FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WFRV) – A 29-year-old Wisconsin woman has been convicted of killing her cellmate at Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Fond du Lac.
Taylor Sanchez withdrew her plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect (NGI) and entered a no contest plea to one count of first-degree intentional homicide. A Fond du Lac County judge found her guilty on Monday.
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Sanchez’s bond was revoked, and a sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Monday, July 28, 2025.
The incident occurred on July 19, 2023, when 68-year-old Cindy Schulz-Juedes was found unresponsive in her cell. An investigation led to Sanchez being charged with Schulz-Juedes’ death. Schulz-Juedes was serving a life sentence for the murder of her husband.
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Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney said, “When the judicial system places someone in prison, their safety becomes the responsibility of the state until their release from confinement. This defendant stole that safety by murdering another inmate. Those horrific actions further threaten the safety of other inmates and correctional officers, and she now faces life in prison after being convicted of first-degree intentional homicide.”
No additional details have been released.
