SAN ANTONIO – UPDATE at 10:20 a.m. on 6/15: The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified 12 people out of 13 who were killed in Thursday’s floods.
On Sunday, the medical examiner’s office confirmed Derwin Anderson, 43, and Roseann Cobb, 41, were killed in the floods.
Anderson was found near Callaghan Road and Highway 90, while Cobb was found in the Wurzbach Parkway area, according to the medical examiner’s office.
UPDATE at 5 p.m. on 6/14: The medical examiner’s office has identified 10 people out of 13 who were killed in Thursday’s floods.
On Saturday afternoon, the medical examiner’s office provided an update identifying three people who died as a result of the floods at Perrin Beitel Road and Northeast Loop 410:
- Carlos Valdez III, 67
- Brett Riley, 63
- Stevie Richards, 42
UPDATE at 12:25 p.m. on 6/14: The San Antonio Fire Department confirmed the number of people killed in Thursday’s floods has risen to 13.
SAFD said on Saturday that all missing people have been recovered.
Eleven people were found in the Perrin Beitel search area, one person was found several miles upstream from the search area and one was found in the Highway 90 Leon Creek area, SAFD said.
“Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families and loved ones of those lost during this tragic event,” SAFD said in a statement.
UPDATE at 9:10 a.m. on 6/14: Twelve people have been confirmed dead countywide as a result of Thursday’s flooding, according to the medical examiner’s office.
On Saturday, the ME’s office identified four more people who were killed in the Beitel Creek flooding on Thursday:
- Christine Gonzales, 29
- Rudy Garza, 61
- Josue Pinadelatorre, 28
- Andrew Sanchez, 60
UPDATE at 3:30 p.m. on 6/13: The San Antonio Fire Department said 11 people are dead from Thursday’s storms.
The 11 fatalities were confirmed on Friday from a news release sent to KSAT via email from SAFD.
The fire department stated that all the fatalities are from the Salado Creek area, located near Northeast Loop 410 and Perrin Beitel.
Several other people remain missing, according to San Antonio fire officials. However, the number of missing people is decreasing.
A joint statement was released earlier on Friday from the city, SAFD and the San Antonio Police Department.
“Our hearts are with the families of those we’ve lost to this week’s flash floods and the families who continue searching for their loved ones,” Ron Nirenberg said in the joint statement. “I want to personally thank our San Antonio first responders and their families for their sacrifices toward the recovery efforts. Erika and I will be praying that those who are missing are found without harm.”
Fire officials said on Friday that they responded to at least 70 water rescues and 16 high-water investigations.
The city’s Public Works Department reported 15 instances of possible structural damage due to the storms. Two crossings — Vicar Drive at Beitel Creek and Old O’Connor Road — were “significantly” damaged and will remain closed indefinitely as cleanup and repairs begin.
In a statement sent just before 1 p.m., the medical examiner’s office identified three people found dead near Salado Creek. Their identities are below:
- Martha De La Torre Rangel, 55
- Victor Manuel Macias Castro, 28
- Matthew Angel Tufono, 51
San Antonio Fire Department spokesperson Joe Arrington said the search for more flood victims near Beitel Creek and near Leon Creek (located near U.S. Highway 90 and Callaghan Road) remains ongoing.
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ORIGINAL: One day after high water swept away and killed five people, a family of two missing people told KSAT that more bodies were recovered on Friday morning.
The family said the two people — a man and a woman — were found approximately two miles south of Beitel Creek.
KSAT reached out to the San Antonio Fire Department for confirmation of the two bodies reportedly found on Friday.
However, in a statement, SAFD said the official death count from Thursday’s storms has risen from five to eight. Six people remain unaccounted for, an SAFD spokesperson said.
San Antonio police and firefighters began receiving calls around 4:15 a.m. on Thursday from people stranded on the frontage road of Loop 410 near Perrin Beitel.
Water rose quickly in the area. The high water caused 15 vehicles to be swept away from the Loop 410 and Perrin Beitel access road into the creek below, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.
Five people — including two men and two women — were reported dead on Thursday.
One of those victims was Angel Richards’ husband, Stevie. Richards told KSAT she was on the phone with her husband early Thursday morning when their conversation was suddenly cut short.
“The call I got, he was going into some water. And that was it,” Angel Richards said Thursday, describing the abrupt ending. “I just don’t want to believe it. This is not something that happens.”
In all, SAPD said Thursday that 19 people were in the water at one point in time.
San Antonio firefighters managed to rescue 10 people from the area, approximately one mile away from where they entered the water. Some of them were clinging to trees.
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