Texas Rangers pursuing criminal investigation of Camp Mystic, court documents show - KSAT

A search warrant affidavit from Texas Rangers investigator Brant C. Johnston lays out the case. He wrote that the offenses were committed against child campers, including both those who died and those who survived the flood. The Rangers have filed 14 warrants seeking electronic data tied to the Eastland family, which ran the camp, along with other staff members.

This isn't a Lubbock story on its face, but plenty of people here have ties to Texas summer camps like Mystic, whether through kids who attended one or families who know someone who did. Investigators believe decisions made by camp leadership before or during the flooding may amount to crimes, not simply bad luck.

For families anywhere in Texas who send kids to camps each summer, this case raises real questions about what oversight and emergency planning actually look like behind the scenes. Camp Mystic became a symbol of the tragedy almost overnight. Now it may become a test case for how Texas holds camp operators accountable when kids die on their watch.

Fourteen warrants, one camp, and a state agency treating a flood as a potential crime scene.