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International Business Times
07-07-2025
- International Business Times
Who Was Joyce Catherine Badon? Dad Who Found Dead Boy Searching for His Young Daughter Gets Devastating News She Died in Texas Floods
A father who found a young boy's body while searching for his missing daughter after the devastating Texas floods has now received the heartbreaking news of his daughter's death. Ty Badon received the news that his daughter, Joyce Catherine Badon, 21, died three days after she was swept away by floodwaters in Hunt, Texas. Her mother, Kellye Badon, shared the update on Monday. "God showed us the way we should go this morning! 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! ❤️❤️❤️" she wrote. Searching for Dead Daughter Family members later confirmed to News4SanAntonio and 12NewsNow that Joyce had died in the catastrophic floods. The heartbreaking news came after her father, Ty, found the body of another child while desperately searching for his daughter, who is among at least eight confirmed victims. Over the weekend, Ty Badon was searching through the epicenter of the devastation in the rural town of Hunt when he came upon the body of a young boy—one of at least 89 victims claimed by the floods. "My son and I were walking, and what I thought was a mannequin... it was a little boy, about eight or 10 years old, and he was dead," Badon told CNN. The heartbroken father shared that he had been searching for his Joyce, 21, and his voice broke at the end of the interview as he asked the public to keep them in their prayers. Badon said that the last known contact with Joyce was on July 4, the day the floods hit, when she was on a phone call with three of her friends. The group had been staying in a cabin owned by one of the parents in the scenic town of Hunt, located around 120 miles west of Austin, Texas. During the call, Joyce told the cabin's owner that two members of their group had already been swept away by the rising waters, Badon said. "A few seconds later, the phone went dead, and that's all we know," Badon said. "We presume that she got washed away as well. If you go back to where the house is, it's not a good sight." An Unexpected Loss Badon said that the house where the group had been staying is "no longer there." "We're praying all four of them are still alive. They're all missing," he said. His daughter is one of many still missing, including 27 children, after the Guadalupe River surged over 26 feet in just 45 minutes during the early morning hours of July 4, unleashing a powerful wave of water that swept through several Kerr County communities. Governor Greg Abbott said on Sunday that 41 people were officially listed as missing across the state, with the possibility that more people have yet to be identified. Hundreds of young girls were attending Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp located along the river, and many others were vacationing in the rural area to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend. Residents are now questioning why authorities failed to issue flood warnings until 1:18 p.m. on July 3—the day the storms began—and initially labeled them as merely "moderate." The National Weather Service didn't upgrade the alert to a flash flood warning until 1 a.m. on Friday, declaring a Flash Flood Emergency by 4:30 a.m. However, by that time, floodwaters were already rushing into people's homes. Many Texans believe the delayed warnings led to the high death toll.
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Texas flood: stories of survival and pleas for help finding missing loved ones
Reports are beginning to emerge of extraordinary stories of survival from the Texas Hill Country floods, even as the official death toll continued mounting, reaching at least 27 on Saturday. A young woman was dramatically rescued after she was carried 12 miles down the Guadalupe River by raging flood waters, and later pictured clinging to branches of a tree. The woman – who has not been identified publicly – was rescued, News 4 San Antonio reported. Erin Burgess told the outlet that the rain on Thursday night and into Friday was 'pretty heavy, but no big deal'. She was woken by the storm at 3.30am, and waters around her home in the Bumble Bee Hills neighborhood in Kerr county started to rise. Related: Texas begins grim flood recovery after dozens killed and scores still missing – including children Within 2o minutes, she said, water was coming in through the walls and rushing through the front and back doors. She described an agonizing hour clinging to a tree and waiting for the water to recede enough that she was able to walk up the hill to a neighbor's home. 