Alabama woman found dead in Texas floods as search continues for 5-year-old girl, grandparents
Camille Santana, one of four members of a family swept away from their riverside cabin in last week’s deadly Texas floods, was found Tuesday, July 8, by rescuers.
She was killed by injuries sustained during the flood, according to a Facebook post from her brother-in-law Michael Santana.
She was 38 years old.
“Camille was found and was called by god to be by his side,” Michael wrote.
Camille’s 5-year-old daughter, Mila Rosa Santana, and Mila’s grandparents, Mobile couple Eddie Santana Sr., 69, and his wife, Ileana, 66, are still missing, Michael said.
Her husband, Eddie Santana Jr., was found alive and discharged from a local hospital Sunday morning, July 6.
According to a post from Camille’s sister Kali Vazquez, the family was staying in a cabin by the river in Kerrville when it was swept away by flooding from the Guadalupe River while they were inside.
“As of today, my beautiful sister Camille was found and was called by god to be by his side,” Kali wrote in a post Tuesday.
“Once again thank you to everyone who reached out to us, and my heart goes out to the families who have lost loved ones.”
“To my sister, I will love you until the end time,” the post continues.
“I will see you again and I will never forget you.”
As of Wednesday morning, the flood is reported to have killed over 100 people, about a third of them children, according to AP News.
Sarah Marsh, an eight-year-old girl from Mountain Brook, was among the victims.
Marsh was attending Camp Mystic, a Christian retreat near Hunt in Kerr County, when torrential rain and storms that started late Thursday caused the river to swell from seven feet to 29 feet in less than two hours, flooding the camp.
Gov. Greg Abbott vowed yesterday that authorities will work around the clock to find those that are still missing.
“Right now, our #1 job is to find every single missing person,” he wrote in a post to X.
“We will not leave until that job is done.”
President Donald Trump signed a major disaster declaration Sunday for Kerr County, activating the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Texas.
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