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A MAN CHARGED with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over two years has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison in one of the cases against him.
Jurors took about 45 minutes to convict Billy Chemirmir, 49, in the March 2018 smothering of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris.
After Chemirmir and Ms Harris were at the same Walmart, he went to her home, killed her, and stole her jewellery, prosecutors said.
It was the killer’s second trial – after the first jury to hear the case deadlocked in November.
Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty so state District Judge Raquel “Rocky” Jones sentenced Chemirmir to life in prison without parole.
Chemirmir, who has maintained his innocence, is charged with murdering 12 other women in Dallas County and five in nearby Collin County.
Dallas County district attorney John Creuzot said he plans to try Chemirmir for at least one more death.
Relatives of those he is accused of killing praised the verdict at an emotional press conference.
“This one conviction represents justice for all of the families,” said Shannon Dion, whose 92-year-old mother, Doris Gleason, was killed in 2016.
Defending, Kobby Warren said during closing arguments that prosecutors had not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Chemirmir was ever at Ms Harris’ home, calling the state’s case “all bark, no bite”.
As in the first trial, the defence did not call any witnesses and Chemirmir did not give evidence.
Prosecutor Glen Fitzmartin told jurors he gave them more than enough evidence to convict.
“This is an easy decision, mainly because we bit so much off,” said Fitzmartin, who noted that when Chemirmir was arrested, he had Ms Harris’ jewellery and the keys to her home.
Jurors also saw CCTV footage of Ms Harris and Chemirmir at Walmart on the day she was found dead.
Prosecutors also presented evidence to jurors about an attack that 91-year-old Mary Annis Bartel survived the day before Ms Harris was killed and the killing of 87-year-old Mary Brooks about six weeks earlier.
Chemirmir was arrested the day after Ms Bartel said a man forced his way into her apartment and held a pillow over her face.
Mr Fitzmartin said police subsequently found that a few days earlier there had been a report of a suspicious person at the independent living community where she lived.
A licence plate number led officers to Chemirmir.
Police detectives said they went to Chemirmir’s nearby apartment complex and watched as he drove into the car park.
They said he threw items into a dumpster and then, as they got him out of his vehicle, he was holding jewellery and cash in his hand.
Police said that a large red jewellery box in the dumpster contained documents that led them to Ms Harris’ home. They found her dead in her bedroom, with lipstick smeared on her pillow.
The number of people Chemirmir was accused of killing grew as authorities reinvestigated deaths previously thought to be natural.
Most of the people were found dead in their apartments at independent living communities for older people, where Chemirmir has been accused of forcing his way into apartments or posing as a handyman.
Some lived in private homes, including Harris and the widow of a man Chemirmir had cared for in his job as an at-home caregiver.
MJ Jennings, whose 83-year-old mother, Leah Corken, was killed in 2016, said she hopes the conviction will be “the first step of healing for all of these families”.
Ms Bartel died in 2020 but jurors heard a taped deposition of her describing opening her door on the day she was attacked.
She said she immediately focused on green rubber gloves the person was wearing and tried to push the door shut but was overpowered.
“He said: ‘Don’t fight me, lie on the bed,’” Ms Bartel said.
She said her attacker “slammed” the pillow to her face and used “all his weight to keep me from breathing”.
She said she could not remember details about the man’s appearance.
Ms Bartel, who lost consciousness, later discovered she was missing her wedding band, diamond engagement ring and other jewellery.
Prosecutors presented evidence that Chemirmir listed jewellery belonging to Ms Bartel and Ms Brooks for sale online.
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Keep it up. Never tire of hearing about these jihadi lunatics getting a kicking.
Who funds IS? Where do they get their arms and supplies from in such poor countries?
Any answer to that question would be considered a conspiracy.
There are two types of muslem, Shia and Sunni.
This is how it breaks out on the map:
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/6670/1514/1600/sunni_shia_map.jpg
You’ll notice that despite being a minority generally the Shia are a majority in Iraq.
The northern part of Iraq is Kurdish and that’s an independent state now in all but name, it has regional autonomy even under Saddam. So the rest of Iraq is just Shia and Sunni and the former are the majority, but the latter was Saddams people, they were Sunni.
Al Qaeda are sunni (though they hated Saddam) and so are ISIS. They get their arms and money from radical rich princes in Saudi Arabia, the royal family there is enormous, thousands of members and they are all loaded, they funnel money to them, as do wealthy Sunnis from elsewhere and sometimes arms dealers with no ideology.
