Texas Floods: Officials Find Body of Andrew McComb, Boy Washed Away in House

Andrew McComb, 6, was in house washed away in Wimberley, Texas.

ByABC News
May 29, 2015, 6:36 PM

— -- The body of Andrew McComb, 6, whose family was in a house washed away by floodwaters in Wimberley, Texas, has been found, a Hays County, Texas, official said Friday.

Andrew, his sister, Leighton, 4, and his mother, Laura McComb, 34, remain missing after the home where they were staying washed away over the weekend in Wimberley, a river town between Austin and San Antonio, Texas. The house was swept away by raging waters of the Blanco River, The Associated Press reported.

The family had been celebrating Memorial Day weekend with a bigger group of friends from Corpus Christi, Texas.

The body was found Thursday evening near the border of Hays and Blanco counties, according to Trey Hatt, spokesman for the Hays County Emergency Operations Center, The Associated Press reported.

Authorities earlier this week reported recovering the body of a child from the Blanco River in Hays County, but did not identify the child.

Andrew McComb's identity was confirmed using dental records, an official said today.

At least 23 people have been confirmed dead during a week of heavy rains and flooding in Texas.

Andrew's father, Jonathan McComb, suffered a collapsed lung, broken rib and shattered sternum as the floodwaters smashed the house over last weekend, but he survived.

Jonathan McComb's father, Joe McComb, earlier this week described his grandson, Andrew, as a young boy who enjoyed playing baseball and was “full of energy, a lovable kid.”

PHOTO: Laura McComb and her two children are missing after being swept away by a flood. Her husband Jonathan was found on the side of a river bank and has been treated for injuries.
Laura McComb and her two children are missing after being swept away by a flood. Her husband Jonathan was found on the side of a river bank and has been treated for injuries.

At the time, he said he was grasping at pieces of hope for the survival Andrew and the rest of the family.

“Jonathan said [that] as they were going down the river, the house hit a bridge and it took the top part of the house off, and with the bottom gone and the top gone, the house just basically splintered,” Joe McComb said.

One bright spot came Tuesday, when a helicopter search crew spotted a dog hung up on some tree branches -- Maggie, the family’s golden lab. Joe McComb wasn’t sure how the dog survived but called it "a boost of hope.”

The family knew it was going to rain, but not so consistently and powerfully. As the water poured down, Laura McComb made a frantic phone call to her sister, Julia Shields.

"She called me, she said 'I'm in a house. I'm floating down the river. Tell mom and dad I love you and pray,'" Shields told ABC affiliate KVUE.

ABC News' Bonnie McLean, Dan Good and Meghan Keneally contributed to this report.

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