John Schlump- New Jersey- 2005

For some reason I suspect he's dead, even though he's not wanted for the most heinous charges, he would have shown up by now if he was still alive. The fact that content from both the reenactment and website were dropped after his first profile makes me feel that there is some merit to his daughter's claims. I suspect the reason he got another two-part profile on Lifetime had to do with the previous episode only featuring minorities (mainly gang/street offenders), the next episode with Schlump mainly featured whites and offenders charged with violent crimes against women and children.

So I went digging and found what appears to be a court decision declaring John Schlump a.k.a. John E. Schlump deceased.

When doing a google search for "John E Schlump" deceased, go to the second page and there is a link to a PDF file from the Cape May, New Jersey Herald Times, which is where the county in NJ where Schlump was wanted out of.

IN THE MATTER OF JOHN E.
SCHLUMP
SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW
JERSEY
CHANCERY DIVISION, PROBATE
PART
CAPE MAY COUNTY
DOCKET NUMBER: CPMP-
48-12
CIVIL ACTION
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
THIS MATTER having been
opened to the Court by the Verifi
ed Complaint filed by Archer &
Greiner, A Professional Corporation,
attorneys for the Plaintiff;
and the Court having reviewed
the Verifi ed Complaint fi led herein
and good cause having been
shown;
IT lS on this 31st day of May,
20I2, ORDERED that the interested
parties named in the Verified
Complaint filed herein show
cause in this Court on the 9th day
of July, 2012, at 1:30 o’clock p.m.,
why
judgment in this matter should not
be entered as follows:
A. Declaring John E. Schlump
deceased in accordance with
N.J.S.A. §3B:27-6(a) as of December
3, 2005.

And on the next page:

IN THE MATTER OF JOHN E.
SCHLUMP
THIS MATTER coming before the
Court on June 6, 2012, before
John C. Porto, J.S.C., on due
notice provided to all parties, and
Angela C. Titus McEwan, Esq.,
appearing, and the Court having
considered the matters presented,
and for good cause having been
shown, and for the reasons stated
on the record on this date:

IT IS on this 7th day of June,
2012 ORDERED that:
1. The May 31, 2012 Order is modifi
ed to permit the sale of real property
and improvements thereon
located at 461 Country Way, East
Greenwich Township, Gloucester
County, New Jersey, including the
interest of John E. Schlump in said
property by his appointed Trustee,
Jeffrey A. Schlump. Closing of this
property has been scheduled for
Friday, June 8, 2012.
2. The net proceeds of John E.
Schlump’s interest in said property,
which is 20% of approximately
$135,163, is to be placed in an
interest bearing escrow account
with Trident Land Transfer Company
LP, pending further order of
this Court.
3. All other requested relief will
be heard on July 9, 2012 at 1:30
p.m. Notice shall be provided to
all interested parties


So New Jersey plus he is declared deceased one day after the alleged attack on his wife. I am not moving this thread to the captures section since A) I dont know if he was only declared for financial reasons and B) just in case anyone might want to disagree or sees any legal mumbo-jumbo that says otherwise (I posted what I felt to be the most important parts of the ruling but the full document is in the PDF link). But this to me, looks an official court declaration that John Schlump is considered deceased. And I don't see how this could not be him. This would also of course explain his removal from the AMW.COM website.

Even if he was declared dead, it doesn't necessarily mean that's the reason AMW removed him. Back in 1996, Carl Daub, a fugitive wanted for killing his wife back in the late 80's, was declared dead. It was mentioned it was strictly for financial and estate reasons, and that if he was found alive, he'd still be brought on charges. He was profiled again in 2000, and his body was found in 2003. The point is, even 4 years after being declared dead, AMW still profiled him. I'm not so sure why they're so sure Schlump's dead though.

I'm prerty sure he is still alive. He was afraid of dying and spoke to my mom about it. The man was an absolute nut case. There were many things left out of the show. The 30 cans of gas, windows boarded shut, 3 sets of zip ties..enough for the hands and feet of my mom brother and I. Hay bails stacked under the house and bamboo with flares attached to them to light them. Days before this my tire fell off my truck...someone had losen the lugs..didn't put much thought into it until this went down..any questions?

Ok 1st off...he was my step father. He beat my mother N planned on burning down our house. Yes he was declared dead. My mother and him had just went through a divorce. The judge had given him time to find a place to stay and in the meantime he lived with us. The weekend that this all went down Jack was suppose to report to the county jail to start severing weekends for being in possession of firearms by a covicted felon..."burning down his previous house". Back to him being declared dead...after the divorce he was granted half the price of the house..with him missing that money just sat there. After I believe 5 years in NJ a individual that is missing can be delclared dead and with that happening his brother got to collect the $$$

A September 2017 article mentions Schlump as still at large:

www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/crime/article_d6fb57e8-da0a-55bb-8b23-b0e4bd84f939.html?mode=jqm

Also for some reason never saw it before but the (somewhat controversial) AMW re-enactment was uploaded on to Vimeo by the actor who played Schlump (Say what you want about the details but the actor did a great job):

vimeo.com/69557316