This story originally aired on April 20, 2024. In October 2023, in the courtroom of Judge Jennifer Dorow, 39-year-old Jessy Kurczewski went on trial for the intentional homicide of 62-year-old Lynn Hernan, along with two counts of felony theft for stealing from Hernan — someone who'd always thought of Kurczewski as a beloved friend . Five years earlier, Kurczewski called police and told them she found Hernan dead, sitting in her recliner, in the living room of her Pewaukee, Wisconsin condo.
Kurczewski had been taking care of Hernan, who had serious medical problems. THE TRIAL OF JESSY KURCZEWSKI The prosecutors for Waukesha County were Deputy District Attorney Abbey Nickolie and Assistant District Attorneys J.J.
Crawford and Randy Sitzberger. RANDY SITZBERGER (in court): Good afternoon, everyone. .
.. So, this is Wisconsin versus Jessy Kurczewski.
Said otherwise, this is a case of murder, greed and lies. ..
. you're going to see that, in or about October 3, 2018, Lynn Hernan became worth more dead than alive to Kurczewski . Stephanie Rodriguez : Prosecutors told the jury .
.. that this case was about someone who wanted money.
Stephanie Rodriguez covered the trial for the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee. Stephanie Rodriguez : And prosecutors said ..
. that that's why she was caring for her. Not because she genuinely cared, but that Jessy wanted the money in her bank account.
RANDY SITZBERGER (in court): Between January of '16 and October 3 of 2018, Ms. Kurczewski was able to steal $1.