The Latest: Water park co-owner freed on bond in boy’s death

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Latest on charges filed in the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy at a Kansas water park (all times local):

11:25 a.m.

A water park co-owner charged in the decapitation death of a 10-year-old boy on a 17-story Kansas waterslide has been freed on bond.

Records show Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff Henry was released Wednesday from the Wyandotte County Jail after posting $500,000 bond. He had been booked into the jail hours earlier after being extradited to Kansas from Texas.

Henry was arrested last week after being indicted on charges including second-degree murder in the 2016 death of Caleb Schwab at the water park in Kansas City, Kansas. He is due in court Thursday. His attorney didn’t immediately reply to a phone message left Wednesday.

The slide’s designer, John Schooley, was arrested Monday and also faces charges including second-degree murder. Another executive is charged with manslaughter.

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9:40 a.m.

A water park co-owner has been booked into a jail in Kansas, where he’s charged with a 10-year-old boy’s decapitation death on a 17-story waterslide that was promoted as the world’s largest.

Records show that Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff Henry was booked into the Wyandotte County jail shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday. Henry had been jailed in Texas since last week after he was indicted on charges including second-degree murder in the 2016 death of Caleb Schwab at the water park in Kansas City, Kansas.

Henry is due in court Thursday. His attorney didn’t immediately reply to a phone message left Wednesday.

The slide’s designer, John Schooley, was arrested Monday and also faces charges including second-degree murder. Another executive is charged with manslaughter.