Janie Hunt, a 9-year-old relative of Kansas City Chiefs co-owner and chairman Clark Hunt, was one of the many Camp Mystic youth who died when floodwaters swept over the retreat in Kerr County, Texas.
The football executive’s wife, Tavia Hunt, confirmed the news on Instagram over the weekend.
“Our hearts are broken by the devastation from the floods in Wimberley and the tragic loss of so many lives — including a precious little Hunt cousin, along with several friend’s little girls,” she wrote.
“We are devastated,” the girl’s immediate family told People in a statement.
Janie Hunt was a student at Robert S. Hyer Elementary in the Dallas suburb of Highland Park, Fox 4 reported. Two other Highland Park students also died in the disaster, which the town marked with green ribbons around trees.
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“Our hearts are heavy following the devastating flood in the Texas Hill Country,” the Highland Park Independent School District wrote on its website. “Numerous HPISD students were in the area and forced to evacuate during this natural disaster. We are deeply saddened to report the loss of multiple students, and our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families deeply affected by this unimaginable tragedy.”
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Driven by torrential rain on the Fourth of July weekend, the Guadalupe River rose more than 20 feet and battered the all-girls Christian youth camp, killing 27. The overall death toll from the floods is now at least 82.
Janie was the great-granddaughter of William Herbert Hunt, who was the brother of late Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt, whose son is current owner Clark Hunt, Fox News reported.
Here’s a photo of Janie, at the far right on the top line:
