother behavior in this case. Certainly not at fault. The mother has suffered enough and should not be harmed.

The kid clearly has level III autism and escape issues (the medical term is elopement risk). Probably non-verbal as well.

Raising these children is a tremendous challenge. Few tend to not make it past their 30s, mostly because they get themselves killed in accidents.

[Valpal1]

They like their prey to ripen a bit, so they stash it underwater for a few days.

[montag813]

Yikes! I spoke way too soon.

[Theophilus]

The NOPD?

...or the gators?

[Theophilus]

Convict her of abuse? then send him back??? - that does not compute.