A Fort Worth couple is suing BeYOUtiful Beginnings, alleging employees failed to notice their 2-year-old daughter had left the day care before two drivers found her alone on Parkwood Hill Boulevard.
Felisha Jones and Travae Jones brought the case against BeYOUtiful Beginnings LLC in Tarrant County’s 342nd District Court, their attorneys announced Monday. The lawsuit concerns an August 28, 2025, incident.
The girl crossed a parking lot and alleyway before descending a grassy slope into the road, according to the account of the complaint in The Button Law Firm’s announcement. Two drivers stopped and moved her to safety around 10:50 a.m., the firm said.
Employees failed to complete head counts and checks matching each child’s face to a name during the transition from outdoor play, the lawsuit alleges. Staff used a rope with Velcro wrist straps, but children could remove the straps, Fox 4 KDFW reported.
The day care received five safety citations tied to the incident, including failures involving supervision and knowing which children and how many children each caregiver oversaw. The citations described a period of 14 to 29 minutes without supervision.
The center adopted a new face-to-name sheet procedure afterward, Fox 4 reported. An independent database, Daycare Report Card, lists the five violations as corrected September 29, 2025, with state verification on October 2, 2025.
“They put her life at risk. I could’ve lost my child forever,” Felisha Jones said in the law firm’s release.
Authorities filed no criminal charges in connection with the incident, NBC 5 reported. The civil lawsuit alleges wrongdoing; it does not establish liability.
BeYOUtiful Beginnings has not publicly commented on the incident or the lawsuit.
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