Overview
- South Yorkshire Police arrested a woman in her 30s on Friday on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter and child neglect, then bailed her pending further inquiries.
- Nyla May Bradshaw, 7, who was autistic and non-verbal, was reported missing at 9:50am on March 30 from the Skellow area while in a childminder’s care.
- Officers used drones and a police aircraft in an extensive search that found the child unresponsive in a pond on the Owston Hall golf course, and she was later pronounced dead at hospital.
- Police said initial checks suggested no suspicious circumstances, but further work led to the arrest and a warning to the public not to speculate online to protect any future court case.
- An autism charity in Doncaster said the case raises concerns about care for disabled children outside school, and a memorial fundraiser for the family has raised more than £20,000.