Camp Mystic manslaughter investigation 2026
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Texas Rangers accuse Camp Mystic of criminal offenses in children's deaths
The search warrant affidavits were filed Friday with the Kerr County District Clerk's office by investigator Brant C. Johnston.
State law requires a ratio of one adult supervisor for 10 children at Texas youth camps.
Camp Mystic failed to report the campers' deaths in a timely manner to the Texas Department of State Health Services, with more than nine months passing before officials were notified.
“Management continuously treated the rising waters as a manageable logistical operation long after the situation had progressed into a life-or-death water rescue operation, delaying emergency measures until campers were actively trapped,”
Texas Rangers investigate Camp Mystic for possible manslaughter
Members of the Eastland family and other top camp officials refused interviews with investigators.
Texas Rangers executed search warrants last week to obtain the electronic communications of Camp Mystic's owners.
Johnston wrote that Camp Mystic's owners failed to relocate children from low-lying cabins despite having monitored late-night flood warnings.