Hearing on Camp Mystic tragedy continues Tue. in Austin
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"There was never any real training," an investigator told lawmakers on Monday during a hearing about the flooding that killed 25 campers and two counselors.
The state House committee is meeting concurrently with the Senate General Investigating Committee to hear invited testimony.
A Texas investigator says the fate of the girls at Camp Mystic "was set before any drop of rain fell." Here's what lawmakers learned about the camp culture.
Camp Mystic has withdrawn its application for a Texas state license to operate a summer 2026 camp, telling DSHS it doesn’t want any administrative process to move forward while families grieve and investigations continue after last July’s tragedy.
The leaders of Camp Mystic exhibited a "complacent" attitude toward flooding prior to last July's deluge that resulted in the deaths of 28 people at the historic Christian girls' summer camp, an investigator told state lawmakers on Monday.
Camp Mystic planned to reopen this summer at its Cypress Lake location a half-mile away from the Guadalupe River location, but the Eastland family elected to not renew its camp license application on Thursday.
During two days of a Taxes state legislative hearing into an investigation into the deaths of 25 campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic, one word
The news arrives after investigators revealed that Dick Eastland, the camp’s executive director who died in the July 4 flood, enforced a culture of obedience that likely contributed to the chaos that unfolded during the disaster.