Judge weighs arguments on Camp Mystic search warrants

Hello and good evening everyone. I'm Steve Vigor. Today a judge is considering a request to limit how much personal information Texas Rangers can access as part of their criminal investigation into Camp Mystic and what happened there. Attorneys for the family that owns the camp are specifically challenging search warrants seeking electronic records. Fox 4's Dion Anglin live with more. Dion. Hi there, Steve. That's right. The hearings in Kerr County aimed to limit investigators' reach into the personal files of the family and management team for Camp Mystic. Now, attorneys for the Eastland family basically filing motions asking a judge to lessen the scope. of requested search warrants in the Texas Rangers criminal investigation. The case stems from the July 4th, 2025 devastating fatal flood that killed 25 Camp Mystic campers and two staff members. The state's criminal case includes the charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, abandoning and endangering a child, among others. The search warrants in question seek electronic records like Cell phone calls and texts from the owners and management team stretching from July 3rd of that year through late October. Now, defense attorneys say that length of time constitutes a gross overreach and a fishing expedition. The state has alleged Camp Mystic should have been far more prepared for a catastrophic flood from the Guadalupe River and taken precautions. It accuses the camp of instead. Being focused on profits now the hearing today in the criminal matter comes on the heels of another civil lawsuit that being the multi million dollar lawsuit filed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of eight year old camper Mary Grace Baker.