Overview
- Seven-year-old Nyla May Bradshaw, reported missing in Skellow at 9:50 a.m. Monday, was found in a pond at Owston Hall golf course and could not be saved.
- South Yorkshire Police said Thursday that initial inquiries found no suspicious circumstances and that they are now acting for the coroner and liaising with the City of Doncaster Council and Ofsted.
- The girl was named on a GoFundMe page, with parents and a local autism charity posting tributes, and community donations have passed £16,000 toward funeral costs.
- Friends and fundraiser posts say she was not in her parents’ care that morning and that a newly recommended childminder had just met her, a claim police have not confirmed.
- The charity says Nyla had complex needs and required constant one-to-one supervision, highlighting wider gaps in specialist holiday care for autistic children.