FOND DU LAC − A 28-year-old Kenosha County woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday, July 19 beat roommate’s death at Tacheedah Correctional Facility.
Taylor L. Sanchez, of Trevor, faces a charge of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 68-year-old Cindy Schulz-Juedes. Schulz-Juedes was convicted in October 2021 of being a party to the crime of first-degree intentional homicide in the 2006 death of her husband Kenneth Juedes. In June 2022, Marathon County Circuit Judge Michael Moran sentenced Schulz-Juedes to life in prison. Schulz-Juedes continued to maintain that she was innocent of the crime until her death.. His appeal of the conviction continues through the appeals system.
Schulz-Juedes shared a cell at the Tacheedah Correctional Facility with Sanchez. According to the criminal complaint, on July 19, Sanchez called staff using the intercom system and told them she thought she had killed her cellmate.
Fond du Lac judicial police officers went to the scene. Staff said that after Sanchez’s call, they responded to the cell and found Schulz-Juedes dead. Staff had placed Sanchez in an isolation cell.
A witness told a detective she heard Schulz-Juedes scream, but it wasn’t a full word. The witness then smashed his right fist into his left palm and said he heard it four times, according to the complaint. She said she then thought she heard a possible growl. Witnesses said she initially thought the two women were “farting everywhere.” But then she continued to crush her fist into her palm. She said Sanchez hit Schulz-Juedes for about two minutes. The witness said he thought he heard between 60 and 70 punches, according to the complaint.
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The witness said she thought someone was hurt, but no one else in the wing seemed to notice, so the witness thought it was her imagination. She said that after more noises, someone in one of the cells asked, “Hey, are you guys okay?” Then he asked, “Because what’s that noise?” » There were no answers to the questions, but the noises continued.
A second witness said the sounds coming from Schulz-Juedes and Sanchez’s cellphone sounded like someone crunching coffee in order to further diffuse it into the water, according to the complaint. She said there was no yelling, screaming, fighting or any other noise.
A third witness reported hearing what sounded like someone kicking someone. She said “It was so horrible” and “You could just hear the contact with something, over and over again.”
Officers checked surveillance video and saw Schulz-Juedes enter her cell and close the door behind her at 4:38 p.m. Seconds later, they saw Sanchez enter the cell. At 4:54 p.m., a correctional sergeant opened the cell door and let Sanchez out. Sanchez walked inside the building to an office, grabbed a bag from the sergeant, and left…
