{"id":238931,"date":"2026-04-07T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/238931\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:05:08","slug":"texas-rangers-join-probe-after-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/238931\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers join probe after floods"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Texas Rangers have joined a sweeping state investigation <\/a>into the actions of Camp Mystic <\/a>during the July 4 floods <\/a>that left 28 people \u2014 including 26 campers, two counselors and the camp director \u2014 dead.<\/p>\n

The role of the Rangers was not immediately clear. The Texas Department of Public Safety said Tuesday:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Texas Rangers are now assisting the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in an investigation regarding complaints of neglect by Camp Mystic in Kerr Co. during the July 4, 2025, floods.\u201d<\/p>\n

The American-Statesman has requested additional details from DSHS about the Rangers\u2019 role.<\/p>\n

The Rangers\u2019 search and recovery mission for remaining flood victims in Kerr County is ongoing, DPS said.<\/p>\n

Camp Mystic filed an application last week with\u00a0DSHS seeking renewal of its state license ahead of reopening <\/a>this summer. The agency said it has received complaints about the camp and will investigate potential violations of laws and rules governing youth camps.<\/p>\n

In February, the parents of 8-year-old Cile Steward \u2014 the only Camp Mystic camper whose remains have not been found \u2014 filed a lawsuit seeking to halt construction, repairs and renovations at the camp until their earlier lawsuit over Steward\u2019s death is resolved. A judge granted the order, saying the halt was necessary to preserve evidence. Camp Mystic appealed the decision, calling it \u201cdeeply flawed\u201d and saying it caused \u201cirreparable harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has urged Camp Mystic not to reopen, saying \u201cTexans deserve transparency and clear answers\u201d before DSHS issues the camp a license to reopen.<\/p>\n

The families of nine victims have filed lawsuits against DSHS, claiming it should not have issued the camp a license in July due to its lack of an evacuation plan.<\/p>\n

The victims’ families have also sued the camp, claiming camp owners and operators knew of the flooding risk and did not adequately prepare for or respond to the flooding. Lawyers for Camp Mystic have said there was little the camp could have done, calling the flooding \u201cunexpected\u201d and saying there were not adequate warning systems in the area the flooding occurred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas Rangers have joined a sweeping state investigation into the actions of Camp Mystic during the July…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-238931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}