EXCLUSIVE (KXAN) — An Austin family whose eight-year-old daughter Linnie was killed at Camp Mystic in Texas two months ago amid deadly flooding, is speaking out in an exclusive interview.

"Linnie was so special," her mom, Callie McCown, told KXAN Investigates, describing their only daughter, the middle child of two other boys who loved dance and gymnastics. "She was the glue of our family. I thought of her as my best friend. She was the child at school that everyone described as always including others. She never wanted anyone to be left out. She had a contagious giggle, was so silly and funny, and just so sweet."

Callie and Michael McCown both sat down with KXAN Investigates moments after Gov. Greg Abbott

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