Chiefs owner’s family loses 9-year-old girl in Texas floods: ‘Our hearts are broken’

Chiefs owner Clark Hunt’s family suffered a tragic loss in the devastating flooding in Texas over the weekend.

Janie Hunt, a young cousin in the family, was one of the Camp Mystic campers who died in the incident.

She was just 9 years old.

“Our hearts are broken by the devastation from the floods in Wimberley and the tragic loss of so many lives — including a precious little Hunt cousin, along with several friend’s little girls,” Tavia Hunt, Clark’s wife, wrote on Instagram. “How do we trust a God who is supposed to be good, all knowing and all powerful, but who allows such terrible things to happen — even to children?

“That is a sacred and tender question — and one the Bible doesn’t shy away from. Scripture is filled with the cries of those whose hearts have been shattered, who still wrestle to trust the same God they believe allowed the pain.”

Janie was the great-granddaughter of the late billionaire William Herbert Hunt, who was the brother of the late Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt.

Lamar Hunt was Clark Hunt’s father.

The death toll has reached 70 after massive rains in the Texas Hill Country led to the Guadalupe River flooding.

It was Janie Hunt’s first time attending the all-girls camp.

Five girls, along with the camp’s director, are among the deaths while at least 11 are missing.

“If your heart is broken, I assure you God is near,” Tavia Hunt wrote. “He is gentle with your wounds. And He is still worthy—even when your soul is struggling to believe it. Trust doesn’t mean you’re over the pain; it means you’re handing it to the only One who can hold it with love and restore what was lost. For we do not grieve as those without hope.”