Texas Rangers allege crimes in Camp Mystic flood investigation, affidavit says

The useful part

Newly filed paperwork in Kerr County details a Texas Rangers investigation into Camp Mystic and seeks phone and data records connected to the Eastland family. The search warrant affidavit said the Texas Rangers investigating the case believed Camp Mystic LLC committed manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, among other crimes. The Texas Bullpen first reported the filing online and posted the lengthy affidavit.

How it works

• Paul Yetter and Richard Mithoff, two attorneys representing some of the families whose daughters died in the flood, released the following statement after the affidavits were made public on Tuesday: "Our...
• The affidavit lays out investigators' examination of weather conditions, previous floods and what Camp Mystic leaders did and did not do leading up to the flooding.
• Earlier this year, Camp Mystic halted plans to reopen this summer amid court hearings and legislative investigations.
• Those hearings examined the camp's lack of detailed emergency flood planning and its missed opportunities to evacuate before conditions became too dangerous.

What to take from it

According to the affidavit, the Texas Ranger who wrote the report writes it is his belief that "Camp Mystic, LLC was aware of and consciously disregarded a substantial and unjustifiable risk of death to campers in its care." NBC5 reached out to an attorney representing the Eastland family and has not heard back.