NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- A 21-year-old woman who went missing amid the Texas flood disaster sent one last text message to her family before she disappeared<\/li>\n
- Joyce Catherine Badon, who was staying with college friends when the flood struck in Hunt, Texas, said “we’re being washed away” before her phone “went dead” according to the leader of a search team<\/li>\n
- “We pray that all four of them are still alive,” said Joyce’s father Ty Badon to CNN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The body of a 21-year-old woman who sent one final text message to her family before she was washed away in a Texas flood has been found.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nJoyce Catherine Badon, 21, was trapped at a house along the Guadalupe River, which flooded amid torrential rain on Friday, July 4, according to\u00a0Agence France-Presse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nDad Ty Badon previously told\u00a0CNN<\/a>\u00a0that Joyce was\u00a0staying with a group of college friends<\/a>\u00a0when the flood struck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nOn Monday, July 7, he confirmed to\u00a0NBC News<\/a>\u00a0that she had been found dead. Joyce’s mother Kellye Badon also shared a message about their “lovely” daughter on her\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“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!”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nHer mom did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.<\/p>\n
Louis Deppe, the leader of a group of volunteers who were searching for Joyce, told the AFP the house where she was staying \u201ccollapsed\u201d around 4 a.m. local time on Friday. Before she disappeared, the woman sent one final text message.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cOn her cellphone, the last message [her family] got was ‘we’re being washed away’ and the phone went dead,” Deppe told the news agency.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nAlso missing from her friend group are Ella Cahill, Aidan Heartfield and Reese Manchaca, according to the\u00a0Beaumont Enterprise<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a012 News Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nNever miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nTy previously told CNN that the group was staying at a house owned by Aiden\u2019s dad, who was on the phone with his child as the disaster struck.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“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.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>A search and rescue team looks for people along the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas.<\/span>RONALDO SCHEMIDT\/AFP via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTina Hambly, the 55-year-old mother of Joyce’s best friend and roommate, helped with the search for the college friends using a kayak oar to poke at branches and other debris.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“We’re doing a seven-mile stretch, and there’s seven teams and we’re doing a mile apiece,\u201d Hambly told the AFP, \u201cso just kind of dividing and conquering, trying to find any four of them or anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nShe added, \u201cBut, you know, we are friends and families and frankly, some strangers have shown up.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nMore than 90 people have died as a result of the flooding in Central Texas, according to\u00a0NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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- A 21-year-old woman who went missing amid the Texas flood disaster sent one last text message to her family before she disappeared<\/li>\n
- Joyce Catherine Badon, who was staying with college friends when the flood struck in Hunt, Texas, said “we’re being washed away” before her phone “went dead” according to the leader of a search team<\/li>\n
- “We pray that all four of them are still alive,” said Joyce’s father Ty Badon to CNN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The body of a 21-year-old woman who sent one final text message to her family before she was washed away in a Texas flood has been found.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nJoyce Catherine Badon, 21, was trapped at a house along the Guadalupe River, which flooded amid torrential rain on Friday, July 4, according to\u00a0Agence France-Presse<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDad Ty Badon previously told\u00a0CNN<\/a>\u00a0that Joyce was\u00a0staying with a group of college friends<\/a>\u00a0when the flood struck.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nOn Monday, July 7, he confirmed to\u00a0NBC News<\/a>\u00a0that she had been found dead. Joyce’s mother Kellye Badon also shared a message about their “lovely” daughter on her\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“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!”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nHer mom did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.<\/p>\n
Louis Deppe, the leader of a group of volunteers who were searching for Joyce, told the AFP the house where she was staying \u201ccollapsed\u201d around 4 a.m. local time on Friday. Before she disappeared, the woman sent one final text message.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cOn her cellphone, the last message [her family] got was ‘we’re being washed away’ and the phone went dead,” Deppe told the news agency.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nAlso missing from her friend group are Ella Cahill, Aidan Heartfield and Reese Manchaca, according to the\u00a0Beaumont Enterprise<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a012 News Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nNever miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/div>\nTy previously told CNN that the group was staying at a house owned by Aiden\u2019s dad, who was on the phone with his child as the disaster struck.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“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.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>A search and rescue team looks for people along the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas.<\/span>RONALDO SCHEMIDT\/AFP via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Tina Hambly, the 55-year-old mother of Joyce’s best friend and roommate, helped with the search for the college friends using a kayak oar to poke at branches and other debris.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“We’re doing a seven-mile stretch, and there’s seven teams and we’re doing a mile apiece,\u201d Hambly told the AFP, \u201cso just kind of dividing and conquering, trying to find any four of them or anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nShe added, \u201cBut, you know, we are friends and families and frankly, some strangers have shown up.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nMore than 90 people have died as a result of the flooding in Central Texas, according to\u00a0NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n