Texas man charged with killing 18 elderly women says he’s ‘very innocent’

Billy Chemirmir who's accused of killing 18 aged ladies is presently awaiting retrial in Dallas and has maintained his innocence your entire time.
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An alleged Texas serial killer charged with killing 18 aged ladies over a two-year crime spree insists he's a “very harmless man” from a “good household.”

Billy Chemirmir, 49, has been accused of utilizing his work as a house well being aide to get into the flats of aged ladies earlier than allegedly smothering them after which stealing their valuables.

In a jail interview with the Dallas Morning Information, Chemirmir denied all the fees in opposition to him and stated he's “100% positive I can't go to jail.”

“I'm not a killer,” Chemirmir stated.

“I’m in no way what they’re saying I'm. I'm a really harmless particular person. I used to be not introduced (up) that method. I used to be introduced (up) in a very good household. I didn’t have any issues all my life.”

Chemirmir is presently in custody on the Dallas County Jail awaiting retrial subsequent month after the first jury to listen to one of many homicide instances in opposition to him deadlocked final November.

He was arrested in March 2018 after 91-year-old Mary Annis Bartel reported that a man had attacked her after forcing his method into her house at an impartial dwelling group in Dallas.

Police stated Chemirmir was present in his close by house holding jewellery and money.

Defendant Billy Chemirmir watches a recorded video deposition by sufferer Mary Bartel that was proven to jurors throughout his homicide trial on November 15, 2021.

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A big crimson jewelery field that police stated Chemirmir had simply thrown away then led cops to the Dallas residence of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris, who was discovered lifeless in her bed room with lipstick smeared on her pillow.

Within the wake of his arrest, police tied him to a string of different deaths at luxurious senior dwelling communities in Dallas and Collin counties between 2016-2018.

He informed the outlet in his jail interview that he was simply within the improper place on the improper time.

Billy Chemirmir has maintained his innocence saying that he was merely within the improper place on the improper time.

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Chemirmir, who immigrated to the US from Kenya, is about to face the retrial on April 25 within the demise of Harris.

The primary trial in Harris’ killing led to a mistrial in November after jurors stated they had been deadlocked 11-1. It was not clear what verdict the vast majority of jurors supported.