“Chloe,” the dog of Jeff and Tanya Ramsey, was found alive near the river. Now, a team is focusing their search in that same area in hopes of finding Jeff.
KERR COUNTY, Texas — Monday marked one month since the deadly Fourth of July floods took more than 100 lives in the Texas Hill Country.
A search team has intensified their search efforts to find a Lewisville man, who is one of two people who are still missing.
“Chloe,” the dog of Jeff and Tanya Ramsey, was found alive near the river. Now, a team is focusing their search in that same area in hopes of finding Jeff.
“We’re still looking for him, Jeff Ramsey. He’s still missing. They didn’t recover him yet,” said Nina Brooks, founder and president of Search & Support San Antonio.
Brooks says Ramsey was a friend of one of their team members, so for them, this mission is personal.
“We try our very best to locate him, without making any promises of course. We are exhausting all our resources. We had cadaver dog out here today. We dig, we dive and we search and we also climb if you have to,” said Brooks.
Family members tell our Dallas sister station WFAA, that Jeff Ramsey and his wife Tanya were staying at a cabin along the river at the HTR Campgrounds.
As the flood water rose, Jeff called other family members staying on the opposite side of the river and told them to evacuate.
Eric Steele, Jeff’s Brother-in-Law, said without the call they may not have survived, crediting the couple as heroes.
Days after the flood, search teams recovered Tanya’s body.
The family says the couple’s dog “Chole” was found alive near the river, giving the search team a clue where to search.
“Some dogs, they like to flee and run. It’s a possibility too. But usually if they had a very close relationship with the owner, yes, they will try to stick around and even find their owner,” said Brooks.
With information from the Ramsey Family, the search team is focused on a one mile area along the river.
They believe they are on the right track, having found pieces of what they believe belong to the 2013 Airstream Bambi camper, owned by the couple.
“It’s a hint that we’re not totally off or at the wrong place to search,” said Brooks.
The family also tells WFAA there will be a memorial for the couple this weekend, whether Jeff is found or not.
Joining Search & Support San Antonio, is a collaboration with a San Antonio company called Diverse Construction Group, which is providing heavy equipment to help search through large debris piles.
Brooks says they believe partnering up with other organizations, companies and agencies, is beneficial to the families of missing victims.
Diverse Construction Group has been involved in search and recovery operations since the first days after the flood, and they have a GoFundMe to help with costs.