Sunnis ruled Iraq, through Saddam, for years. The US millitary brass told George Bush that they needed to invade with at least half a million troops to secure the country afterwards, esp since they were gonna disband the Iraqi armed forces and police. Bush thought they could do it on the cheap so only sent in around 200 000. Then Bushs envoy Paul Bremer the colonial administrator of Iraq disbanded their security services and chaos ensued where the borders were like a sieve and radical militia men from all over the place started to pour in.
Now they all want THEIR group to be dominant , they are trying to turn Iraq into what South Vietnam became and overthrow it replacing it with a new radical Sunni state. ISIS are crazier than AlQadea by far, the latter even said they want nothing to do with them.
They get funded by the US Government.
Its nit a conspiracy any more. Do a little research.
They are basically the latest in television mainstream media scaremongering terrorist organisations that Western Governments want to use in order to draft in new security measures.
Basically Al Qaeda on steroids. Watch out for new up and coming dates particularly that contain triplicated 7 numbers. EG 7th September (Septem Latin 7) 2+0+1+7 = 7 or 777. all other false flags had hints of 777. Even the Twin Towers…where 343 firemen died…343=7x7x7
7th Sept 2+0+1+4 = 777
Poe’s law indeed.
I don’t watch TMZ for financial market news, you shouldn’t watch infowars for political news. I feel so sorry for you people. You genuinely believe whatever nonsense your conspiracy cult leaders tell you. Confirmation bias is a powerful thing.
Some studies suggest it’s a lack of self esteem that drives you to believing these whacko theories. I’d be morto. Of course, I’m just a paid CIA, NSA, NEOCON, ILLUMINATI shill right? Whatever helps you sleep at night.
Dave Davis I would be more concerned to what cult these world leaders are into…
Everywhere they have set foot has left nothing but death, destruction and misery. We will soon witness this same cult invading Syria… turning it into another hell hole.. You can be damn sure once NATO get in there there won’t be much left of the place…
And here was me thinking July was the 7th month and September was the 9th…
Frank, what does the zero stand for?
Btw 2+2+2+1 = 7. Amazing!
Avina Laaf .. Yes July 17 had its fair share of triplicated 7′s in MH17 which has now fallen flat on its face as a FAILED False Flag.. people are wising up to all this nonsense from War mongering Western Governments particularly the United States..
I am sure yourself and Declan Noonan know all about the Numbers..
Boeing 777 Built 17 inauguration flight 17 years to the date bogus “crashed”on 17/07 2+0+1+4 = 777
If you read my last post September is the 7th month going by the Roman Calendar…
There are two “sevens” hidden in the date being the 250th date of the year 2+5+0 = 7
and also 115 days remaining to the end 1+1+5 = 7..
As I mentioned before on 9/11 you tripped over the number of 11′s in the date.. This is how these psychopaths operate.. they believe in the power of numbers.. 777 being perfection.
selling Oil is the big one, looting banks, seizing weapons from the Army, entire bases of them in fact. Extorting businesses in the area, taxing people, selling food, the area is arid but irrigation makes it a large producer of Grain, one of the largest in the middle east.
It is all quite obvious where they get their money from but it is does not fit in with the leftist view that these simple people would be all happy and lovely but for the machinations of Western powers.
Let them overrun Sulaimen Bek and give these animals a clear understanding that their behaviour is not accepted as anything but deranged !
Ha!
It seems like I.S actually ISN’T.
A really good article in the Guardian today. Sums up the western approach to Islamic extremism. They are full of rhetoric bout the war on terror yet they are best friends with the biggest backers of extremism in the world. Hypocrites!
Let me get my tin foil hat on for a minute…right….I really think this is bang on the money, but to add to it, or perhaps just argue the point that, they are not hypocritical, just extremely disingenuous about this with their own populations, the argument I make is that after the Iraqi WMD fallacy the game was basically up for their dirty little wars, they needed to carry on though with a few more countries needing toppled (see: General Wesley Clark, 7 nations in 5 years), but how could they find the means to justify these wars to their public, they couldn’t so there had to be a change in tact again, enter proxy armies, crippling sanctions, civil unrest among other things (see: Seymour Hersh, the redirection). There was nothing spontaneous about the Arab Spring, it was planned years in advance, there’s some very clever scriptwriters in Washington I believe, Zbrigniew Brzezinski (see Soviet-Afghan war, pictured with OBL, a CIA asset at the time, who knows maybe he remained so the rest of his life…). Ok, time to take the hat off.
Joe, your comments are always dishonest.
Ryan, while what you say is true, it does tend to leave a distorted view of Sunnis in general. Most Sunnis would have nothing in common with ISIS.
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