Avonte Oquendo Dead: DNA Tests Confirm Body Parts Were Missing Teen

Avonte Oquendo Dead: DNA Tests Confirm Body Parts Were Missing Teen
In this Oct. 21, 2013 file photo, a missing poster asking for help in finding Avonte Oquendo is displayed at a subway station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Oquendo, 14, who is autistic, was last seen on Oct. 4 walking out of his Queens school. AP Photo/Barbara Woike
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Avonte Oquendo is dead; the body parts found in Queens late last week were from the missing autistic teen.

DNA tests came in on Tuesday confirming the remains were Oquendo, reported NBC.

The teen went missing in October after walking out of his school.

Story developing; check back for updates

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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