Two-year-old leaves San Isidro municipal nursery and is found in the street

A two-year-old boy left the Los Peques Municipal Nursery in San Isidro on Thursday 8 October and was found alone and crying in the road on a nearby street. A local resident took him back to the nursery. The Guardia Civil is investigating how he was able to leave the centre, which cares for children aged between 0 and 3.

The family filed a report on Monday 12 October at the Guardia Civil post in Dolores. According to the family’s account, shared after the incident, the father received a message from the nursery asking him to come in. The parents say they were told on arrival that the boy had gone missing during nap time and that the carers had gone out to look for him.

The local resident found the child shortly before 15:00, according to information gathered about the case. The family has said that the nursery’s report put nap time between 13:45 and 15:00. This difference in timings is among the issues the parents raised in their report; it does not, by itself, establish how long the child was outside.

The parents also said they were told at the nursery that there were no cameras inside. According to their account, the centre was caring for around 20 children at the time, with one carer and an assistant. These details reflect the family’s account and are not findings of the investigation. The Guardia Civil is carrying out initial enquiries to establish the circumstances in which the boy left and how the nursery responded.

The case concerns families using San Isidro’s municipal childcare service and raises questions about supervision and security at the premises. Los Peques nursery is on calle Escuelas, at the corner with calle Ronda de las Parcelas, and cares for children aged 0 to 3.

The council’s information about the centre describes three rooms adapted for different age groups, as well as a multi-purpose room, a kitchen-dining area and a 240-square-metre playground. These facilities place the incident in the context of a public service for young children, although the investigation will need to establish how and when the child left and when his absence was noticed.

The family’s report, filed four days after the incident, prompted the Guardia Civil’s enquiries. The investigation will need to verify the different times and circumstances given by the parents and establish how the boy left the nursery. The information released indicates that the local resident took him back to the nursery after finding him in the street.

Article produced by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, based on public sources.