Crews find 20th victim of flooding in Ark.

June 15, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Severe weather

Associated Press

LANGLEY, Ark.

Crews on Monday found the body of a young girl who was the 20th victim of a flash flood that devastated a popular Arkansas campground, but they continued searching because it wasn’t clear whether the girl was the last person reported missing.

Officials had said earlier that they still were looking for a young girl missing from the Albert Pike Recreation Area campground. But State Police Capt. Fletcher said searchers weren’t sure if the girl whose body they found was the same one reported missing by her family.

Police will wait to announce the girl’s name until her identity is confirmed, Fletcher said.

Dozens of people were feared missing after the pre-dawn Friday flood, but authorities narrowed their search Sunday to just one person known to have been camping at the Albert Pike Recreation Area. They said they believe many others first feared missing were camping in other parts of the state, without cell-phone coverage.

State police and other agencies were to decide Monday night whether to continue the search today, spokesman Bill Sadler said.

“We did have some names of individuals whose families did come to us with direct evidence or information of persons present in the park, and we believe we have identified all of those individuals in one way or the other,” Sadler said.

“Is that to say that there are not any other victims in the Little Missouri River? We can’t say that;, that is why there is a continuing search and recovery operation under way.”