Men Planned to 'Scalp' Woman, Have Python Eat Her Child Before Blowing Up Her Home: Indictment

Mar. 15, 2025

Caleb Kinsey (L); Stephen Glosser (R).Photo:Bryan County Sheriff’s Office

Bryan County Sheriff’s Office

Two Georgia men have been indicted on several federal charges in connection with a home explosion in 2023, authorities say.

Stephen Glosser, 37, and Caleb Kinsey, 34, were arrested within a month of the explosion in Richmond Hill, Ga., in January 2023, Georgia officialsannouncedin Feb. 2023.

The explosion reportedly took place around 5 a.m., the statement said, and police soon determined the cause of the explosion was an improvised explosive device.

The people inside – a woman and her child – were able to escape the attack unharmed,WJCLreported at the time.

Neighbors told the outlet that even though their residences were not damaged, they could feel their houses shaking during the explosion.

The woman had a prior relationship with one of the suspects, Bryan County Sheriff Mark Crowe said at the time, perWJCL, but he did not clarify which one of the suspects.

Glosser was arrested locally and Kinsey was arrested in Louisiana in February 2023, the statement said.

Victim’s home.Office Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire

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More than a year later, the men were indicted on several charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Georgia said in a pressstatementon Thursday.

The indictment claims the men were allegedly planning to release “a large python into the victim’s home to eat the victim’s daughter.” It alleges they planned to scalp the woman before blowing up her home, according to the attorney’s office statement.

They also allegedly planned to shoot arrows into the woman’s front door, and mail dog feces or dead rats to her, per the statement.

The indictment alleges Glosser searched online to find the woman’s address and “mapped out a path” to her home, the statement says. The duo allegedly made an explosive device and then “used a destructive device to blow up the victim’s home," according to the statement.

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Online court information does not indicate whether the men have retained attorneys or if they have entered pleas.

source: people.com