Felisha and Travae Jones filed the suit this week against Beyoutiful Beginnings, alleging the day care failed to adequately supervise their daughter during an August incident in which the toddler left a playground at the rear of the property and made her way to Parkwood Hill Boulevard.

The family's attorney, Russell Button, said the child slipped away as staff were bringing children back inside from the playground.

"They were coming in from the playground. They lost this child. They didn't perform any of the face-to-name checks, head counts, had no idea how many kids came out or came back in," Button said.

Body camera footage provided to the family shows Fort Worth police speaking with people who reported finding the child alone in the roadway.

"So I found a little girl in the middle of the road," one person tells officers in the recording.

The footage also captures police questioning day care workers about how the child went missing. "I guess she got off the rope and they didn't do name to face like we taught them to," a person says in the video.

Button said two passing drivers stopped to protect the toddler. "It's a four-lane road, two lanes each way, and two different drivers stopped to prevent her from being hit by vehicles," he said.

A Fort Worth police report provided by the family also faulted the facility's response, stating that "all three parties at the daycare facility knew nothing about the child's whereabouts, how long the child was gone from their care, nor anyone wanted to take accountability for the incident."

No criminal charges have been filed in connection with the episode.

State records, however, show that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission cited Beyoutiful Beginnings for five deficiencies related to the incident. The facility has accumulated nine deficiencies in total since 2024, according to the online records.

Button said the case underscores the stakes of routine supervision practices. "These are the basics. Don't lose children. Make sure you're supervising them. Make sure they're within your eyes and ears, and that daycare failed on all these levels," he said.

Beyoutiful Beginnings did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The child's parents declined an interview but said in a statement that they want answers about how the incident was allowed to happen.

The lawsuit arrives as families across North Texas weigh child care options, and as state regulators continue to log inspection findings against providers. For parents, the case raises questions about how closely facilities follow basic head-count and supervision protocols — safeguards that advocates say are the minimum standard for keeping young children safe.