{
  "id": 14171831,
  "title": "Toddler Found wandering along Road After Allegedly Escaping Municipal Nursery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/toddler-found-wandering-along-road-after-allegedly-escaping-municipal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T09:36:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Leader",
    "slug": "the-leader",
    "url": "https://theleader.info/2026/10/13/toddler-found-wandering-along-road-after-allegedly-escaping-municipal-nursery/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A two-year-old boy was discovered alone on a road after reportedly escaping a municipal nursery, according to a complaint submitted to the Civil Guard by his father. The incident occurred on October 8 at San Isidro's Los Peques nursery. The boy's father stated he dropped his child off at 9am and received a WhatsApp message from the center at 3.35pm requesting a meeting at 4.15pm to discuss the matter. However, no details were provided in the message. Upon arrival, the parents were met by San Isidro's mayor, Manuel Gil Gómez Cases. The father alleged that the mayor did not clarify how the child left the nursery, how long he was missing, or who found him. The parents later spoke with two caregivers who said they noticed the child was missing when they checked his sleeping bed. They then went outside and encountered a woman who had found the boy wandering alone near Ronda de las Palmeras around 3pm. The child was unharmed. The father pointed out discrepancies in the nursery's report, which stated the boy slept from 1.45pm to 3pm, contradicting the neighbor's account of finding him before 3pm. The nursery reportedly has no internal security cameras and only one caregiver and assistant for around 20 children aged from birth to three, with frequent staff changes. The nursery's parents have not received further explanations from the council or the nursery. The council awarded a €16,915 contract on the day of the incident to improve the nursery's outdoor areas without mentioning the child's disappearance in their social media announcement. This case follows previous concerns raised by the People's Party in September 2025 regarding shortcomings in the municipal childcare service.",
  "summary": "A two-year-old boy was found walking alone in the street after leaving San Isidro’s municipal nursery without staff noticing, according to a complaint filed with the Civil Guard by his father. The incident happened on October 8 at Los Peques nursery. The father says he dropped his son off at 9am and received a WhatsApp […] The post Toddler Found wandering along Road After Allegedly Escaping…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}