Jury Convicts Kevin Lychwick in Neighbor’s 2024 Killing
The verdict rests largely on a gun recovered from Lychwick’s vehicle that a state crime lab linked to his DNA despite testimony that DNA can transfer indirectly.
Overview
- A Waukesha County jury found Kevin Lychwick guilty of killing his neighbor and of hiding the victim’s body, with prosecutors saying the victim was shot and left under a tarp behind an apartment building.
- Prosecutors introduced a handgun recovered from Lychwick’s vehicle and a Wisconsin State Crime Lab analyst testified the weapon bore Lychwick’s DNA.
- The lab analyst also acknowledged in court that DNA can be moved to an object by someone who never touched it, a concession the defense highlighted to question the evidence’s weight.
- Before the trial the defense sought to suppress the vehicle search and gun as tainted evidence, and during proceedings Lychwick repeatedly protested, demanded a new judge, and asked standby counsel to contact a reporter.
- Lychwick now faces sentencing and likely post-trial appeals as the case moves from the verdict phase to formal punishment and legal review.