Police search for parents of toddler found wandering alone

POLICE in California are searching for the parents of a two-year-old boy found wandering alone.

Mateo is learning to talk and cannot explain where he lives. There have been repeated media appeals and a poster campaign, but no one seems to know who his family is.

In Spanish, he has been able to tell police what his name is, and that he has two brothers at home, and a pet dog. He was found a week ago wandering alone, long after his bedtime. He is well dressed and well fed.