Call Her Madam

Kwang Suk Campbell Walker wasn't just looking for a handout.

A A A Comments By Eric Dexheimer Thursday, Nov 23 2000

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This past May, Sookie was extradited to Denver. On October 17 she appeared back in Judge Daniel's courtroom -- but not to face dozens of counts of racketeering and money laundering. Instead, the U.S. Attorney's Office had decided to charge her only with the relatively minor offense of missing her April 1997 court date.

Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the office, says that the passage of time would have made it difficult to make the case. "Witnesses would be hard to locate now," he points out. The lead federal prosecutor on the case, William Welch, had also retired after Sookie fled; soon after, he died.

Mike Gorman

Business was so good that Kwang Suk Campbell Walker (above) was able to pay cash for this Colorado Springs strip mall.After James and Sookie Walker renovated this mansion in Monument, it was valued at $500,000.Ki Suk Grell, an associate of Sookie's who earned her own mug shot, owned an expensive home on this lot at 5080 South Clarkson -- until it was torched by arson.

Kwang Suk Campbell Walker

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At the sentencing hearing, Sookie cried softly and apologized to Daniel for leaving the state. The judge asked about the money he'd ordered returned to her; she declined to answer.

Sookie's lawyer, however, said it had been placed in a trust account where it was safe from government seizure. After that, he added, it had been returned to its rightful owners.