Toddler found alone at Mattapan playground; parents found, but boy remains in state care

Toddler found in Mattapan

Found tollder. Photo by Boston Police.

WCVB reports police on Sunday identified the parents of a toddler found alone in a Mattapan playground Saturday evening but that that state child-welfare investigators are now looking at what happened and are keeping the boy in their care.

The Boston Police Department said Adriel, a boy believed to be two or three who was found alone, on a red tricycle at Ryan Playground, 310 River St. in Mattapan around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.

As of early Sunday afternoon, nobody had reported a missing toddler.

Police and Boston EMTs who responded gave him over to DCF for care.


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