Camp Mystic files for bankruptcy after 28 people died in 2025 Texas floods

Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp in Texas where 28 people died in a catastrophic flood last July, has filed for bankruptcy, according to court records. In a Chapter 11 filing, submitted Wednesday in the southern district of Texas , the camp’s owners said that the camp’s total debt “exceeds $10m”. The filing comes several months after Camp Mystic halted plans to reopen this summer, amid mounting outrage and criticism from victims’ families, and state officials. Since the disaster, the camp and its owners have faced intense questioning, scrutiny and criticism from victims’ families and state lawmakers over their response to the devastating 4 July flood, which killed 25 campers, two teenage counselors, and the camp’s owner, Dick Eastland. Earlier this month, state investigators released a report detailing their first findings on the tragedy. The investigators found that the camp “did not provide adequate training for staff in emergency situations” and lacked adequate “advance emergency planning”. The report also found that there were at least “39 adults present” at the camp, in addition to the teenager counselors, “who could have been tasked to assist with an orderly flood evacuation” but that “there was no plan for them to do so, and no training that would have prepared them for what to do”. Several families of victims have filed lawsuits against the camp and the Eastland family, which owned and operated Camp Mystic, accusing them of “gross negligence”. …