Parents confirm discovery of daughter’s body after Texas floods as heartbreaking final text to family emerges
A family has shared their heartbreak after they confirmed the discovery of their daughter’s body who fell victim to the Texas floods.
Joyce Catherine Badon, 21, was found following catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River, where she had been staying with college friends over the Fourth of July weekend.
Joyce was trapped inside a house along the river as torrential rain unleashed devastating floods on Friday, according to Agence France-Presse.
The house, where she was staying with her group of friends, reportedly collapsed around 4:00AM.
“On her cellphone, the last message [her family] got was ‘we’re being washed away’ and the phone went dead,” Louis Deppe, who led a volunteer search team, told AFP.
On Monday, July 7, Joyce’s father, Ty Badon, confirmed to NBC News that his daughter’s body had been found. Her mother, Kellye Badon, shared a message of heartbreak and faith on Facebook.
“God showed us the way we should go this morning!” Kellye wrote. “We found our lovely daughter who blessed us for 21 years! We pray to be able to find her three friends soon. Thanks to EVERYONE for the prayers and support. God is good!”
Joyce’s father previously told CNN that the group had been staying at a house owned by one of the friend’s fathers when the floodwaters suddenly overwhelmed the area.
“Aidan said, ‘Hey I’ve got to go, I’ve got to help Ella and Reese … they just got washed away,’ and then a few seconds later the phone just went dead, and that’s all we know,” Ty explained.
Still missing are Joyce’s friends Ella Cahill, Aidan Heartfield, and Reese Manchaca, according to the Beaumont Enterprise and 12 News Now.
