Billy Chemirmir
Billy Chemirmir, 50, a Kenyan-born man who was a permanent resident of the United States, died in his cell at the Coffield Unit prison in Tennessee Colony, Texas, on September 19, 2023. A Kenyan news outlet's jailhouse interview with him says he grew up on his family's farm and cared for his elderly father. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said his cellmate attacked and killed him, and one state attorney general report describes an assault with a knife or edged instrument, though the agency has not released the cellmate's name or the cause of death. The Office of Inspector General is investigating the death, and the cellmate has not been publicly identified.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says his cellmate killed him, and a Texas Attorney General report says the cellmate assaulted him with a knife or edged instrument.
Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him); Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report (outside investigators).
News reports (7)
- Texas Inmate Accused Of Killing 22 Elderly Women Slain By Cellmate
- Murderer who preyed on older women killed by cellmate in Texas prison
- Billy Chemirmir, accused in deaths of 18 elderly women in Texas, killed in prison by his cellmate
- Serial killer Billy Chemirmir, accused of killing 22 elderly women, found dead in cell: officials
- Man suspected of murdering 22 people killed by cellmate in prison: Officials
- PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Suspected serial killer Billy Chemirmir killed in prison - FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
- Custodial death report 23-1263-P