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Camp Mystic official says she still hasn’t reported flood deaths to Texas agency

people embrace each other at a memorial
Community members gather during a candlelight vigil to honor the lives lost in the flash floods that claimed more than 120 lives on 11 July 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The medical officer for Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp in Texas where 27 girls and counselors were killed in a catastrophic flood last year, testified this week she has still not officially reported the deaths to the state health agency reviewing the camp’s application to reopen.

Mary Liz Eastland, a member of the family that owns and operates the camp, appeared in court this week as part of a hearing tied to a lawsuit brought by the family of eight-year-old camper Cecilia “Cile” Steward, whose body has not been found. The family is seeking to temporarily close off the camp’s flooded areas to preserve the damage as evidence while their lawsuit proceeds.

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