Jury selection begins in trial for woman accused of killing, dismembering landlady in Chicago

CHICAGO -- Jury selection begins Monday in the trial for the woman accused of killing and dismembering her landlord in Arcadia Terrace.Sandra Kolalou is accused of murdering Frances Walker and concealment of a homicide. 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.

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.Prosecutors believe she killed Walker last fall out of anger about being evicted from Walker's rooming house.

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