May 29th, 2015
Two more bodies found along Blanco River on Saturday

PHOTO: Destruction along River Road in Wimberley. PHOTO by JEREMIAH DEARINGER

Update

7:19 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 30: A search team recovered the body of an adult female near the Blanco River at Bluffview Drive in the Wimberley area Saturday afternoon. No identification has been made pending autopsy.

This is the second adult female found today along different areas of the Blanco River. This morning an unidentified adult female was found near San Marcos at Lime Kiln and Water Tower roads.

An adult male found May 28 at Narrows Road near the Blanco River at the Hays/Blanco County line is also pending identification. It is not known if these three unidentified bodies are on the Missing List (below) or are unreported missing individuals.

This brings to eighth the number of bodies recovered in Hays County.

Flood victims identified as of Saturday, May 30:

• Jonathan Andrew McComb, age 6, last seen at 100 Deer Crossing, Wimberley.

• Dayton Larry Thomas, age 74, was identified Wednesday. He was found in northern San Marcos Sunday afternoon.

• Jose Alvaro Arteaga-Pichardo, age 29. He was found in the area of Loop 165 in Wimberley Tuesday afternoon.

• Michelle Marie Carey-Charba, age 43, (DOB 09/29/71) Carey-Charba was swept away in floodwaters early Sunday morning and was recovered Wednesday in Caldwell County.

• Ralph Hugh Carey, White Male, age 73 , last seen at 100 Deer Crossing, Wimberley

List of missing:

• Sue McNeil Carey, White Female, age 71, last seen at 100 Deer Crossing, Wimberley

• William Randall Charba, White Male, age 42, last seen at 100 Deer Crossing, Wimberley

• William Charba, White Male, age 6, last seen at 100 Deer Crossing, Wimberley

• Laura Schultz McComb, White Female, age 34, last seen at 100 Deer Crossing, Wimberley

• Leighton McComb, White Female, age 4, last seen at 100 Deer Crossing, Wimberley

• Kenneth Reissig, White Male, age 81, last seen at FM 32 @ 473 in Blanco County

Earlier

3:48 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 30: A search team recovered the body of an adult female from the Blanco River banks near Lime Kiln Road and Water Tower Road on Saturday morning. No identification has been made pending autopsy.

An adult male found May 28 at Narrows Road near the Blanco River at the Hays/Blanco County line is also pending identification. It is not known if these two unidentified bodies are on the missing list or are unreported missing individuals, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said Saturday afternoon.

7:54 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 29: Ralph Hugh Carey, age 73, was recovered from a brushy area near the Blanco River at Fox Road in San Marcos on Thursday. His last known location was Deer Lane in Wimberley. This brings the number of bodies identified to five. Six are still listed as missing and one body found has not yet been identified.

5:47 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 29: Authorities are releasing the name of a child killed in the Memorial Day Weekend floods.

Jonathan Andrew McComb, 6, was identified by medical examiners Friday, bringing the number of bodies identified to four. In all, six bodies have been found in Hays County, and seven are listed as missing.

Andrew McComb, whose body was identified on Friday, and his sister, Leighton, who is still missing.