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Camp Mystic Families Identify Victims as Search for Six Missing Continues and Warning Gaps Face Scrutiny

The tragedy has left over 170 people missing across Central Texas with emergency responders stretched to their limits

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“Mary Kate Jacobe was the light of our lives. She was tiny but mighty, full of love and joy with a smile that melted your heart,” the Jacobe family said. “Mary Kate, our Sissy, was the baby of our large family and was most certainly our angel on earth.”
Mary Kathryn Jacobe, 8, was described by family members as "tiny but mighty, full of love and joy."
Mary Kathryn Jacobe, 8, was described by family members as "tiny but mighty, full of love and joy." 

Overview

  • Authorities have confirmed 27 campers and counselors dead at Camp Mystic and are still searching for five girls and one counselor swept away by July 4 floodwaters.
  • The body of eight-year-old Mary Kate Jacobe was recovered Wednesday in Kerr County debris, her family announced.
  • Statewide floodwaters have claimed more than 100 lives and left over 170 people missing as storms inundated rural Hill Country terrains.
  • Camp Mystic’s emergency plan, approved days before the flooding, failed to trigger timely alerts because of poor cell coverage and warning system gaps under review.
  • Grieving families in Houston and Dallas have begun formal victim identification and are planning private memorials to honor the children and counselors they lost.