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Cici Williams Steward, mother of Cile Steward, who died in the Camp Mystic flood, gets up after testifying before the Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding on Aug. 20, 2025. Cile is the only child whose body has still not been recovered.

"My daughter was stolen from me”: Grieving parents point to Texas camp failures at Capitol hearing ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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