SHE WAS ONLY 6 — LEFT ON A HOT DAYCARE BUS FOR HOURS. NOW THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN HER DEATH

Winter Jones was supposed to spend the day at school. Instead, the autistic 6-year-old was left inside a daycare vehicle for hours in the Tennessee heat — and now three daycare employees are facing criminal charges.

A heartbreaking case in Memphis, Tennessee, has taken a major turn after three people were indicted in connection with the death of 6-year-old Winter Jones, who was left inside a hot daycare bus for several hours.

The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office announced the indictments on Sept. 11, naming bus driver Tametria Norry, daycare assistant director Sabrina Powe, and assistant Amilya Hardin.

Each faces charges of aggravated child neglect, criminally negligent homicide, and destruction or tampering with governmental records, according to authorities and local reports.

WINTER NEVER MADE IT TO SCHOOL

On Aug. 13, Winter was dropped off at Kid University daycare in Memphis.

Staff were supposed to transport her to Macon Hall Elementary School.

Instead, according to prosecutors, Winter remained inside the daycare vehicle after it returned to the facility.

She was not discovered until around 3 p.m.

By then, it was too late.

Winter was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Her father, Bryan Jones, previously said his daughter’s internal body temperature had reached approximately 109 degrees.

A SERIES OF FAILURES

Following Winter’s death, the Tennessee Department of Human Services conducted a fatality inspection of the daycare.

Investigators found what officials described as multiple violations of transportation requirements.

Required vehicle inspections were not completed after children were unloaded.

Transportation records were allegedly inaccurate.

And mandatory walk-throughs — designed to ensure no child remained inside the vehicle — were not carried out.

Those findings are now central to the criminal case.

“SHE WAS LEFT ON THE BUS”

Winter’s mother, Nakia Cloman, described the moment she learned something was terribly wrong.

She received a call from the daycare telling her that Winter had been left on the bus and was barely breathing.

By the time Cloman reached the hospital, her daughter was gone.

Winter was autistic and, according to her family’s attorneys, was unable to communicate when she needed help.

Her family says she had been making progress and had a future ahead of her.

Now, they say, they want accountability.

“I DON’T WANT ANOTHER CHILD TO BECOME A HEADLINE”

At a Sept. 10 press conference, Winter’s father called her death the result of what he described as “absolute negligence.”

Her family and their attorneys have also indicated that they intend to pursue the matter in civil court.

Kid University has since permanently closed, and its owner surrendered the facility’s license following the tragedy.

For Winter’s family, however, the criminal case is only beginning.

Three people now face serious charges over what happened to the little girl who never made it off that bus.

And her mother has one message that remains painfully simple:

She does not want another child to become a headline before something changes.

The case remains ongoing, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.