Camp Mystic files for bankruptcy nearly 1 year after deadly flooding disaster killed 28

KERR COUNTY, Texas– Camp Mystic, the all-girls summertime campy situated on the Guadalupe River successful Kerr County, Texas, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy astir a twelvemonth aft 28 radical from the campy were killed successful flooding past July 4. 

The institution successful complaint of the campy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy connected Wednesday. 

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A presumption of Camp Mystic, the tract of wherever astatine slightest 20 girls went missing aft flash flooding successful Hunt, Texas, connected July 5, 2025. 

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The devastating flooding of the Guadalupe River connected July 4, 2025, near much than 100 radical dormant crossed Texas Hill Country, including the Camp Mystic campers and staff. 

In the filing, Camp Mystic listed its assets arsenic betwixt $1 cardinal and $10 million. Debts were noted arsenic exceeding $10 million.

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Included successful the filing were Camp Mystic, LLC, and 3 different affiliated entities. 

TOPSHOT - A hunt and rescue squad looks for radical on the Guadalupe River adjacent a damaged gathering astatine Camp Mystic successful Hunt, Texas, connected July 7, 2025, pursuing terrible flash flooding that occurred during the July 4 vacation weekend. Rescuers successful Texas proceed to contention against clip to find dozens of missing people, including children, swept distant by flash floods that killed much than 80 people, with forecasters informing of caller deluges. In a terrifying show of nature's power, the rain-swollen waters of the Guadalupe River reached treetops and the roofs of cabins successful Camp Mystic arsenic girls slept overnight connected Friday, July 4, washing distant immoderate of them and leaving a country of devastation. 

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Camp Mystic is managed by the Eastland family, of which each managers signed the Chapter 11 filing. 

On June 18, a 115-page study created by a peculiar associated committee of the Texas legislature was released with findings astir the flooding catastrophe wrong the camp. 

Findings wrong the study included that astatine slightest 39 adults were connected spot astatine the clip and should've been capable to assistance with evacuations, but lone 3 radical facilitated the evacuation of 750 girls wrong the camp. 

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CENTER POINT, TEXAS - JULY 18: A 10-foot transverse is seen on the banks of the Guadalupe River successful beforehand of Camp Mystic connected July 18, 2025 successful Hunt, Texas. 

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Those radical were the camp's co-executive director, Dick Eastland, his lad and a nighttime information guard. 

Eastland died successful the flooding on with 25 campers and 2 counselors.  

The study went connected to database different information and information failures to support the campers and unit during the flooding. 

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According to FOX 26 Houston, aggregate civilian lawsuits person been filed against Camp Mystic by the families of camps and unit who died successful the flooding. 

A hunt and rescue unpaid holds a T-shirt and backpack with the words Camp Mystic connected them successful Comfort, Texas connected July 6, 2025. The unpaid recovered the belongings on the Guadalupe River adjacent Ingram, Texas. "I anticipation I find the idiosyncratic to instrumentality their belongings, not to find closure," helium said.  

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The bankruptcy filing comes aft the campy announced successful April it would not reopen for the 2026 play amid an probe into the camp's negligence during the flooding disaster. 

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"No administrative process oregon summertime play should determination guardant portion families proceed to grieve, portion investigations proceed and portion truthful galore Texans inactive transportation the symptom of past July’s tragedy," the campy said successful a connection astatine the clip of the closure announcement.  

Camp Mystic has not issued a connection pursuing the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing.