Families are awaiting word on 11 girls still missing Sunday after major flooding devastated Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp in Kerr County.
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Here are some of the people who are missing.
Chloe Childress
Chloe Childress, an 18-year-old counselor at Camp Mystic, is among the victims of the Hill Country flooding, a spokesperson with Piney Point Village’s Kinkaid School confirmed Sunday afternoon.
Childress had just graduated from the Kinkaid School and was the co-president of the honor council, a member of the school’s varsity cross country running team and a founder of the school’s Senior Citizen Club, according to her online resume.
“Chloe had a remarkable way of making people feel seen,” district officials wrote in a letter released Sunday. “She was wise beyond her years, with a steady compassion that settled a room. Whether it was sharing her own challenges to ease someone’s burden or quietly cheering a teammate or classmate through a tough day, Chloe made space for others to feel safe, valued, and brave.”
They continued: “She understood how important it was to take care of others at all levels – physically, emotionally, and as a community. She lost her life upholding this selfless and fierce commitment to others.”
Childress is survived by her mother Wendie, her father, Matthew, and her brother, Jack.
Molly DeWitt
Molly DeWitt, a student of Wilchester Elementary in Houston, is among those missing, the school said in a Facebook post. Wilchester held a ceremony Saturday in DeWitt’s honor. Trees on campus were wrapped with large green ribbons.
Virginia Hollis
Former Astros and current Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman posted a screenshot asking for help finding a girl named “Virginia Hollis” with a caption of three praying emojis.
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Janie Hunt
The mother of 9-year-old Janie Hunt, one of the missing Camp Mystic campers, told KDFW-TV that her daughter is among the dead, KDFW reporter Peyton Yager said on Facebook.
Hadley Hanna
Hadley Hanna, an 8-year-old from Dallas, is among the girls who is missing.
Hadley’s mother, Carrie Crossman Hann, told WFAA in Dallas that she received a call Friday from the camp that her daughter was missing.
Katherine Ferruzzo
Katherine Ferruzzo, 19, is from Houston and was working as a Camp Mystic counselor. She recently graduated from Memorial High School and was set to attend the University of Texas, where she planned to major in early childhood education.
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Lainey Landry
Lainey Landry, a 9-year-old from Houston, is missing, according to a report from ABC 13.
Kellyanne Lytal
Kellyanne Lytal is among those missing, according to her father Wade Lytal, who is a former Memorial High School football player and coach.
Lytal, now the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Trinity University in San Antonio, said in the post on X that Kellyanne was at Camp Mystic when the flood swept through the area along the banks of Guadalupe River. His post included a video of Kellyanne, 8, singing a solo at a Christmas pageant. Lytal called his daughter “absolutely fearless.”
On Friday afternoon, Trinity head coach Jerheme Urban was one of several people, including former Astros star Alex Bregman, who posted a picture of Kellyanne with contact information with hopes of locating her.
Blakely McCrory
Blakely McCrory, 8, had spent just five days at the camp before the flood hit, her grandfather, E. Douglas McLeod, of Galveston said.
McLeod’s family has spent close to 100 years attending summer camps in the Hill County. It was at a camp dance that he and his wife first met, he said.
Blakely, the youngest member of the family, had been excited to participate in the family tradition, he said.
“She wanted to follow in the footsteps of all of us,” McLeod said.
The family was holding out hope on Saturday that she would still be found.
“She was a precocious, sweet little girl,” McLeod said.”That’s what we’re praying for. That there’s a miracle.”
Blakely’s time at the camp also came just two months after her father, Blake McCrory, died of a heart attack, McLeod said.
McLeod said some family members, including Blakely’s older brother, had gone to the Kerrville area to help with the search effort. Blakely’s mother was at a wedding overseas and was traveling back to Texas on Saturday.
Anna Margaret Bellows
Family members confirmed to the Chronicle that the body of Anna Margaret Bellows, a Mystic camper, has been recovered.
Eloise Peck and Lila Bonner
Eloise Peck’s mother told Peyton Yager of Fox 4 in Dallas that her daughter and friend Lila Bonner were missing.
NBC News reported that Lila Bonner, one of the young girls reported missing from Camp Mystic, was confirmed deceased by her family.
“In the midst of our unimaginable grief, we ask for privacy and are unable to confirm any details at this time,” the statement said, according to NBC. “We ache with all who loved her and are praying endlessly.”
Renee Smajstrla
Peyton Yager of Fox 4 in Dallas reported that Renee Smajstrla is among those missing. No other information on Renee was provided in the report.
Greta Toranzo
Greta Toranzo, an HISD student, is among those missing, according to the Sinclair Elementary School PTO.
“As of this morning, Greta is still missing. We encourage everyone to continue sharing her picture and to continue sending positive energy to her friends and family during this unimaginable time. …Toranzo Family, please know the entire Sinclair community holds you in our hearts.
Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland
Camp Mystic Director Richard “Dick” Eastland died trying to save campers from floodwaters as the Guadalupe River overwhelmed the camp, the Washington Post reported. Eastland was trying to rescue campers in the Bubble Inn cabin, which is about 150 yards from the river’s edge, when he was swept into the water, his son reportedly said.
Eastland’s nephew also confirmed his death in a Facebook post, saying Eastland’s body was found near his vehicle alongside bodies of some of the other flooding victims.
Paige Sumner, Eastland’s friend and a former Camp Mystic attendee, wrote in the Kerrville Daily Times that Eastland put campers first. She said he’d bolt from the office in a golf cart to the scene of even the most minor of injuries.
John Wayne Ferguson contributed.