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Parents Fight Camp Over Missing Daughter
6 Feb
Summary
- Parents daily write letters to their daughter who vanished in floodwaters.
- Lawsuit filed against camp alleging unpreparedness for flooding.
- Camp owners intend to prove floodwaters were unforeseeable.

Cecilia "Cile" Steward's parents are seeking justice a year after she was lost in the devastating Camp Mystic flood. The 8-year-old was among 27 children and counselors who perished when the Guadalupe River overflowed its banks on July 4, but Cile's body has never been recovered. Her mother writes her daily letters, while her father follows the search efforts with diminishing hope.
The Stewards have filed a lawsuit against the Eastland family, who operated the camp for decades. Their lawyer asserts the camp was in a flood plain with a history of flooding, yet had minimal evacuation plans and disregarded National Weather Service alerts. The suit alleges it was too late to evacuate when attempts were made.




