Prosecutors charged Larry Wallen and Christina Seguin with soliciting a homicide in Manitowoc County.

A solicitation charge accuses someone of asking for a killing. It is not a homicide conviction, and the person the state says was the target is alive. Seehafer News reported the district attorney's account of meetings, planning, and a date Wallen offered. That is the state's narrative at a bail hearing. Initial appearances are set for Monday. The wife is not named here.

FOX 11 reported that the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office received a report in September of a possible threat of solicitation to commit homicide, found the concerns credible, and developed probable cause to arrest two Newton residents. On Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, investigators stopped a vehicle and arrested Larry Wallen, 37, and Christina Seguin, 49. FOX 11 reported the sheriff's office said the targeted victim was unharmed. An arrest on a solicitation investigation is custody. It is not a finding that a killing was attempted or carried out.

Seehafer News reported that both are charged with solicitation to commit first-degree intentional homicide. Court Commissioner Jewel Scharenbroch set cash bail on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at $150,000 for Wallen and $10,000 for Seguin, the same figures FOX 11 reported. Seehafer News, citing District Attorney Jacalyn LaBre, reported that Wallen solicited an individual to kill his wife while the two were divorcing, that conversations between Wallen and Seguin began in September and continued into October, and that the planning included meetings, comments, and a date Wallen offered as the one he thought would work best. Those are the district attorney's statements at this stage. They have not been tested at a trial.

Seehafer News reported that at the same hearing the intended victim asked Scharenbroch to set significant bail, and that she said she feared for her life and for the safety of her child after learning of the alleged plan. She is not named here, and the child is not named here. Seehafer News reported Wallen and Seguin are due back Monday, Oct. 12, for initial appearances in Branch 3. A bail order decides release. An initial appearance is the next calendar date. Neither one is a verdict. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.