NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office said in court Monday (Sept. 15) that the mother of Bryan Vasquez and his newborn sibling each tested positive for cocaine in July.
Magistrate Commissioner Jonathan Friedman ordered Hilda Vasquez held without bond Monday, exactly one week after Friedman also ordered she stay away from her three living children.
Prosecutors argued she’s a danger to the community, especially after it was determined she and her newborn baby tested positive for cocaine at a hospital in July.
Police arrested Vasquez on counts of negligent homicide and second-degree cruelty to juveniles after searchers found her 12-year-old son Bryan Vasquez dead in a New Orleans East lagoon last month. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s office determined the boy was attacked and drowned by an alligator after wandering out of his home unsupervised…