'My son and I floated to a tree where we hung on to it, and my boyfriend and my dog floated away. He was lost for a while, but we found them,' she said. She clung to her 19-year-old son, Burgess, through the ordeal. 'Thankfully he's over 6ft tall. That's the only thing that saved me – was hanging on to him,' she told the outlet. In Ingram, Texas, the fiancee of one man described how he died saving her and their children. Christinia Wilson told the Texas news station KHOU that her fiance, Julian Ryan, severed an artery in his arm punching out a window to get her, their children and his mother out of their home as flood waters rushed in early on Friday. Wilson said she kept calling for emergency help, but no one could arrive in time to save Ryan. 'He looked at me and the kids and my mother-in-law and said: 'I'm sorry, I'm not going to make it. I love y'all,'' Wilson told KHOU. Ryan's sister, Connie Salas, said to the station: 'He died a hero, and that will never go unnoticed.' Officials have said that a flood watch was issued on Thursday afternoon with estimated rainfalls, but that was upgraded to a flood warning for at least 30,000 people overnight. Officials have also said that the area around the Guadalupe River, known as 'flood alley', does not have a flood warning system. As of Saturday morning, 850 people had been rescued by emergency services, with 167 having been rescued by helicopter. The devastation has triggered a scramble to locate as many as two dozen children missing from Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp on the banks of the river, but the missing also include campers who were not connected to that camp. Among them are four young adults who were last heard from at 4am on Friday morning when they were attempting to reach higher ground. They have been identified by family as Ella Cahill, Aidan Heartfield, Joyce Badon and Reese Manchaca. 'My little sister, her boyfriend, and their two friends are missing due to flood,' Mackenzie Hodulik said on a Facebook post. 'Last we heard from them was at 4am. They were trying to escape home to get to higher ground.' Among the confirmed dead were at least nine children, officials said. As of Saturday morning, other families and children who were still missing include the following. Anyone who sees them or knows where they are is asked to call authorities immediately. The Knetsch family was staying at the HTR RV park in Kerrville and went missing after the water rose. The Moellers were also staying at the HTR RV park in Kerrville and went missing after the water rose. The Brake family was staying in a cabin at HRT TX campgrounds in Kerrville. They hadn't been heard from after the flooding. Lainey was at Camp Mystic when the flooding hit. She hasn't been heard from since. Her parents, Ben and Natalie Landry, shared a photo with KHOU 11 reporter Amanda Henderson. Kellyanne Lytal was at Camp Mystic and is still unaccounted for. Her father was asking for thoughts and prayers. Greta Toranzo, a Sinclair elementary student in Houston, was missing from Camp Mystic. Her family asked the school to share her photo while they search for her. Jennifer Harber and her brother, RJ, haven't heard from RJ's children, Brooke and Blair, as well as the siblings' parents, Charlene and Mike. They were at a house in Hunt, Texas, when the flood waters took over. They're also searching for two dogs: Daisy Mae and Lilly Lou. Tianna Mabey was last seen at about 5am at the HTR campground in Kerrville. Her daughter said her mother's boyfriend was rescued from a tree. Family members said Holly Frizzell was at her home in Casa Bonita when the flooding started. She hasn't been seen since Friday at about 3am. The family of Pam and Mike Smith, Brian Carpenter and Blake were asking for help finding them after the devastating flooding in central Texas. They were last known to be at their home in Casa Bonita.
