Guardian of 2-year-old boy found wandering alone in San Jose located

ByChris Nguyen and Matt Keller KGO logo
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Guardian of 2-year-old boy found wandering alone in San Jose located
San Jose police said the guardian of a toddler found wandering alone outside The Woods Apartments complex early this morning has been located.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- San Jose police said the guardian of a toddler found wandering alone outside an apartment complex early Wednesday morning has been located.

The child was found outside The Woods Apartments complex, off Snell Avenue. The apartment complex is a large building, with more than 1,800 units.

Police said the child had no adult supervision and was only wearing a diaper.

A woman called security about something small she found at around 3 a.m. "I saw a baby and she was like, I just found him over here," security guard Mohammed Shaheed said. "He was really dirty, and muddy."

San Jose police said the guardian of a 2-year-old boy found wandering alone in a diaper outside an apartment complex early Wednesday morning has been found.

Shaheed said he and the woman checked nearby apartment doors to see if they were open in an effort to find the child's parents.

Paramedics soon arrived and took care of the 2-year-old boy. "He wasn't worried about anything, but he was calling for his mom and dad that was the only thing he was saying in Spanish, that's it," Shaheed said.

Police said the boy was checked out at the hospital and turned over to the Department of Family and Child Services.

Police are interviewing the guardian to see what the next steps will be.