In this July 9, 2014, file photo, riders go down the water slide called "Verruckt" at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

DALLAS — One of the designers of a massive Kansas water park slide that decapitated a 10-year-old boy has been arrested in Texas, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Trent Touchstone, chief deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service in Dallas, said 72-year-old John Timothy Schooley was met by agents at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as he arrived on a flight late Monday from China.

This photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Department shows John Timothy Schooley, one of the designers of a Kansas water park slide that decapitated a 10-year-old boy in 2016. Schooley was arrested by federal authorities late Monday, April 2, 2018, in Dallas. (Dallas County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Schooley was being held without bond at the Dallas County jail after being arraigned on charges that include second-degree murder, according to Dallas County sheriff’s spokesman Raul Reyna. An extradition hearing is scheduled for Wednesday and Schooley likely will be transported to Kansas next week, Reyna said. A Kansas conviction for second-degree murder carries a penalty of 9 to 41 years in prison.

A Houston attorney for Schooley, Kit Yam, didn’t immediately return a phone message seeking comment.

Online jail records don’t indicate whether Schooley has an attorney to speak on his behalf.

A Kansas grand jury last week indicted Schooley and Jeffrey Henry, a co-owner of Texas-based Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts. The indictment accuses Henry of making a “spur of the moment” decision to build the Verrückt ride — touted as the world’s tallest water slide — and that he and Schooley lacked technical or engineering expertise in amusement park rides. A former operations director for Schlitterbahn also has been charged.

Caleb Schwab was killed on the 17-story Verrückt in 2016 when the raft he was riding went airborne and hit an overhead loop.

Schooley and Henry, 62, also were charged with 17 other felonies, including aggravated battery and aggravated endangerment of a child counts tied to injuries that other riders sustained on the giant slide.

Henry was arrested last week in South Texas and Cameron County sheriff’s Chief Deputy Gus Reyna Jr. said he was extradited to Kansas on Tuesday. An attorney in Texas for Henry didn’t immediately reply to phone messages seeking comment.

Schlitterbahn spokeswoman Winter Prosapio said in a statement last week that the indictment “is filled with information that we fully dispute.” She didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking fresh comment early Tuesday.

The indictment alleges the ride violated “nearly all aspects” of longstanding standards established by the American Society for Testing and Materials.

“In fact, the design and operation of the Verrückt complied with few, if any, of the industry safety standard,” the indictment said.

— AP writer Heather Hollingsworth contributed to this report from Kansas City, Mo.