FORT WORTH, Texas – BeYOUtiful Beginnings lost a 2-year-old girl entrusted to its care on a near-100-degree August day. No one at the daycare knew she was missing before she was found alone in the middle of Parkwood Hill Boulevard, a high-traffic, multilane road in Fort Worth.
The girl left the daycare unnoticed, crossed a parking lot and alleyway, went down a grassy incline, and reached the roadway. At approximately 10:50 a.m. on Aug. 28, 2025, two men driving in separate vehicles spotted her in the road. Both pulled over and carried her to safety. She was hot, sweaty, and flushed, and showed signs of heat exhaustion.
One man stayed with the girl and called the Fort Worth Police Department. The other searched nearby businesses, trying to find where she belonged. When he reached BeYOUtiful Beginnings, no daycare employee was outside looking for her. Staff confirmed the girl was supposed to be in their care.
Her parents, Felisha and Travae Jones, learned their daughter had been found in the road when a Fort Worth police officer called them. They had dropped her off trusting the daycare to watch her and keep her safe.
“I trusted BeYOUtiful Beginnings with the most precious thing in my life, my 2-year-old daughter,” said Felisha Jones. “They put her life at risk. I could’ve lost my child forever.”
At two years old, the toddler could not understand the danger of being alone on a multilane road with a 35 mph speed limit. If she had not been seen when she was, she could have been seriously injured or killed.
The Button Law Firm has filed a lawsuit against BeYOUtiful Beginnings on behalf of the Jones family, seeking justice and accountability for the physical and emotional harm caused by the daycare losing their daughter.
At The Button Law Firm, we represent kids in daycare and child injury cases to help them get life-changing results and justice against bad daycares, schools, and companies that abuse and neglect the safety of children.
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No One Knew When or How the Fort Worth Daycare Lost Her
Fort Worth police determined that no one at BeYOUtiful Beginnings knew the child was missing, when she had left, how she had gotten out, or how long she had been gone. She had made it across a parking lot and alleyway and into the middle of a high-traffic road before anyone responsible for her care knew she was gone.
Staff told police that proper headcounts and name-to-face checks had not been completed that day. Those checks are meant to account for every child before, during, and after transitions between the daycare building and playground.
The caregiver responsible for the toddler’s class told police she was “overwhelmed” after a second teacher left her alone outside with the children during a transition. The daycare’s procedure for moving the group involved attaching children to a rope with Velcro wrist straps. BeYOUtiful Beginnings knew children often detached themselves from those straps, making careful supervision and accurate name-to-face checks all the more important.
“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,” said daycare injury attorney Russell Button of The Button Law Firm.
Texas State Investigators Issued Five Safety Citations Against BeYOUtiful Beginnings
An independent investigation by Texas childcare authorities resulted in five citations against BeYOUtiful Beginnings for violations of child care safety laws.
Those violations included failing to protect a child from neglect, failing to provide the supervision necessary to ensure a child’s safety, and caregivers failing to know which children and how many children they were responsible for.
The Texas Minimum Standards require daycares to supervise and account for children. Headcounts and name-to-face checks answer two basic questions: Which children are here, and which caregiver is responsible for each one? When those checks are skipped, a daycare may not realize a child is missing until someone else finds her.
The Impact on the Jones Family
After their daughter was reunited with them, Felisha and Travae took her to Cook Children’s for a medical evaluation. She had been found alone in the summer heat after reaching a high-traffic road where moving vehicles posed a threat to her life.
The lasting impact became clearer in the days and months that followed. Her parents say she became intensely afraid of being separated from people she trusted. She wanted to remain close to her mother, followed her from room to room, and struggled with drop-offs that had once been an easy part of the family’s routine. She also began experiencing emotional outbursts, including crying, screaming, kicking, biting, and hitting.
Getting their daughter out of the road did not end what this family experienced. Her parents continue helping her cope with fear and anxiety and rebuild the sense of safety she had before the daycare lost her. They also want answers to the questions BeYOUtiful Beginnings could not answer: How did their daughter get out, and why did no one know she was missing?
The Button Law Firm Is Helping the Jones Family Seek Justice
The Button Law Firm filed this lawsuit because the Jones family wants BeYOUtiful Beginnings held accountable for losing their 2-year-old daughter, allowing her to walk away unnoticed and into an extremely dangerous situation.
At The Button Law Firm, we represent children in daycare and child injury cases and help families hold organizations accountable when they neglect children’s safety.
If your child was lost, left unsupervised, or seriously injured at a Texas daycare, call 214-699-4409, email intake@buttonlawfirm.com, or use our contact form to share what happened.
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