DALLAS — A Dallas County jury Thursday found a suspected serial killer guilty of capital murder. Police say Billy Chemirmir preyed on elderly women in Dallas and Collin counties.
Chemirmir, who showed no visible reaction to the verdict, will spend the rest of his life in prison and could face additional trials. Police say Chemirmir smothered at least two dozen elderly women over two years, stealing their jewelry and other precious items. But jurors only heard about attacks on three women, and found Chemirmir is guilty of killing one of them, Lu Thi Harris.
The 81-year-old was found dead in her Dallas home in March 2018, after Chemirmir was arrested with jewelry and other items that belonged to her. The other two women are Mary Brooks, whose death in January 2018 was initially thought to be of natural causes but was changed after Chemirmir’s arrest, and Mary Bartel, who survived an attack in her retirement community apartment the day before Harris was killed.
