BSO deputies locate mother of child left at West Park daycare

(Mackey, Ryan, BSO)

WEST PARK, Fla. – Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies have located the mother of a young girl who they said was left at a daycare in West Park on Thursday morning.

Deputies responded to a call at Panda Little Academy, located at 3900 S.W. 40th Ave., after the girl, possibly named Malaya and estimated to be around two or three years old, was dropped off.

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5 p.m. report:

Authorities reported that a man driving a dark-colored vehicle left the child at the facility and then departed.

They later confirmed that the girl’s parents were located but did not disclose any more details about why she was left at a daycare that she was not enrolled in.

No other information about the incident has been released at this time.


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Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born in Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida since 1994.

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Cody Weddle joined Local 10 News as a full-time reporter in South Florida in August of 2022. Before that, Cody worked regularly with Local 10 since January of 2017 as a foreign correspondent in Venezuela and Colombia.

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