The woman accused of murdering and dismembering her landlord last year is set to face a judge Monday.
Prosecutors say 63-year-old Francis Walker was the landlord and occupant of a single-family two-story home located at 5919 North Washtenaw Avenue where Kolalou rented a room.
Around 2:30 a.m., other tenants heard loud bangs and the victim and defendant arguing on the first floor. The basement tenant heard the defendant screaming and what sounded like a dish hitting the floor, according to prosecutors. Beginning at 6 a.m., the upstairs and downstairs tenants began receiving text messages from Walker's phone telling them to allow Kolalou to care for her dog and to give the defendant their keys if they moved out. Given the issues between the offender and the victim coupled with the eviction notice, the tenants found these texts extremely unusual and at 12 p.m. Monday, the basement tenant contacted the police, according to prosecutors.
The offender dropped the black garbage bag and accompanied officers to the back of the home. While the defendant was in the back with the officers, a witness on the scene looked into the black bag she had been carrying and observed paper, greeting cards, and several white tied garbage bags inside the black garbage bag. The witness reached inside the bag and felt something heavy inside like sand, prosecutors say.
Officers arrived, recovered the bags, and observed paper, greeting cards, pooled blood, and blood-soaked rags inside. Before exiting the tow truck, the offender paid the tow truck driver using Walker's credit card. As she was paying, the tow truck driver noticed the offender holding an object with a red handle.
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