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Parents of Missing 8-Year-Old Sue Camp Mystic Over Deadly Flood Response

The complaint says warnings went unheeded, with leaders focusing on property instead of moving children to safety.

A view of Camp Mystic, the site of where 27 girls lost their lives after flash flooding in Texas, on July 5, 2025.
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Items lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic on July 5, 2025, after deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas.

Overview

  • Will and CiCi Steward filed a civil suit in Travis County seeking more than $1 million in damages over the July 2025 flash flood.
  • The lawsuit names Camp Mystic entities, several Eastland family members, and landowner William Neely Bonner III of Natural Fountain Properties as defendants.
  • The filing cites a 1:14 a.m. National Weather Service flash flood warning and alleges the owners delayed action for over an hour, moving canoes and releasing horses while instructing young campers to stay on top bunks.
  • The parents say their daughter, Cecilia "Cile" Steward, is presumed deceased and describe her being swept away after falling from an inflatable used to escape a flooded cabin.
  • Attorney Mikal Watts, representing the Eastlands, says the surge was unprecedented and unforeseeable and pledges a legal response, while the camp plans to reopen at its separate Cypress Lake site.