Fort Worth, Texas: Parents Sue Daycare After Toddler Found Alone in Middle of Parkwood Hill Boulevard

The parents of a 2 year old girl have sued a north Fort Worth daycare, saying staff lost their daughter on a hot August morning in 2025 and never noticed she was gone until two drivers found her alone in the middle of Parkwood Hill Boulevard, a busy multilane street near the center.

The lawsuit, filed in Tarrant County against BeYOUtiful Beginnings LLC, says the girl left the daycare unnoticed on the morning of August 28, 2025, crossed a parking lot and an alleyway, and walked down a grassy slope into traffic. Two men driving in separate vehicles on Parkwood Hill Boulevard, where the speed limit is 35 mph, spotted her at about 10:50 a.m. and called police.

Police found staff did not know she was missing

According to a Fort Worth police report cited in the lawsuit, officers determined that no one at BeYOUtiful Beginnings knew the child was missing, knew how she got out, or knew how long she had been gone. The suit says the child was found dehydrated, and temperatures outside that day were over 100 degrees.

The family's attorney, Russell T. Button of The Button Law Firm, said the girl was close to heat exhaustion when she was found. 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. The child is identified in the filing by initials only.

Five state citations

The complaint says an investigation by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Child-Care Licensing Division and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services cited BeYOUtiful Beginnings for breaking five childcare safety laws over the incident. According to Texas Health and Human Services records cited by FOX 4, the citations state the child was unsupervised for 14 to 29 minutes, and the daycare put a new face to name sheet protocol in place after the incident.

Daycare employees told police their standard safety procedure includes head counts and name checks for outdoor playtime, with a rope and Velcro straps on the children's wrists, the lawsuit says. The suit says employees admitted those measures were not followed that morning. One employee told police she was overwhelmed and did not realize the child had slipped away, that children knew how to get out of the Velcro straps, and the owner told police the daycare has no cameras outside.

The lawsuit accuses the daycare of gross negligence. BeYOUtiful Beginnings has not responded to a request for comment from FOX 4 on the lawsuit. The claims in the filing are allegations, and the case has not been decided in court.