Man accused in deaths of 18 elderly women in Texas killed in prison by cellmate
Billy Chemirmir, 50, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday.
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Billy Chemirmir, 50, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday.
Officials say a man accused of killing nearly two dozen elderly women who was convicted last year of the slayings of two has been killed by his cellmate in a Texas prison.
Officials say a man accused of killing nearly two dozen elderly women and who was convicted in the slayings of two has been killed by his Texas prison cellmate. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Hannah Haney says 50-year-old Billy Chemirmir was found dead in his cell Tuesday morning. She said Chemirmir’s cellmate was identified as the assailant. She says the cellmate is serving a sentence for murder. But she did not release the person's name or how Chemirmir was killed. Chemirmir's first capital murder trial ended in mistrial. He was later convicted of killing b...
Billy Chemirmir, 50, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday.
A man accused of killing nearly two dozen older women and who was convicted last year in the slayings of two was killed Tuesday morning by his cellmate at a Texas prison, an official said.