According to WISN, Milwaukee police were asking for the public's help on Sunday after two children were found wandering alone with no way to identify themselves or say where they lived. A person who found the pair in the 2900 block of North Dr. William Finlayson Street brought them to District 5 around 4:15 p.m., and investigators said neither child could provide a name, an address, or the names of their parents or guardians.
Children Couldn't Identify Themselves or Say Where They Live
According to WISN, the Milwaukee Police Department said it was asking for help identifying the two lost children and locating their parents or guardians. The station reported that attempts to locate the children's family near where they were found had been unsuccessful, leaving officers with little to go on beyond the location where the pair turned up.
Police said neither child could offer basic identifying details. The same report noted that officers had nothing to work with except the spot where the children were discovered and the time they were dropped off at the district station.
Police Ask Public to Call District 5
Anyone with information about the children or their parents or guardians was asked to contact District 5 at 414-935-7252, per the station's report. The appeal for tips came as police worked to piece together who the children were and how they ended up wandering alone in the neighborhood.
A separate WISN report included in the same coverage presents a conflicting account, stating that Milwaukee police later identified two children who were turned in to the District 5 station on a Monday afternoon, and that the boy's mother had left them with someone who did not return to pick them up. That report is not clearly tied to the same timeline as the initial appeal for help identifying the children, and the relationship between the two accounts has not been clarified.
No further details on the children's ages, descriptions, or current status were available, and no outcome regarding their parents or guardians or any related investigation has been reported.
