Texas Rangers have taken phones and other devices from the family that owns Camp Mystic as the criminal investigation into last year’s deadly Hill Country flood continues, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
The devices were in a storage unit in Denton County. They had been turned over to a forensics consultant, then handed to the Rangers at 6 p.m. Friday, Camp Mystic bankruptcy attorney Deirdre Brown told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez. A new search warrant sought phones belonging to the late Richard “Dick” Eastland, Willetta “Tweety” Eastland, Edward Eastland, Mary Liz Eastland, Richard Eastland Jr. and his wife, Leslie, Britt Eastland and his wife, Catie, and night watchman Glenn Juenke. It also sought Apple watches belonging to Dick Eastland, Edward Eastland and Richard Eastland Jr., and an iPad belonging to Juenke.
The July 4, 2025, flash flood on the Guadalupe River killed 25 children and two counselors at the Kerr County camp. Dick Eastland also died while trying to drive 13 girls and two counselors from the Bubble Inn cabin to higher ground.
The Texas Rangers are investigating possible criminal conduct related to Camp Mystic’s preparation and response to the deadly July 4 flooding in 2025. https://t.co/XyZE1GtFcT
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The Rangers are investigating possible criminal conduct tied to the camp’s preparation and response, FOX 4 reported. A ranger filed search warrants for 14 people, seven of them Eastland family members. The warrants seek phone data from July 3 through Oct. 17, 2025, including texts, photos, deleted material and browsing history. No charges have been filed.
In a new court filing, the family’s attorney called the warrant a “fishing expedition” and asked investigators to narrow it, warning it could expose attorney-client communications. The Kerr County district attorney asked to recuse herself and her office because of a conflict of interest, citing past work with an Eastland family member and friendships connected to the family. She asked the court to appoint a temporary prosecutor.
The state agreed not to review the seized media until a judge rules. An evidentiary hearing on the limits of the warrant was reset for Oct. 12. Court documents say the Rangers already had a process to screen out privileged material, and the family’s attorney did not oppose the delay as long as that restriction holds. Camp Mystic’s bankruptcy case and separate wrongful-death lawsuits remain active.
