Catherine Cheskie (Photo courtesy Winnebago County Jail)
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Bond was reduced Thursday to $750,000 cash for a Menasha woman accused of killing her boyfriend.
Catherine Cheskie, 54, faces one count of first-degree intentional homicide for shooting death of Thomas Guyette.
Bond was originally set at $1 million, but it was cut by $250,000 at Thursday’s hearing, court records show. She returns to court Monday for a preliminary hearing.
According to prosecutors, a man who rents a room in the basement of the Chute Street home where the victim lives 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.
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