Avonte Oquendo 's mother was hopeful until the very end , her lawyer says . He says he would be alive if not for ` ` series of errors '' at school he 'd had . An arm , legs , underwear , dark jeans and size 5½ Air Jordan sneakers turned up on the Queens side of the East River . The video shows the autistic teen leaving a New York City school on September 4 . Several of his body parts , some clothes were found last week in the Hudson River .
Avonte Oquendo 's mother was hopeful until the very end , her lawyer says . He says he would be alive if not for ` ` series of errors '' at school he 'd had . The video shows the autistic teen leaving a New York City school on September 4 . Several of his body parts , some clothes were found last week in the Hudson River .