Family Of Girl Still Missing From Camp Mystic Flood Asks Judge To Not Let Camp Reopen

The Texas family of an 8-year-old girl who was 1 of 27 killed astatine nan younker camp during catastrophic flooding past summertime is asking nan courts to support nan younker campy from reopening.

Cile Steward attended Camp Mystic erstwhile unprecedented rainfall worsened pinch terrifying quickness during nan July Fourth vacation weekend, resulting successful 25 girls and 2 counselors dying.

Cile and 1 different girl’s bodies still haven’t been recovered.

The family of nan 8-year-old has asked a Travis County judge to forestall Camp Mystic's owners from reopening nan campy and to halt immoderate building while nan suit is pending. Their petition for a impermanent injunction maintains that immoderate changes astatine nan campy could destruct grounds needed for their lawsuit.

“It now falls to this Court to protect nan public, plaintiffs’ hunt for answers, and nan grounds astatine nan Camp Mystic site,” nan attorneys wrote.

The camp’s determination past twelvemonth to partially unfastened and to conception a memorial connected nan grounds drew outrage from galore of nan girls' families who are mourning their loved ones and who said they weren’t consulted connected nan plans.

“We telephone connected Camp Mystic to halt each discussions of reopening and memorials,” CiCi and Will Steward wrote to Camp Mystic officials aft nan camp's determination was announced.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has asked Texas regulators not to renew nan licence for Camp Mystic while nan deaths are being investigated and cited legislative probes that are expected to statesman successful nan spring.

Families of respective of nan girls who died person sued nan camp's operators, arguing that campy officials grounded to return basal steps to protect nan campers arsenic life-threatening floodwaters approached.

Attorneys for Camp Mystic person expressed sympathy toward nan girls' families but maintained location was small they could person done during nan catastrophic flooding that quickly overcame nan camp.

“Nobody had each seen a anterior flood thing for illustration we saw successful 2025,” said Mikal Watts, an lawyer for Camp Mystic and its family of owners.