More than a year after a flood killed 27 campers and counselors, the owners of Camp Mystic are asking a bankruptcy court to let them sell the land. The century-old Christian girls' camp in the Texas Hill Country filed a Chapter 11 plan on September 25 that would auction roughly 749 acres and other assets. The owners say they hope a buyer will keep the camp's historic mission alive, though nothing in the plan actually requires that.
Victims' families are not sitting quietly. Their lawyers say they will fight to make sure any sale is fair and transparent, and the families have long opposed demolishing or repairing damaged buildings while their lawsuits continue. Earlier this month, state police also sought search warrants that mention possible manslaughter and child abandonment, although no charges have been filed. Judge Christopher Lopez must approve the plan. For grieving families, it is another painful chapter.
