In a heartbreaking new development, the parents of the last girl still missing after the catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic have revealed the contents of their final phone call with their 8-year-old daughter — a call that lasted less than a minute but left an entire nation shaken.

According to the parents, the call came through at 3:07 a.m., just as the rising floodwaters began cutting off power and communication throughout the area.

The connection was unstable. Static and wind drowned most of the audio. But the last six words their daughter managed to say before the line dropped were:

“I miss you, Mom and Dad.”

Her mother shared through tears,

“Her voice was shaking. I kept begging her to stay calm, to find high ground. But those were the only words she could say. She was scared… but she thought of us first.”

Her father added,

“You raise a child, you think you’ll be there to protect her from everything. But we weren’t. All we have now are those six words.”

The phone went silent after that. The girl’s location was traced to an elevated area 1.7 km southeast of Camp Mystic, which is now the center of a full-scale search involving K9 units, drones, and thermal imaging.

Police say that the emotional toll of the discovery has further energized the rescue teams.

“This isn’t just a missing person,” said one officer. “This is a child who called her parents one last time — and that changes everything.”

The full, timestamped phone transcript has been made available by the family and can be read in the comments below.

🙏 Please keep this family, and every child affected by this tragedy, in your thoughts.
Search efforts are ongoing. Updates will follow.