Texas Rangers pursuing Camp Mystic criminal investigation

Key Points:

• The Texas Rangers are pursuing criminal charges, including manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, against Camp Mystic leadership following the deaths of 27 girls and counselors in the July 4, 2025 floods, according to a search warrant affidavit.
• Investigators highlighted that the offenses were committed against child campers, both deceased and surviving, and obtained 14 warrants to examine electronic data from the Eastland family, who ran the camp, and other staff members.
• Camp Mystic, which experienced severe flooding resulting in 27 deaths, withdrew its license application and decided not to reopen after a state probe found it lacked required emergency plans and adequate evacuation measures.
• A legislative investigation cited communication failures and poor evacuation instructions as key factors in the tragedy, while families of victims have sued the Texas Department of State Health Services for wrongfully licensing the camp.
• Attorneys representing the families view the search warrants as a crucial move toward accountability and transparency, emphasizing that the camp leadership's decisions before and during the flood may have been criminal.