Jeff Henry’s Legal Troubles
Jeff Henry co-founded a theatre company in Montreal before coming to Toronto and launching Theatre Fountainhead.
Schlitterbahn Owners Indictments
The indictments name Schlitterbahn, its co-owner Jeff Henry, the construction company that built the 17-story Verruckt slide and two other people.
Cedar Fair’s Decision
Cedar Fair said the Schlitterbahn properties represent new markets in the growing central Texas region.
- Jeff Henry has been released from jail after posting a new $1 million bond.
- Henry faces that murder charge after a 10-year-old boy died on a water slide in 2016.
- The Kansas Attorney General’s Office was investigating the 2016 death of Caleb Schwab on the slide.
- Caleb Schwab, 10, son of a Kansas state representative died on a trip down the slide.
- The co-owner of the Verruckt waterslide Jeff Henry was arrested in Texas for the killing in August 2016.
- Jeff Henry co-founded a theatre company in Montreal.
- Henry & Sons Construction is listed as a co-defendant in the murder case.
- According to the indictment, Henry & Sons was the design and construction company for Verruckt.
- Reviews posted online by former employees raise safety concerns before the tragedy.
- Cedar Fair said the Schlitterbahn properties represent new markets in the growing central Texas region.
- The owner of Schlitterbahn water parks in New Braunfels and Galveston has rejected an offer to be acquired by SeaWorld Entertainment.
- The 168 foot tall Verrückt water slide in Kansas will be permanently closed and taken down after the death in August 2016.
- The Kansas City Star reports Schlitterbahn Waterpark does not exist as a legal entity.
- Assistant Kansas attorney general Adam Zentner said he would seek a new indictment against the proper defendant.