Camp Mystic Testimonies: CiCi Williams Steward and Will Steward, parents of Cile Steward

CiCi Williams Steward and her husband Will spoke about their daughter Cile, one of two flood victims still missing nearly seven weeks after the flood. “Our daughter was stolen from us,” CiCi said. “Cile’s life ended not because of an unavoidable act of nature, but because of preventable failures.” She described the ongoing agony of not knowing where Cile’s body is and pleaded with lawmakers to continue the search. “Cile Steward is still missing. 48 days later, Cile remains somewhere in the devastation of the Guadalupe River. We are forced to pray for the day when our child’s body is found and to call that good news. Until she is found, our family lives in a torture chamber of uncertainty,” she said. “We cannot begin to grieve or to honor the fullness of her short, beautiful life until she is recovered and laid safely to rest.”