She was set to attend the University of Texas at Austin in the fall, with a major in health promotion and behavioral science.  Her family said Childress lived a beautiful life that "saturated those around her with contagious joy,

The number of fatalities connected to the Kerr County floods has risen to 75, local officials said Monday as search and rescue efforts continue and Camp Mystic grieved ”the loss of 27 campers and counselors”.

Catastrophic flooding killed 68 people in Kerr County, Texas, alone, where water washed through an all-girls summer camp, killing over two dozen people and sparking a desperate search for missing campers.