The state shut down a Federal Way daycare on Friday after neighbors found an abandoned toddler wandering the streets on July 22.
Police responded at 6 p.m. to a report of a toddler found crying and roaming the neighborhood. A neighbor, who found the toddler an hour prior to police arrival, recognized the boy from the nearby Kinder-Start daycare located at 2652 SW 332nd St., according to the police report.
Ten minutes after the boy was found, a childcare provider from Kinder-Start arrived to pick up the child in a van with “Kinder” written on the side. The child and the childcare provider left before police arrived on the scene.
While the neighbor released the child to the childcare provider, they told police they wanted the parents of the child informed about what happened. Police attempted to contact the childcare provider at Kinder-Start multiple times between July 22 and 23, but were unable able to get in contact with them.
The van was not seen at the residence on either day when police attempted to contact the childcare provider.
