{"id":377483,"date":"2026-07-18T00:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377483\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T00:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:59:10","slug":"woman-sentenced-to-3-years-after-posing-as-camp-mystic-victims-father-asking-for-donations-pct-1-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377483\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman sentenced to 3 years after posing as Camp Mystic victim’s father, asking for donations, Pct. 1 says"},"content":{"rendered":"

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Florida woman was sentenced to three years in prison after she impersonated the father of a teen lost in the\u00a0deadly Camp Mystic flood<\/a>\u00a0just days after the tragedy, according to Harris County Precinct One Constable Alan Rosen.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Florida woman posed as father of Camp Mystic flood victim, asked for donations, court documents show<\/a><\/p>\n

Maitlin White, 29, was sentenced to three years in a Texas prison after pleading guilty to online fraud in which she posed as the family of Houston\u2019s Chloe Childress and fraudulently sought donations from the public via GoFundMe and other platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is inexcusable how she sought to prey on the emotions of our community and abused Chloe\u2019s family,\u201d Harris County Constable Precinct One Alan Rosen said. \u201cIt\u2019s been just over a year since she and at least 134 others were tragically lost, and we again see right now how floodwaters are ravaging the Hill Country.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

White was arrested in Florida by the U.S. Marshals Service in January 2026 after she created several accounts on fundraising websites posing as the father of Chloe Childress, according to court records. Only four days prior to the accounts being created,\u00a0Chloe died in the tragic floods while working as a counselor at Camp Mystic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Documents showed that on July 10, 2025, Matthew Childress notified authorities of the online impersonation, and six months later, White was in custody.<\/p>\n

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