Jury Convicts Wisconsin Woman of Fatally Poisoning Her Friend’s Water With Eye Drops

Jury Convicts Wisconsin Woman of Fatally Poisoning Her Friend’s Water With Eye Drops
Jessy Kurczewski sobs as the jury finds her guilty on all counts during her trial in the Waukesha County Courthouse in Waukesha, Wis., on Nov. 14, 2023. Ebony Cox/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via AP
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WAUKESHA, Wis.—A jury on Tuesday convicted a Wisconsin woman of fatally poisoning her beautician friend ’s water with eye drops and stealing nearly $300,000 from her.

Jessy Kurczewski, 39, of Franklin, told investigators she gave Lynn Hernan a water bottle filled with six bottles of Visine in 2018, according to a criminal complaint. A Waukesha County jury found her guilty Tuesday of first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of theft in connection with Hernan’s death, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.