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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matthew Hendrickson

Tenants cited ‘extremely unusual’ texts before landlord’s remains found in freezer during search of home, prosecutors say

Frances Walker owned this home in the 5900 block of North Washtenaw Avenue, where her partial remains were found Monday. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times photo)

Renters at a Northwest Side home repeatedly reached out to police when they became concerned about the wellbeing of their landlord following an argument the building’s owner had with a fellow tenant she was moving to evict, Cook County prosecutors said in court Thursday.

Officers searching the home later made a gruesome discovery when they found 69-year-old Frances Walker’s severed head, arms and legs stuffed into a kitchen freezer, prosecutors said.

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