{"id":444952,"date":"2026-09-23T08:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444952\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T08:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:42:14","slug":"texas-rangers-believe-camp-mystic-leaders-recklessly-caused-27-flood-deaths-warrants-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444952\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers believe Camp Mystic leaders \u2018recklessly caused\u2019 27 flood deaths, warrants show"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Texas Rangers believe Camp Mystic<\/a> leaders \u201crecklessly caused the death\u201d of the 25 campers and two counselors who died during the July 4, 2025 floods, according to search warrants obtained by KSAT on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, abandoning or endangering a child, injury to a child, and deadly conduct, are some of the crimes the warrants accuse camp leaders of committing. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese offenses were committed against child campers — including both deceased victims and surviving campers of the flood event– under an operator\u2019s duty of care,\u201d Texas Ranger investigator Brant Johnston wrote in the documents. <\/p>\n

The warrants would allow Texas Rangers to search electronic records to help investigators figure out what camp leaders and employees knew and did before, during, and after the deadly flood. The 14 warrants are for:<\/p>\n

Richard \u201cDick\u201d Eastland<\/p>\n

Willetta \u201cTweety\u201d Eastland<\/p>\n

Edward Eastland <\/p>\n

Britt Eastland <\/p>\n

Richard Eastland Jr. <\/p>\n

Mary Liz Eastland<\/p>\n

Catie Eastland <\/p>\n

Glenn Juenke, nightwatchman<\/p>\n

Rachel Farhoudi, senior counselor<\/p>\n

Lauren Bass, photographer<\/p>\n

Jane Charpentier, office assistant<\/p>\n

Katarzyna Kruk, seasonal worker From Poland<\/p>\n

Kalina Krol, seasonal worker From Poland<\/p>\n

Joanna Schwarz, seasonal worker From Poland<\/p>\n

The New York Times <\/a>was the first to report on the warrants, which were signed last week. <\/p>\n

Back in the spring, the Texas Rangers told KSAT<\/a> they\u2019re assisting the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in the investigation into Camp Mystic.<\/p>\n

At the time, Camp Mystic planned to reopen for the 2026 summer camp season, records show. That decision was later scrapped. <\/p>\n

According to the affidavits, several members of the Eastland family declined to be interviewed by investigators. <\/p>\n

The documents reveal new details about what happened during the deadly flooding, which also swept away longtime camp owner Dick Eastland. <\/p>\n

Dick Eastland\u2019s watch data shows he \u201cwas submerged in over twenty feet of water\u201d just before 4 a.m on July 4, 2025, according to the court records. <\/p>\n

His son, Richard Eastland Jr., woke up early that morning. Records show he had trouble falling asleep after his wife texted him to let him know that their rental home was flooded, but that she was safe. He started to work on his computer but realized the internet was out. <\/p>\n

\u201cRichard looked at his phone, which warned of dangerous flash flooding, but he was not concerned,\u201d stated the document. <\/p>\n

No one has been criminally charged at this time.<\/p>\n

Our team is reading through more than 600 pages of court records. We will be updating this story with the details of what we\u2019ve learned. <\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Texas Rangers believe Camp Mystic leaders \u201crecklessly caused the death\u201d of the 25 campers and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2330,4187,4976,27,29,28,429,51314],"class_list":["post-444952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-camp-mystic","tag-kerr-county","tag-ksat-investigates","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-rangers","tag-we-follow-through"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444952","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=444952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}