India, Aug. 20 -- A search is underway for a missing boy, 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez, who has not been seen since Thursday, August 14, in New Orleans East. Vasquez went missing from his family's New Orleans East home, following which searches are being conducted using boats, divers, and thermal drones.

Vasquez is autistic and non-verbal, and vanished after he slipped out of a bedroom window. He does not have his seizure medication with him, WAFB reported.

Vasquez was reported missing to the New Orleans Police Department at 10 am on Thursday. He suffers from a neurodevelopmental condition, is nonverbal and does not understand English or Spanish, fox8live reported.

Vasquez has been described as Hispanic. He has brown eyes and black hair, ...