This is reported by a number of media, including AP news. Chemirmir was serving time in the Coffield Unit prison near Tennessee in the USA, and was found murdered in the cell he lived in.
Since 2019, he has served two life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murders of Lu Thi Harris (81) and Mary Brooks (87) in 2018. Both women were suffocated with a pillow.
Buried corpse in the kitchen
Suspect of serial murder
He is also charged with a further 20 murders of elderly women. The alleged murders are said to have taken place over a period of two years.
– He was killed by his cellmate, who is also serving a life sentence for murder, Hannah Haney, spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, told the news agency.
She does not say anything about how he was killed, nor is the supposed killer named.
EVIDENCE: Chemirmir probably suffocated several of his victims with pillows. Here, the prosecution shows a pillow with lipstick marks, which Chemirmir is said to have used when he killed Lu Thi Harris. Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool) Show more
Chemirmir was arrested in 2018 after a 91-year-old woman survived an attack. In questioning, the woman said that Chemirmir had forced his way into her apartment and tried to suffocate her with a pillow. He then stole jewelery and valuables from the 91-year-old, writes AP.
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– Some relief
The police found large amounts of women’s jewelery and cash when they arrested the suspected serial killer the day after the attack, including the jewelery box of Lu Thi Harris (80), who had been killed a short time before.
MURDERED: Lu Thi Harris (81) was found murdered in her home in 2018. Photo: The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool/NTB Show more
The discovery led the police to double-check previous suspicious deaths of elderly women, and in parallel the number of murder charges against Chemirmir rose. In all, he was charged with 22 murders, 13 in Dallas and nine in Collin County.
All of the presumed murder victims were elderly women and all had allegedly been robbed of jewelery and valuables.
Chemirmir has always denied guilt.
– My mother died of fear. It’s a certain relief to think that he didn’t have a peaceful death either, says Shannon Dion, the daughter of 92-year-old Doris Gleason, who is one of Chemirmir’s alleged victims, to AP.
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The murder is being investigated
The suspected serial killer’s lawyer, Phillip Hayes, refers to the murder of his client as a terrible tragedy.
– No one deserves to be killed, anyway. Especially not when you are in a place where you have no chance to escape, he tells the news agency.
Earlier in September, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice implemented measures and lockdowns, following a large increase in contraband and murders among inmates. On September 6, the ministry stated that 16 inmates had been killed so far this year.
The murder of Chemirmir is being investigated by the ministry.
2023-09-20 01:32:02
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