According to the filing by The Button Law Firm, no one at BeYOUtiful Beginnings knew when or how the toddler ended up in the middle of Parkwood Hill Boulevard

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The parents of a 2-year-old girl are suing a north Fort Worth daycare center. Felisha and Travae Jones allege staff lost their daughter on a sweltering August day and never noticed she was gone until two good Samaritans found her alone in the middle of Parkwood Hill Boulevard, a busy street near the center.

According to the complaint, filed in Tarrant County, the incident occurred on the morning of Aug. 28, 2025. To get to the road, the toddler was able to leave BeYOUtiful Beginnings unnoticed, cross a parking lot and alleyway, and walk down a grassy incline into traffic. At approximately 10:50 a.m., two men driving in separate vehicles on Parkwood Hill Boulevard spotted the toddler wandering in the multilane roadway that has a speed limit of 35 mph. Both pulled over and carried the toddler to safety. Hot, sweaty, and flushed, the toddler showed signs of heat exhaustion on the near 100-degree day, the complaint states.

One man stayed with the toddler and called the Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD), while the other went to nearby businesses, hoping to find where she belonged, according to the suit. When he reached BeYOUtiful Beginnings, no employee was outside searching for the toddler.

Fort Worth police determined no one at the daycare center knew the child was missing, how she was lost, or how long she had been gone, according to the complaint. The suit states staff admitted to FWPD that safety checks such as headcounts and name-to-face checks were not completed that day. The caregiver responsible for the toddler's class told police she was "overwhelmed" after a second teacher that was supposed to be supervising the class with her, left her alone outside with the toddler class, per the suit. According to the complaint, the daycare's transition procedure–tethering the children to a rope with a Velcro strap–was unsafe. The suit alleges that the daycare knew kids often unlatched themselves from the strap and states the caregiver responsible demonstrated for the police how easy it was for the toddlers to detach themselves from the rope.

An independent investigation into the incident conducted by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Child-Care Licensing Division and Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) resulted multiple citations against BeYOUtiful Beginnings for breaking five childcare safety laws, per the complaint.

"A daycare lost a 2-year-old for so long that she was able to wander through parking lot and alleyway completely unnoticed, go down a grassy hill, and walk into traffic, while nobody inside the daycare even knew she was missing," says Texas daycare injury lawyer Russell Button of The Button Law Firm, the firm representing the Jones family.

"I trusted BeYOUtiful Beginnings with the most precious thing in my life, my 2-year-old daughter," says Felisha Jones, the toddler's mother. "They put her life at risk. I could've lost my child forever."

"It's Daycare 101: Don't lose children. Working parents drop their kids off at daycare to be watched, cared for, and kept safe. BeYOUtiful Beginnings failed this family," says Button.

The case is Felisha Jones and Travae Jones, individually and as parents and next friends of F.J., a minor child vs. BeYOUtiful Beginnings LLC, Cause No. 342-385541-26 in the 342nd District Court in Tarrant County, Texas. A copy of the complaint can be found here.

About The Button Law Firm
The Button Law Firm (buttonlawfirm.com) is a Texas-based personal injury law firm dedicated to protecting children. The firm represents kids in daycare and child injury cases to help families achieve life-changing results and justice against bad daycare centers, schools, and companies that abuse children and neglect their safety. With offices in Dallas, Houston, and Midland, The Button Law Firm stands by families across the Lone Star State, working to hold negligent organizations accountable and make communities safer for every child.

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