Trial starts in October for woman accused of killing, dismembering landlady in Arcadia Terrace
CHICAGO (CBS)-- The trial for a woman accused of killing and dismembering her landlady in Arcadia Terrace will begin in October.
Sandra Kolalou, 36, is charged with one felony count of first-degree murder and concealing a homicidal death in the murder of 69-year-old Frances Walker.
She was also charged with one misdemeanor count of aggravated assault with the use of a deadly weapon, on allegations that she pulled a knife on a tow truck driver who unwittingly took her to dispose of the remains.
The murder happened in a rooming house with five tenants at 5919 N. Washtenaw Ave., just north of Thorndale Avenue, in a quiet community of bungalows and two flats. Stephen Tyng Mather High School is just a couple of blocks west, while Green Briar Park, Wolfy's hot dogs, and other popular spots are located on Peterson Avenue about a block to the north.
Prosecutors believe Kolalou brutally murdered and dismembered Walker out of anger about being evicted from the rooming house.
Other tenants from the rooming house followed Kolalou as she got in a tow truck and went to Foster Beach – where she dumped some suspicious bags, prosecutors said at her bond hearing.
Police came to investigate the situation three times and left, but prosecutors said Kolalou was only arrested after a quarrel with the tow truck driver in which she pulled a knife.
