62-year-old Kevin W. Lychwick Charged With 1st-degree Intentional Homicide For The April 2024 Death Of Carlos J. Maldonado, 56, In Waukesha

Maldonado's body was found by a passerby in a wooded area in October with a gunshot wound under leaves near Frame Park, according to Waukesha police.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

December 9, 2024

Waukesha, Wisconsin - On Monday, Kevin W. Lychwick, 62, of Waukesha was charged in Waukesha County with 1st-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse for the alleged April 2024 homicide of Carlos J. Maldonado, 56, of Waukesha. Maldonado's body was discovered by a passerby on October 30th under some leaves in a wooded area with a fatal gunshot wound at the 1500 block of E. North St. in the  City of Waukesha near Frame Park.

If convicted,  Lychwick is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole for 1st-degree intentional homicide and up to 12 years and 6 months, and up to $25,000 in fines, or both for hiding a corpse.

Maldonado and Lychwick lived in the same apartment complex, but don't know, if they knew each other, according to police.

Maldonado's family had reported him missing back in April. 

Police later recovered the alleged homicide weapon (firearm) and ballistics matched the bullet recovered from Maldonado's body, which had been fired from the Lychwick's firearm.

According to police, two days after Maldonado's body was discovered near Frame Park, Lychwick left the city and went to the Appleton area where he rented a storage unit. After 30 days, Lychwick returned to Waukesha and police were able to get a search warrant and found the firearm used in Maldonado's homicide.

When Maldonado went missing in April, the Waukesha County Court had issued an active arrest warrant on April 15, 2024, when Maldonado failed to show up in court to face several misdemeanor charges filed on February 7, 2024 for disorderly conduct (domestic abuse), and battery (domestic abuse), according to the Waukesha County Court records.

On May 9, 2024, the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office filed a misdemeanor charge against Maldonado for bail jumping and a second arrest warrant was issued for Maldonado on May 13, 2024, according to Waukesha County Court records.

Maldonado is originally from Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico and moved to Waukesha in 2019 and worked as an assembly operator at Harley-Davidson Motor Company.