New York Post
05-07-2025
- Climate
- New York Post
Woman found clinging to tree branch, screaming for help after being swept 20 miles downriver in raging Texas floods
Incredible video captured the moment rescuers recovered a woman who was dragged 20 miles down the Guadalupe River and dumped into a tree during the deadly Fourth of July floods. The 22-year-old woman was found desperately clinging to the branches of a Cypress tree, several feet in the air as the roaring floodwaters rushed below her, KEN5S reported. A Center Point homeowner heard her screaming for help and rushed to her aid — and just in the nick of time. 3 A woman was rescued after spending several hours stranded in a Cypress tree. via News 4 San Antonio One of the tree branches had already been ripped away and another was slowly starting to give way when the man spotted the woman. 'I hear you, I see you,' the homeowner told the woman, according to the local television station. The man, who was not identified, called 911 — but received no response from the inundated emergency hotline. Instead, he rushed onto the street and flagged down first responders who were already conducting search and rescue missions. 3 The woman was swept out of her tent and dragged about 20 miles. KENS 5 The crew sent in boats to find the woman, who had already been stranded in the tree for several hours. By the time rescuers reached her, the water had dropped about 10 feet — forcing her to take a leap of faith and drop from the tree into the boat. The unidentified woman miraculously survived with just a few scraps and bruises, an astounding fate considering she was dragged across four dams and dodged refrigerators and cars that were also swept away in the floodwater. 3 The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in just 45 minutes, officials said. AFP via Getty Images She was camping with her parents and family at an Ingram campground when the surging river yanked her from her tent, according to KEN5S. Her family tried to escape in a vehicle, which was also washed away by the water. It is unclear whether the woman's family survived. At least 25 people have been confirmed dead in the tragic flooding, with dozens of others missing. At least two of the dead are young campers at Camp Mystic, a Christian sleepaway camp for girls between he ages of 7 and 17.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tay-K Sentenced To 80 Years In Prison For San Antonio Murder
Tay-K has received his punishment for the 2017 shooting that left a photographer dead in San Antonio, Texas. The 24-year-old rapper was sentenced to 80 years in prison. News 4 San Antonio reports the Arlington, Texas rapper was found guilty of murder earlier this week, and the jury delivered its sentencing on Tuesday (April 15). This trial was connected to the murder of Mark Anthony Saldivar, with whom the rapper connected with in 2017 for a photoshoot and attempted to rob at gunpoint, ultimately ending with him fatally shooting the photographer. The #SantanaWorld (+) artist is currently jailed at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice until further notice. 80 years is on the higher end of what his sentencing was originally predicted to be, as he was initially told he could face between five and 99 years. Had he been convicted of capital murder, it would have been a life sentence without parole. 'I do realize that while this is a lot of time, you're still alive. You can still better yourself,' District Court Judge Stephanie Boyd said, per KENS 5. 'But the complainant in this case is deceased, and you need to internalize that the complainant in this case is deceased. You're going to have to make changes.' The judge's message was resonant, as this was Tay-K's second murder trial in 6 years. In 2019, he was sentenced to 55 years in prison for a murder that took place during a home invasion in 2016. The murder and his subsequent effort to evade the police inspired his 2017 hit record 'The Race.' He was ordered to serve house arrest, but cut off his ankle monitor and fled from law enforcement ahead of his hearing for the 2016 murder. His latest single, 'The Race,' was part of his sole album #SantanaWorld (+), which was followed by the 2018 record 'After You.' Since then, Tay-K has not released any official new music, given the ensuing years of litigation and trials. Listen below. More from Tay-K Could Face Up To 99 Years In Prison After Latest Murder Conviction Tekashi 6ix9ine Pranked With Fake King Von Coffin PnB Rock's Murder Could've Been Inside Job, New Information Suggests
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tay-K, 'The Race' Rapper, Found Guilty of Murder for the Second Time
Taymor Travon 'Tay-K' McIntyre, photo courtesy of Bexar County Sheriff's Office A jury in Bexar County, Texas, has found Tay-K guilty of murder, News 4 San Antonio reports. It is the second time that the rapper behind the viral song 'The Race' has been found guilty of murder. Tay-K was accused by Bexar County prosecutors of shooting and killing a 23-year-old photographer named Mark Anthony Saldivar. He is said to have murdered Saldivar, in April 2017, while on the run from authorities who sought him after he fled house arrest. Importantly, Tay-K was found guilty of murder and not capital murder, the latter of which carries a mandatory life sentence. He still faces between five and 99 years in prison. Tay-K is currently serving a 55-year prison sentence after being convicted, in the summer of 2019, of participating in a botched home invasion and robbery that left a 21-year-old man named Ethan Walker dead. The incident occurred in Tarrant County, Texas, in 2016. Tay-K gained notoriety, in June 2017, when the United States Marshals Service publicly sought the rapper's arrest, labeling him a 'violent fugitive.' Not long after the announcement, Tay-K released 'The Race,' a song whose music video now has over 251 million views on YouTube. Tay-K, whose legal name is Taymor Travon McIntyre, was 16 years old at the time of the incident in Tarrant County, and he was 17 years old at the time of the incident in Bexar County. He is now 24 years old. Originally Appeared on Pitchfork
