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Judge Allows Camp Mystic’s Cypress Lake Season, Bars Alterations at Guadalupe Site

The decision preserves potential evidence on the riverfront grounds during a wrongful-death suit by Cile Steward’s parents.

Spectators, including family members of children who died at Camp Mystic, wait for the start of a hearing about a temporary restraining order at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Will and CiCi Steward of Austin, whose 8-year-old daughter, Cile Steward, was swept away in the July 4, 2025, flash flood at Camp Mystic and has not been found, are seeking to prevent the camp from reopening this summer and to halt repairs and construction until their lawsuit against the camp and other parties goes to trial. The Stewards say they want to preserve potential evidence related to their daughter’s death.
Attorney Brad Beckworth argues for a temporary restraining order at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Will and CiCi Steward of Austin, whose 8-year-old daughter, Cile Steward, was swept away in the July 4, 2025, flash flood at Camp Mystic and has not been found, are seeking to prevent the camp from reopening this summer and to halt repairs and construction until their lawsuit against the camp and other parties goes to trial. The Stewards say they want to preserve potential evidence related to their daughter’s death.
A cabin at Camp Mystic, the site of where at least 20 girls went missing after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on July 5, 2025.(Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Will and CiCi Steward wait for the start of a hearing where attorneys argued over a temporary restraining order at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Will and CiCi Steward of Austin, whose 8-year-old daughter, Cile Steward, was swept away in the July 4, 2025, flash flood at Camp Mystic and has not been found, are seeking to prevent the camp from reopening this summer and to halt repairs and construction until their lawsuit against the camp and other parties goes to trial. The Stewards say they want to preserve potential evidence related to their daughter’s death.

Overview

  • A temporary injunction blocks demolition, repair or remodeling of cabins and key buildings on the Guadalupe River side and orders that area sealed.
  • Operations at the undamaged Cypress Lake campus may proceed this summer, with camp attorneys citing 853 enrolled campers and a planned structural separation from the riverfront zone.
  • Will and CiCi Steward sought the ruling to safeguard the site for their case as the body of their 8-year-old daughter, Cile, remains missing.
  • Testimony highlighted communication gaps during the flood, including no walkie-talkies in cabins and security cameras without overnight monitoring.
  • State scrutiny continues, as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick urged regulators to deny the camp’s license pending investigations and legislative reviews.