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Camp Mystic faces criminal investigation as Texas Rangers seek evidence of manslaughter, other crimes in flood deaths

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Associated Press. (2026, September 23). Camp Mystic faces criminal investigation as Texas Rangers seek evidence of manslaughter, other crimes in flood deaths. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/us-news/camp-mystic-faces-criminal-investigation-as-texas-rangers-seek-evidence-of-manslaughter-other-crimes-in-flood-deaths/

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Camp Mystic is under criminal investigation by the Texas Rangers who are examining evidence related to the deaths of at least 27 children during a flash flood event that killed over 136 people total in Texas. The affidavit from Brant Johnston, a representative with the Texas Rangers, alleges inadequate emergency planning and insufficient adult supervision at Camp Mystic during the incident. Family members of victims have sought accountability from the Eastland family who own the camp, while some top officials associated with the camp declined to be interviewed by investigators.

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In 2025, Camp Mystic in Texas faces a criminal investigation that could include manslaughter and negligent homicide charges after 27 girls died during devastating flooding. Investigators sought search warrants for the camp's owners' electronic communications as evidence of potential crimes, including child abandonment. The affidavits from Brant Johnston with the Texas Rangers claim Camp Mystic had inadequate emergency plans and failed to conduct necessary training or drills. The camp did not evacuate children despite monitoring late-night flood warnings, leading to a lack of sufficient adult supervision in some cabins. Families of the victims have been pushing for accountability and answers since the tragedy but the Eastland family, who owns the camp, has largely remained unresponsive.

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“Both articles describe the criminal inquiry into Camp Mystic regarding the deaths of 27 girls due to flooding and cite Brant Johnston's affidavit about inadequate emergency plans and neglect.”

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No charges have been brought, and a representative of the camp did not immediately return messages seeking comment. asserted

representative → bring → comment

Brant Johnston, with the Texas Rangers, wrote in an affidavit that Camp Mystic had inadequate emergency plans, failed to conduct emergency drills or training, and in some cabins did not have enough adult counselors. asserted

Mystic → write → counselors

Its owners neglected to take precautions by relocating children from low-lying cabins despite having monitored late-night flood warnings, Johnston wrote. asserted

Johnston → neglect → warnings

“Young campers cannot reasonably be expected to independently recognize a rapidly developing, life-threatening hazard or to organize and execute an evacuation absent direction from an adequate number of adult supervisors,” Johnston wrote. asserted

Johnston → expect → supervisors

He concluded: “Camp Mystic, LLC was aware of and consciously disregarded a substantial and unjustifiable risk of death to the campers in their care.” asserted

LLC → conclude → care

All told, the destructive flooding killed at least 136 people along a several-mile stretch of the river, raising questions about how things went so terribly wrong. asserted

things → tell → questions

“For more than a year, families of the 27 angels killed at Camp Mystic have fought, begged, and pleaded with the Eastland family for accountability and answers,” Christina Yarnell and Brad Beckworth, attorneys for the family of victim Cile Steward, said in a written statement. “Instead, the Eastlands have held hostage the information and answers owed to parents who deserve, more than anyone, to know the details surrounding their daughters’ final moments.” asserted

who → kill → moments

Steward’s body still has not been found. asserted

body → find → ?

Johnston wrote in the warrant that he made several visits to Camp Mystic and that he and other investigators have conducted interviews with witnesses, flood victims and people associated with the camp. asserted

he → write → camp

But several people, including members of the Eastland family and other top camp officials, refused interviews, Johnston wrote. asserted

Johnston → include → interviews

The Eastland family and other camp leaders have testified in courtrooms and in front of the state Legislature in the months since the flood, however, with camp director Edward Eastland offering a tearful apology. asserted

Eastland → testify → apology

Camp Mystic faces criminal investigation as Texas Rangers seek evidence of manslaughter, other crimes in flood deaths

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