Did he wander off into the forested area instead?” And one that remains stubbornly unanswered: “Are they ever going to find him?” “Obviously I want my husband returned alive,” she wrote to The Associated Press,

Sixty miles of river. Murky waters, thick mud and seemingly insurmountable piles of debris. The painstaking recovery efforts continue for around 100 people still missing following the devastating July Fourth flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas.

SAN ANTONIO - A family has been searching for a missing teenage girl for more than two months.Victoria Guadalupe Altamirano, 16, was last seen on May 17 in San

A washed-out Guadalupe River appeared stuck in time nearly two weeks after the catastrophe. Large trees laid on their sides and remnants of debris lingered throughout what was left. Some residents of the area say it's unlike anything they've seen in the river before.

It's not too early to ask what happened, why and who should be held accountable. But Republican officials in Texas and beyond would rather punt.

A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.