Attorney for woman accused of killing, dismembering landlord demands trial, says client was framed

Crime scene tape hangs from the porch of a home on Oct. 11 at 5919 N. Washtenaw Ave. in the Arcadia Terrace neighborhood on the Northwest Side. A day earlier Chicago police reported they had discovered the partial remains of 69-year-old Frances Walker, who owned the home, in a kitchen freezer. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

A woman accused of killing and dismembering her landlord last fall at her Northwest Side apartment building could be going to trial in under a year — a breakneck pace for a murder case at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.

Sandra Kolalou faces murder and other charges after Chicago police searched a home where she rented a room in October and found 69-year-old Frances Walker’s head, arms and legs stuffed inside a kitchen freezer, officials said.