{"id":2128,"date":"2026-05-21T04:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:01:44","slug":"co-director-of-camp-mystic-has-nursing-license-suspended-child-abandonment-cited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2128","title":{"rendered":"Co-director of Camp Mystic has nursing license suspended; ‘child abandonment’ cited"},"content":{"rendered":"

KERR COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>The co-director of Camp Mystic Guadalupe River, where 27 campers and staffers died in last summer’s flooding tragedy, has had her nursing license suspended as a result of her alleged actions.\u00a0<\/p>

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According to the document temporarily revoking her license, Mary Liz Eastland is charged with numerous infractions, including abandonment of children.\u00a0<\/p>

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AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 4: Camp Mystic Director Mary Liz Eastland is comforted at a hearing about a temporary injunction at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Will and CiCi Steward of Austin, whose 8-year-old daughter, <\/span> <\/p>

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What we know:<\/p>

Eastland, who co-directs the riverside portion of the camp with her husband, Edward Eastland, has temporarily lost her ability to practice as a registered nurse after an order was handed down by the Texas Board of Nursing on Tuesday, May 19.\u00a0<\/p>

Eastland was simultaneously serving as a registered nurse, supervising nurse, camp nurse, co-director, and chief health officer of the Guadalupe River camp when the historic flooding hit the Texas Hill Country on the morning of July 4, 2025. According to the document, her actions in planning for such an emergency, reacting to it as it happened, and responding to it afterward warrant the voiding of her license.\u00a0<\/p>

What they’re saying:<\/p>

“Respondent abandoned the campers and staff when the camp site began to flood at approximately 0200 by evacuating herself and her children to higher ground without providing any assistance or direction,” the document says.<\/p>

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