Seven-Year-Old Autistic Girl Drowns in Doncaster Pond

A seven-year-old autistic girl drowned in a pond at a Doncaster golf course after going missing from her home in the nearby Skellow area on Monday morning, March 30. Nyla May Bradshaw was reported missing around 9:50 a.m., prompting an extensive search by emergency services that ended tragically when she was found in the water at Owston Hall Golf Course.

South Yorkshire Police deployed specialist resources, including drones and a police aircraft, to comb the area after the alert. The search focused on the vicinity of Skellow, a residential neighborhood in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Rescuers located Nyla in the pond later that day. Despite immediate efforts by emergency personnel, including paramedics, she was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have sealed off the pond and are investigating the circumstances, asking anyone with information to contact them via the non-emergency line 101, quoting incident number 198 of March 30.

Nyla, who was nonverbal due to her autism, was not in the care of her parents at the time she went missing, according to statements from family friends and a local autism charity. Her mother, Hayley Beardsley, shared a heartfelt tribute on social media,...