District Attorney Nola Tedesco Foulston announces that a
homicide cold case will be charged by the Eighteenth Judicial District
Attorney’s Office after diligent work by Wichita Police Department Homicide
Detectives. Charges will
be filed today against Achaz Alford, DOB 7/22/80, for Premeditated First
Degree Murder, Rape, Aggravated Criminal Sodomy, Aggravated Burglary and
Aggravated Robbery.
On
the morning of November 12, 1999, Wichita Police Officers were called to an
apartment at 888 S. Hydraulic where Tina Jo Frederick, a 22-year-old Wichita
woman, was found murdered in her home.
While
Detectives worked the case diligently, no suspects were identified at that
time. The case became a “cold
case” for more than four years.
In
February of this year, a communication was received by the District
Attorney’s Office and forwarded to the Wichita Police Department Homicide
Division. The communication was
linked to an unsolved homicide. The Wichita Police Department Homicide
Division began pursuing and investigating this communication which led to the
filing of these charges. Mr.
Alford is incarcerated on an unrelated matter and will have a first appearance
on this case at a future date.
The
Wichita Police Department deserves credit for diligently pursuing all leads
brought to their attention from numerous sources in an effort to insure the
safety of our community.
