Woman accused of poisoning friend with eyedrops

[arielilane]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors have accused a suburban Milwaukee woman of killing her friend by poisoning her with eyedrops.

Online court records show that 37-year-old Jessy Kurczewski was charged Friday with homicide and two counts of felony theft.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday that a criminal complaint shows the case began in 2018 when Kurczewski called police to her friend’s Pewaukee home, saying her friend wasn’t breathing. The complaint doesn’t name the friend.

A deputy found the woman in a recliner with crushed medication on her chest. Investigators initially thought she had overdosed. Kurczewski said there was a possibility her friend was suicidal.

Toxicology tests showed the woman had a fatal dose of tetrahydrozoline, the main ingredient in eyedrops, in her system. When investigators told Kurczewski tetrahydrozoline killed her friend and the scene was staged to look like a suicide, Kurczewski said it was what her friend wanted and she must have staged her own suicide.

Woman accused of poisoning friend with eyedrops

rosecutors have accused a suburban Milwaukee woman of killing her friend by poisoning her with eyedrops.

www.courttv.com

June 7, 2021 and last updated 4:43 PM, July 19, 2023

 

[arielilane]

WI v. Jessy Kurczewski: Eye Drops Murder Trial​

Posted at 2:45 PM, October 3, 2023


WAUKESHA COUNTY, Wisc. (Court TV) — A Wisconsin woman is facing life in prison if convicted of killing a friend in her care by poisoning her with eye drops.

Jessy Kurczewski, 39, is charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of felony theft in the 2018 death of Lynn Hernan. [...]

[...] Investigators say, in total, Kurczewski stole $290,210.06 from Hernan before and after her death.

Hernan died on Oct. 3, 2018. Kurczewski was arrested on July 9, 2019.

Her trial is expected to start on Oct. 23, 2023. Judge Jennifer Dorow, who presided over the trial of Darrell E. Brooks, is presiding over the case.

 

[arielilane]

NEW TRIAL Oct. 23 - Watch today's pretrial hearing. Judge Dorow (#DarrellBrooks #WaukeshaParade) is presiding in WI v. #JessyKurczewski. Kurczewski is accused of murdering her 62-yr-old friend who was in her care by poisoning her with eye drops. https://youtube.com/watch?v=SStpHt-L3XI

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712910341519429973

 

[arielilane]

Video is less than 2 minutes.

Woman accused of killing friend with Visine appears in court​

 

[arielilane]

In court one yr ago in hopes to reduce million dollar bond!

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Woman accused of killing friend with eyedrops denied reduced bond​

 

[arielilane]

Wisconsin Woman Accused of Killing Friend by Poisoning Her with Eye Drops Appears in Court​

10.13.2023
The Wisconsin woman accused of murdering her friend by poisoning her with eye drops and defrauding her of over $300,000 appeared in court Friday. Jessy Kurczewski allegedly dumped six bottles of Visine into Lynn Hernan’s water bottle and tried to stage her death as an overdose. The 37-year-old’s murder trial is scheduled to start on October 23 and will be overseen by Judge Jennifer Dorow, who oversaw the Waukesha parade massacre trial of Darrell Brooks.

 

[arielilane]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A Franklin woman accused of poisoning a friend with eye drops will soon stand trial for murder.

Jessy Kurczewski is facing life in prison for allegedly killing a friend with eye drops and staging it to look like a suicide in 2018.

The victim, a Pewaukee woman not named in the criminal complaint, had a fatal dose of tetrahydrozoline in her blood, the main ingredient in eye drops.

The now 39-year-old Kurczewski is also charged with two counts of theft for allegedly stealing over $290,000 from the victim, with $130,000 believed to have been transferred fraudulently by check from the victim to Kurczewski. Court records indicate investigators believe the defendant used some of that money to fuel a gambling addiction.


More at link [...]

Woman accused of killing friend with eye drops to stand trial

Oct 13, 2023 4:03 PM CDT

 

[arielilane]

When police officers arrived at 62-year-old Lynn Hernan's home in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, in 2018, they found her dead, seated in her living room recliner next to a table filled with prescription pills with what appeared to be crushed medication on her chest, according to a police report. The case was initially ruled a drug overdose.

[...]

Wisconsin woman arrested, accused of murdering friend with eye drops

Jessy R. Kurczewski was arrested in Wisconsin and is accused of murdering Lynn Hernan with Visine eye drops.

abcnews.go.com

June 8, 2021, 2:50 PM


[...] "Kurczewski had a motive, the method and the opportunity to intentionally cause the death" of Hernan, the criminal complaint states.

 

[RickshawFan]

Wowza. Who knew eyedrops could be deadly?

I'm looking forward to this case because IME Wisconsin has some awesome forensic capabilities. How they figured out the staging and that it was a murder is gonna be interesting.

 

[ifindedout]

Tetryzoline - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[arielilane]

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/jsonline/name/lynn-hernan-obituary?id=3330666

 

[arielilane]

Eyedrops? Who thinks of this stuff? It will also be interesting to hear about internet searches. Clearly, this poor lady was taken advantage of by the alleged killer. I am getting familiar with the case but sounds as if Ms. Hernan didn't have any family nearby. moo

 

[arielilane]

A Franklin woman is accused of stealing from and fatally poisoning a friend with eyedrops

6.7.2021

 

[LoveyG]

Eye drops, huh. Who knew?

 

[RickshawFan]

Eyedrops? Who thinks of this stuff? It will also be interesting to hear about internet searches. Clearly, this poor lady was taken advantage of by the alleged killer. I am getting familiar with the case but sounds as if Ms. Hernan didn't have any family nearby. moo

Turns out, eyedrops have become a chic way to off your partner:

 

[arielilane]

Turns out, eyedrops have become a chic way to off your partner:

rsbm

I saw Wedding Crashers and forgot all about the eye drops scene. Funny movie, not so much in real life.

The lady in 2nd video still can't fully admit what she did. wow!

moo

 

[RickshawFan]

rsbm

I saw Wedding Crashers and forgot all about the eye drops scene. Funny movie, not so much in real life.

The lady in 2nd video still can't fully admit what she did. wow!

moo

That woman in the second video also "accidentally" shot her husband in the back with a crossbow 2 years earlier.

 

[Gemmie]

I know you all know the saying... With friends like that, who needs enemies?

smh

 

[RickshawFan]

I want to hear the prosecution forensic witnesses on this one. Maybe they'll use some of the same ones as in the Halderson trial. Very impressive.

 

[arielilane]

I want to hear the prosecution forensic witnesses on this one. Maybe they'll use some of the same ones as in the Halderson trial. Very impressive.

My 1st eye drop case... I'm thinking the prosecution's forensic expert(s) will provide enough evidence which will seal the deal for a conviction. Not to get too ahead or confident but this case screams guilt. Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law!

So very sad for Ms. Hernan who I suspect loved and trusted JK.

Was Ms. Hernan still actively operating the salon shop and working as a cosmetologist at the time of her death? Wasn't able to locate much info about her.

Sounds like a fascinating case and thank you so much for the heads up.

All speculation.