A man charged with killing 18 older women over a two-year period in the Dallas area told The Dallas Morning News that he is "not a killer" and "will not go to prison" for the alleged murders.
Billy Chemirmir was allegedly working as a caretaker at luxury senior living communities in Dallas and Collins counties, according to police. Once inside the apartment, Chemirir would reportedly smother the elderly women with a pillow and then steal anything of value.
He was arrested in March 2018 after reportedly forcing his way into 91-year-old Mary Annis Bartel's Plano apartment at an independent senior living community. Police followed him back to his apartment and stopped him while he was holding jewelry and cash.
The police were able to trace documents in a jewelry box that Chemirir had thrown out back to a Dallas home, where 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris was found dead in her bedroom.
Chemirir's murder trial in November 2021 for the death of Harris ended in a mistrial. He will get a retrial on April 25, and is currently waiting in the Dallas County Jail.
Chemirir spoke to The Dallas Morning News via phone call from jail to publicly deny all charges against him.
"I am not a killer," Chemirmir said. "I'm not at all what they're saying I am. I am a very innocent person. I was not brought (up) that way. I was brought (up) in a good family. I didn't have any problems all my life."
Marilyn Bixler was killed in 2017 and is suspected to be one of Chemirir's many victims. Her daughter, Cheryl Pangburn, spoke to the newspaper and said she hopes he feels guilty for the alleged crimes he's committed.
"You hope that he feels some kind of remorse, and the fact is he feels nothing," Pangburn said. "I cannot comprehend that the human mind can work that way."
Chemirir expressed confidence via the phone interview that he is "100% sure I will not go to prison."
He added that no other deaths have been reported by family members at senior living centers in the area.
"If I was a killer, I could’ve killed all those ladies," Chemirir said. "Nobody has been killed there."
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