the residence thinking they had ….
the residence thinking they had enough to charge Schulz-Juedes with the murder of her husband.
Schulz-Juedes was arrested for Ken’s murder on Nov. 27, 2019. Prosecutors noted in a Dec. 2019 hearing that Schulz-Juedes had multiple motivations to commit the crime.
During the trial, a police investigation indicated that Ken was unhappy with his marriage and the couple had often argued about money.
The police investigation also indicated that Schulz-Juedes was trying to pry Ken away from his biological children. According to a 2019 Tribune-Phonograph report, detectives noticed that pictures of Ken’s children had been taken off the walls of the Juedes house shortly after the murder, and according to his report, Cindy’s sister told investigators that Cindy had taken the pictures down and spit on them.
According to reports, Schulz-Juedes also accused one of Ken’s sons of stealing her shotgun in 2005, but never reported it to police at the time, according to the criminal complaint. The 20-gauge Western Field was missing from the couple’s collection of firearms on the day after the murder and has never been found.
Further testimony from special prosecutor Richard Dafour indicated that Schulz-Juedes stood to gain a total of $973,000 from various life insurance policies on her husband. Ken’s will allegedly listed Schulz-Juedes as the sole beneficiary of the policies but a handwriting expert found that Ken’s signature on the document was “probably” forged.
The will also indicated that Schulz-Juedes would be the sole beneficiary of the Ken Juedes estate which included 80 acres of land in the Town of Norrie. Twenty days after Juedes’ death, the land was placed for sale, despite Ken’s mother’s wishes of returning the property to the Juedes family.
Through it all, Schulz-Juedes has maintained her innocence. According to reports, Schulz-Juedes did not allow the family to see Ken’s body before cremation and left their names out of his obituary.
The jury deliberated and unanimously decided that Schulz-Juedes was guilty of her husband’s murder on Oct. 26, 2021.
Being convicted of first-degree intentional homicide carries a mandatory life sentence with the ability to apply for extended release after 20 years. Moran decided he would not be granting Schulz-Juedes that ability and ensured that she would stay in prison for the rest of her life.
