September 20th 2023.
Billy Chemirmir, a Kenyan living in Dallas, was killed by his prison cellmate on September 19th, 2020 in a rural East Texas prison. The 50-year-old man was convicted in 2022 for murdering two women, and was linked to 22 other victims in a two-year killing spree, according to the Associated Press.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Hannah Haney said that Chemirmir's cellmate was also serving a murder sentence, but did not provide any details on what led to the death or the cellmate’s name.
Chemirmir's murder scheme included targeting elderly women in the Dallas area and stealing their belongings. Civil suits were also filed, accusing him of an additional six murders.
Shannon Dion, the daughter of one of Chemirmir’s victims, shared her thoughts on the tragedy at a press conference.
“My mother died in fear,” said Dion, whose mother was 92-year-old Doris Gleason. “This man did not have a peaceful passing. There’s some relief in feeling that he didn’t get off easily.”
Chemirmir was caught in 2018 when a 91-year-old woman managed to survive his attack and tell the police about his deadly scheme. He was indicted on 22 capital murder charges and sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole. Despite his conviction, Chemirmir was adamant that he was innocent.
The Office of Inspector General is now investigating Chemirmir’s murder, which occurred at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, about 100 miles southeast of Dallas.
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