Monroe Daycare Under Investigation After 2-Year-Old Found Wandering Nearby

Monroe Township, NJ - A developmentally disabled 2-year old girl wandered away from a daycare facility in Monroe Township on Wednesday, and the childcare facility is now under investigation by the state, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey announced Friday afternoon.

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10, a 2-year-old developmentally disabled girl wandered away from a state-licensed daycare facility on Prospect Plains Road in Monroe Township, Monroe Township Police Chief Michael E. Lloyd said. He did not reveal the name of the daycare center.

A Good Samaritan saw the child walking by herself on the shoulder of Applegarth Road. That person safely removed the child from the busy road, and called the Monroe Police Department. It was determined that the child was under the supervision of the daycare when she walked off. The daycare facility did not notify police that the child had gone missing, Lloyd said.

The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s office is conducting the investigation, in conjunction with the Monroe Police Department and the Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit of the New Jersey Department of Children & Families.

No charges have been filed.

The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Kenneth Saunders of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745- 4280, or Detective Ronald Breuer of the Monroe Police Department at (732) 521-0222.

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