Kevin Lychwick
WAUKESHA, Wis. - A Waukesha man charged with first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse after police say he killed his neighbor and hid the body pleaded not guilty on Monday, Dec. 23. Kevin Lychwick, 62, is due back in court on Feb. 7, 2025.
Prior to Lychwick entering his plea, the court heard from a detective in Lychwick's preliminary hearing. The judge then found probable case to bind Lychwick over for trial.
Case details
The body was found back on Oct. 30 in a wooded area near Moreland and North in Waukesha. But police say the victim was actually killed months earlier.
Prosecutors say the man responsible for the crime is Lychwick. Investigators believe he shot 56-year-old Carlos Maldonado in the head back in April. They say Lychwick wrapped the body in a plastic tarp and bound Maldonado's hands with duct tape.
Maldonado's family talked with police about their loved one's disappearance. Both Lychwick and the victim lived across from each other in the same apartment building.
Kevin Lychwick
A passerby found the body in October near the apartment and called police.
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Waukesha Police Capt. Dan Baumann said Lychwick was caught on surveillance cameras walking to the woods in the middle of the night. Other evidence was later found in his apartment – and Baumann said the gun used to kill Maldonado was found in Lychwick's car. A note in Lychwick's apartment made police even more concerned.
Waukesha homicide; man accused of killing neighbor, hiding body
A Waukesha man is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse after police say he killed his neighbor and hid the body.
Police do not believe there are any other victims.