Officials identify remains of missing NYC teen

January 21, 2014 at 8:36p.m.

NEW YORK (AP) — Human remains found along the East River last week are the body of an autistic teen who vanished more than three months ago after walking out of his school in the middle of the day, the city’s medical examiner confirmed today. The announcement, widely expected for days, devastated the family of Avonte Oquendo, who was 14 and had a form of autism that made it impossible for him to speak.