Woman gets 58 years for murdering and dismembering her landlord on the North Side

CHICAGO — The girl convicted of murdering after which dismembering her landlord of their North Aspect dwelling was sentenced on Wednesday to 58 years in jail.

A jury convicted Sandra Kolalou, 38, of the October 2022 slaying and dismemberment in April. At present, Choose Ursula Walowski handed down her punishment: 50 years for the homicide, adopted by 6 years for dismembering a human physique, adopted by two years for stealing the owner’s identification.

Throughout Wednesday’s sentencing listening to, prosecutors stated a part of Walker’s physique and Walker’s canine are nonetheless submerged someplace in Montrose Harbor.

Officers stated Kolalou’s landlord, 69-year-old Frances Walker, recurrently rented rooms in her dwelling within the 5900 block of North Washtenaw, and Kolalou was one among her tenants.

Different tenants heard a scream within the dwelling round 2:30 a.m. on October 10, 2022, and so they grew involved when they didn’t see Walker the subsequent morning. Some residents checked in on Walker by way of textual content, and so they acquired responses—responses that Chicago police accused Kolalou of sending after murdering Walker.

In asserting the costs, police and prosecutors stated Walker had not too long ago served Kolalou with eviction papers. They believed Kolalou killed Walker in Walker’s bed room after which dismembered her, probably utilizing massive butcher knives. Her physique components had been later discovered inside a freezer at her dwelling.

Kolalou was accused of threatening a jail guard whereas she was in custody, warning that she would kill the officer “like I did my landlord.”