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Authorities Identify Two Bodies in Deadly Floods

Authorities have identified two bodies found Saturday in the wreckage of the Memorial Day Weekend flood.

Sue McNeil Carey, 71, and Laura Schultz McComb, 34, were identified Monday using medical and dental records. Four people remain listed as missing. 

McComb's 6-year-old son was found May 27 in Wimberley. Her husband survived the flood and was treated at BAMC. 

In all, eight bodies have been recovered in Hays County, and all but one has been identified.

Carey’s body was found May 30 at 11:30 a.m. near Lime Kiln Road at Water Tower Road in San Marcos. McComb’s body was found a few hours later in flood debris near the Blanco River near Bluffview Road in Wimberley.

Flood Victims Identified as of Monday, June 1, 2015

•              Dayton Larry Thomas, age 74, found in northern San Marcos May 24
•              Michelle Marie Carey-Charba, age 43, found May 25 in Caldwell County
•              Jose Alvaro Arteaga-Pichardo, age 29, found in Wimberley May 26
•              Jonathan Andrew McComb, age 6, found May 27 in Wimberley
•              Ralph Hugh Carey, White Male, age 73, found May 28 in San Marcos
•              Sue McNeil Carey, White Female, age 71, found May 30 in San Marcos
•              Laura Schultz McComb, White Female, age 34, found May 30 in Wimberley

List of Missing:

•              William Randall Charba, White Male, age 42,

•              William Charba, White Male, age 6

•              Leighton McComb, White Female, age 4

•              Kenneth Reissig, White Male, age 81 

Eileen Pace is a veteran radio and print journalist with a long history of investigative and feature reporting in San Antonio and Houston, earning more than 50 awards for investigative reporting, documentaries, long-form series, features, sports stories, outstanding anchoring and best use of sound.