What did Billy Chemirmir do?
Billy Chemirmir was a suspected serial killer of Kenyan descent who was accused of murdering elderly women in Dallas, Texas.
Chemirmir would pose as a medical professional or a maintenance man to gain access to the properties of elderly women and smother them with a pillow. Authorities think he killed at least 22 elderly women, but believe there are additional victims as well, including originally-reported natural deaths.
What happened during the trial?
Chemirmir was arrested in March of 2018 for the smothering of an 81-year-old woman. He was then indicted on an additional 11 counts of murder in May of 2019. The trial was set to start on the 5th April, 2021, but was delayed until the 12th November of that year.
The trial eventually started on the 15th November, 2021, but on the 19th November, the judge declared a mistrial due to an 11-1 deadlock in the jury. Chemirmir’s retrial began on the 25th of April, 2022 and three days later he was convicted of the murder of Lu This Harris and sentenced to life in prison. The DA told families he wouldn’t be seeking the death penalty for this crime.
Chemirmir went on trial again in October of 2022 for the murder of Mary Brooks, and he was subsequently sentenced to life in prison for that crime as well. Unfortunately, the remaining charges levelled against Chemirmir were dismissed, which was a massive disappointment and injustice to families of the victims. However, at least Chemirmir would never see the outside of a prison for the rest of his life, preventing him from carrying out more horrific murders.
Where is Billy Chemirmir now?
Chemirmir was serving his life sentence at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, Anderson County, Texas, when a fellow inmate murdered him on the 19th September, 2023. The alleged attacker was Wyatt Busby, who was serving a 50-year sentence for the stabbing to death of a man in 2016.
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