Fort Worth parents sue daycare after 2-year-old found in traffic alone

Fort Worth parents are suing a local daycare after their 2-year-old daughter was found outside of the building alone. The lawsuit was filed in Tarrant County District Court last week. It provides details of the incident from August 2025, where the child, identified as F.J., wandered unnoticed from BeYOUtiful Beginnings childcare center in far northeast Fort Worth. The toddler navigated through a parking lot, down an alleyway and past a grassy slope before entering traffic on Parkwood Hill Boulevard, just north of Basswood Boulevard. She was spotted by two good Samaritans. F.J.’s parents, Felisha and Travae Jones, were told by Fort Worth police what happened. The Jones’ are seeking over $1 million in monetary damages and a jury trial. BeYOUtiful Beginnings and The Button Law Firm representing the Jones Family have not responded for comment. The primary supervisor wasn’t able to explain how or when the child left, according to the police report. Authorities noted that the facility’s owner, lead teacher and co-teacher did not take accountability or display remorse, nor did they inquire about the toddler’s status after she was located. “All three parties at the daycare facility knew nothing about the child’s whereabouts,” the report said, “how long the child was gone from [their] care, nor anyone wanted to take accountability for the incident. The two teachers showed no remorse in regards to the incident. Nor did either one of them ask about the child and how she was once she was found.” Temperatures at the time of the incident neared 100 degrees, and the report said child exhibited signs of heat exhaustion. She sustained no other physical injuries. Related Fort Worth Report is certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative for adhering to standards for ethical journalism . Republish This Story Republishing is free for noncommercial entities. Commercial entities are prohibited without a licensing agreement. Contact us for details. Close window Republish this article This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License . This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License . Unless otherwise noted, noncommercial entities may republish most of Fort Worth Report stories for free as long as they follow all of the guidelines below. For commercial licensing, please email [email protected] . For noncommercial digital publications: Look for the "Republish This Story" button underneath each story. To republish online, simply click the button, copy the html code and paste into your Content Management System (CMS). Do not copy stories straight from the front-end of our web-site. You are required to follow the guidelines and use the republication tool when you share our content. The republication tool generates the appropriate  html code. You are required to add this language at the top of every republished story, including a link to the story. This story was originally published by the Fort Worth Report. You may read the original version here . You can’t edit our stories, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. You can’t sell or syndicate our stories. Any web site our stories appear on must include a contact for your organization. If you use our stories in any other medium — for example, newsletters or other email campaigns — you must make it clear that the stories are from the Fort Worth Report. In all emails, link directly to the story at fortworthreport.org and not to your website. If you share our stories on social media, please tag us in your posts using @FortWorthReport on Facebook and @FortWorthReport on Twitter. For noncommercial print publications: You have to credit Fort Worth Report. Please use “Author Name, Fort Worth Report” in the byline. If you’re not able to add the byline, please include a line at the top of the story that reads: “This story was originally published by Fort Worth Report” and include our website, fortworthreport.org . You can’t edit our stories, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. Our stories may appear on pages with ads, but not ads specifically sold against our stories. You can’t sell or syndicate our stories. You can only publish select stories individually — not as a collection. Any web site our stories appear on must include a contact for your organization. If you share our stories on social media, please tag us in your posts using @FortWorthReport on Facebook and @FortWorthReport on Twitter. The Fort Worth Report retains the copyright for all of its published content. If you have any other questions, contact us . Fort Worth parents sue daycare after 2-year-old found in traffic alone by Alexsis Jones | KERA News, Fort Worth Report November 10, 2026 Fort Worth parents sue daycare after 2-year-old found in traffic alone

by Alexsis Jones | KERA News, Fort Worth Report
November 10, 2026

Fort Worth parents are suing a local daycare after their 2-year-old daughter was found outside of the building alone.

The lawsuit was filed in Tarrant County District Court last week. It provides details of the incident from August 2025, where the child, identified as F.J., wandered unnoticed from BeYOUtiful Beginnings childcare center in far northeast Fort Worth. 

The toddler navigated through a parking lot, down an alleyway and past a grassy slope before entering traffic on Parkwood Hill Boulevard, just north of Basswood Boulevard. She was spotted by two good Samaritans.

F.J.’s parents, Felisha and Travae Jones, were told by Fort Worth police what happened. The Jones’ are seeking over $1 million in monetary damages and a jury trial.

BeYOUtiful Beginnings and The Button Law Firm representing the Jones Family have not responded for comment.

The primary supervisor wasn’t able to explain how or when the child left, according to the police report. Authorities noted that the facility’s owner, lead teacher and co-teacher did not take accountability or display remorse, nor did they inquire about the toddler’s status after she was located.

“All three parties at the daycare facility knew nothing about the child’s whereabouts,” the report said, “how long the child was gone from [their] care, nor anyone wanted to take accountability for the incident. The two teachers showed no remorse in regards to the incident. Nor did either one of them ask about the child and how she was once she was found.”

Temperatures at the time of the incident neared 100 degrees, and the report said child exhibited signs of heat exhaustion. She sustained no other physical injuries.

This article first appeared on Fort Worth Report and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 

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