A man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison in one of the cases against him after an earlier mistrial.
A man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span was found guilty of murder Thursday and sentenced to life in prison in one of the cases against him afterJurors took about 45 minutes to convict Billy Chemirmir, 49, of capital murder in the March 2018 smothering of 81-year-old
“This one conviction represents justice for all of the families,” said Shannon Dion, whose 92-year-old mother, Doris Gleason, was killed in 2016. Though Chemirmir was being tried this week only in Harris’ death, prosecutors also presented evidence to jurors about an attack thatsurvived the day before Harris was killed and the killing of 87-year-old Mary Brooks about six weeks earlier.
Police detectives testified about going to Chemirmir’s nearby apartment complex and watching as he drove into the parking lot. Detectives said he threw items into a dumpster and then, as they got him out of his vehicle, he was holding jewelry and cash in his hand. M.J. Jennings, whose 83-year-old mother, Leah Corken, was killed in 2016, said she hoped the conviction would be “the first step of healing for all of these families.”
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