A Wisconsin caretaker claims her friend was drinking an unusual cocktail before her death. Was she poisoned? [Video]

Jessy Kurczewski called 911 on Oct. 3, 2018, to report that she had found her friend, Lynn Hernan, unresponsive in her Pewaukee, Wisconsin, home. Kurczewski was the daughter of Hernan’s good friend, and had known Hernan since childhood. Kurczewski told the investigators that she had been acting as Hernan’s caregiver because Hernan’s health had been declining, and had lately been going to Hernan’s home daily.

“48 Hours” contributor Jericka Duncan investigates what happened to Hernan in “Death By Eye Drops,” airing Saturday, April 20 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

First responders at the scene said it looked like Hernan had possibly died from an accidental overdose, or by taking her own life. There were scattered prescription pills found on the carpet, and what appeared to be crushed medications on a plate near Hernan’s body. 

But in the months following Hernan’s death, questions began building around Kurczewski. Investigators with the Waukesha County Sheriff’s …