After days of wrenching testimony about camp deaths, judge says Camp Mystic’s flood site must remain untouched | CNN

Leaders of Camp Mystic — the Christian girls camp where 27 campers and counselors died in torrential flooding last summer — must continue to keep many damaged buildings untouched while a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a child presumed dead moves forward, a Texas judge said Wednesday. Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said she would issue a new injunction order maintaining that camp leaders must preserve cabins and land affected by the flooding following three days of heart-wrenching testimony from several people, including members of the Eastland family, which has owned and operated Camp Mystic for decades. The judge issued a similar injunction in March, and said Wednesday’s would include minor changes. A status conference and discovery are scheduled for mid-May. In their testimony, the Eastlands acknowledged they did not warn campers and counselors of rising floodwaters and dire weather warnings before cabins were overwhelmed July 4 and dozens of people became trapped or were swept away in the Texas Hill Country. The temporary injunction stems from a wrongful death lawsuit against Camp Mystic brought by the family of Cile Steward, an 8-year-old c