The Knuckleheads of the Day award

Today's winners are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roy of St. Petersburg Florida. The Roys are parents to ten children and last weekend they made an outing to a Largo Florida Central Park and a festival that was taking place. When there day was over the Roy family left for home. Accidentally leaving their five-year-old son Jonathan behind!

Fortunately there was a happy ending. Still the Roys were very careless with their own children. For that they earn today's Knucklehead of the Day award.

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LARGO - The Roy family came to the city for a Sunday outing: a visit to Largo Central Park and its Bluegrass Strings and Crafty Things festival.

But the Roys accidentally left someone behind: 5-year-old Jonathan Roy, who was found wandering Largo Central Park looking for them.

Robert Roy told police he saw all 10 of his children heading toward their blue van when they left the park, Largo police Sgt. Ryan Dulski said.

"The dad said he saw them all following him and thought they got in," Dulski said.

But Roy, 53, and his family drove home to St. Petersburg without Jonathan.

About 2:16 p.m., Jonathan was found wandering the park.

Police tried to find his parents but had little to go on.

Jonathan wasn't sure of his parents' names and didn't know his address or phone number.

He did remember that he came to the event in a blue van, but officers had no luck running the license plates of similar vehicles in the parking areas.

Several announcements about the missing boy were issued over the loudspeaker but got no response. Police walked the park with the child for a bit, hoping to find somebody he recognized.

About an hour later, police brought Jonathan to the station.

After the Roys got home, it actually took them a little while to notice he was missing. They were getting ready for another outing when one of the children said Jonathan was seen on the couch after they got home, Dulski said.

But soon Jonathan's parents discovered he was not there at all.

They phoned the Largo Police Department.

"They realized they were short one and immediately called us," Dulski said.

The parents came to the station, and Jonathan was released to them, Dulski said.