OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Catherine Cheskie’s trial for allegedly killing her boyfriend started Monday morning.
Cheskie, 55, is charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide for the Feb. 24 shooting of Thomas Guyette at a Menasha residence.
The trial is scheduled to last three days.
According to prosecutors, a man who rents a room in the basement of the Chute Street home where the victim lived heard the two arguing early Saturday morning, then heard a gunshot. The witness went upstairs to see what was going on and saw Guyette on his bed. Guyette said, “I’m shot,” and the witness called 911. Police arrived to find Guyette dead of a gunshot wound to the chest.
Cheskie denied shooting Guyette, at one point saying she was legally blind and could not accurately hit a target. She also said she did not believe he had shot himself. Tests showed gunshot residue on Cheskie’s hands, which she explained by saying that she moved the gun away from Guyette after he had been shot. However, prosecutors say her stories were inconsistent about whether the gun was in his hands or on the bed next to him.
