The parents of an 8-year-old Texas girl who vanished last summer when flash flooding inundated the Hill Country are suing the operators of Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp where she had been staying when she was washed away.
Will Steward and CiCi Steward say the Eastland family, which has run the all-girls camp for decades, failed to protect Cecilia “Cile” Steward, who is “presumed to be deceased.”.
“On June 29, 2025, Will and CiCi Steward dropped their eight-year-old daughter Cile off for her first time at sleepaway camp, an entire month at Camp Mystic, where Cile’s mother, aunt, grandmother, and countless cousins had attended as campers and counselors,” the lawsuit says.
“Cile’s parents did not know that when they kissed Cile goodbye, it would be the last time they would ever hold her.”.
The victims included Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner of Camp Mystic.
“We believe Dick was trying to save a few of the campers,” Lauren Garcia, a former Camp Mystic attendee, told reporters at the time.
When the rains came, the Eastlands started moving some of their assets to higher ground, according to the lawsuit. »
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