A judge in Wyandotte County, Kansas dismissed charges in connection with the death of Caleb Schwab on the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn Water Park in 2016.Schlitterbahn owner Jeff Henry and designer John Schooley were charged with second-degree murder, and operations manager Tyler Miles was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with Schwab's death. On Friday, a judge dismissed those charges, citing improper "illegal" evidence presented to a grand jury. Court documents in the case show defendants complained that the grand jury was shown a made-for-TV Travel Channel video which was highly dramatized, and that the state's design and construction witness constantly referred to ASTM standards as requirements for the building of Verruckt. The same expert also referenced a prior death at a different Schlitterbahn water park.Defendants argued these three issued called into question the fairness of the grand jury proceedings. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt still has the opportunity to bring the case against another grand jury, or to file a criminal complaint and pursue a traditional trial. "We are obviously disappointed and respectfully disagree with the court’s decision. We will review the ruling carefully, including the court’s observation that the ruling ‘does not preclude the possibility that the State could continue to pursue this matter in a criminal court,' and take a fresh look at the evidence and applicable law in this tragic and troubling case to determine the best course forward," Schmidt said in a statement released Friday.

A judge in Wyandotte County, Kansas dismissed charges in connection with the death of Caleb Schwab on the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn Water Park in 2016.

Schlitterbahn owner Jeff Henry and designer John Schooley were charged with second-degree murder, and operations manager Tyler Miles was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with Schwab's death.


On Friday, a judge dismissed those charges, citing improper "illegal" evidence presented to a grand jury.

Court documents in the case show defendants complained that the grand jury was shown a made-for-TV Travel Channel video which was highly dramatized, and that the state's design and construction witness constantly referred to ASTM standards as requirements for the building of Verruckt. The same expert also referenced a prior death at a different Schlitterbahn water park.

Defendants argued these three issued called into question the fairness of the grand jury proceedings.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt still has the opportunity to bring the case against another grand jury, or to file a criminal complaint and pursue a traditional trial.

"We are obviously disappointed and respectfully disagree with the court’s decision. We will review the ruling carefully, including the court’s observation that the ruling ‘does not preclude the possibility that the State could continue to pursue this matter in a criminal court,' and take a fresh look at the evidence and applicable law in this tragic and troubling case to determine the best course forward," Schmidt said in a statement released Friday.

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