Like they had done many times before, Leslie and Adam Jez packed their camper and headed for Arkansas' Albert Pike Recreation Area. But instead of leaving Friday, they and their 3-year-old met up with family a day earlier _ a decision that proved fatal.
Flash floods pushed a torrent of water through their campsite on the edge of the Ouachita National Forest before dawn, killing at least 19 people including Leslie and her mother, Sherry Wade. Adam survived, but authorities haven't said whether their child, Kaden, was among the victims.
State police said one person is still missing, and search teams plan to resume their work Monday morning.
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