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The Upper Makefield Police Department released the photos on Monday afternoon of the 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister. The two remained missing after being swept away in Saturday evening’s flash flooding.
The still-missing children were identified as Matilda (Mattie) Sheils, 2, and Conrad Sheils, 9 months. Their mother Katie Seley, 32, was also swept away and her body was found over the weekend.
Jim Sheils, the father of the kids and partner to Seley, survived, along with a 4-year-old son and one of the adults’ mother, who was swept away but later rescued.
The family, who were from Charleston, South Carolina, was in Bucks County for a BBQ and became trapped along Washington Crossing Road (Route 532) in Upper Makefield Township as flash flooding quickly surrounded them.
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“Their loving father, Jim Sheils, and their entire family would like to thank everyone for their prayers and support. They would also like to thank all of the personnel involved in this massive search effort to find Mattie and Conrad,” police posted on social media.
Sheils and Seley were set to be married.
Emergency crews continued to search Monday afternoon near the flooding scene, along local waterways, the Delaware Canal, and the Delaware River for the two kids.
The Sheils family has made a request for privacy during the painful period.
Publisher Tom Sofield contributed to this article.
