Family Reveals Identity Of 2 Missing Children In Bucks Co. Flooding

UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA —The family of the two children missing from the flash flooding has provided information about them as the search continues Monday.

The Upper Makefield Township Police Department said after discussions with the family, the identities and names of the two children who are missing are being released:

• Matilda (Mattie) Sheils: 2 years old
• Conrad Sheils: 9 months old

Police said their 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 said. The search widened on Monday morning for the brother and sister who were swept away by floodwaters from Saturday's fast-moving storm.

"The family requests that you respect their privacy at this extremely painful time, as they mourn the loss of Mr. Sheils’ fiancée and mother of their three children, Katie Seley (32 years of age), and as they anxiously wait for their children to be brought home," police said.

Any other identifications of the people who perished in this horrible tragedy will come from the Bucks County Coroner’s Office, police said.

About six inches of rain fell in a fast-moving storm Saturday afternoon, flooding roads and sweeping away people into the raging floodwaters who had been caught in the deluge.

Five people have been confirmed dead, authorities said.

The Upper Makefield Police Department said that the area was hit with a torrential rainstorm, which caused flash flooding along several areas throughout the township.

The worst of the flooding occurred along Rt. 532 in the area of Stonebridge Crossing Road between Aqueduct Road and Wrightstown Road.

Police said the flash flooding caught numerous motorists by surprise and many were trapped.

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Photo Courtesy of the Upper Makefield Police Department and the Sheils family.)