A Kenyan in the US has been charged with the murder of 18 people after new evidence linked him to an additional murder charge.
According to reliable US publications, Billy Chemirmir’s case had triggered the probe of the death of 750 senior citizens who died unattended during the period Chemirmir was working in North Texas, US.
The police are investigating to find out if any of the other deaths could be linked to Chemirmir, such as Glenna Day, who was killed on October 14, 2016, at The Tradition-Prestonwood, a luxury senior living community in Far North Dallas.
The suspect is a former healthcare worker who is accused of being a serial killer.
Investigators claimed Chemirmir posed as a maintenance worker to gain access to women's apartments, smothered them and later sold or pawned their jewelry.
He was first arrested in 2018 and charged with the murder of a Dallas woman in her home.
As investigations commenced, authorities linked more deaths to him.
In addition to the 18 murder charges, the suspect was linked, through medical examiner reports and civil suits, to six other deaths, bringing the total of charges to 24 including theft.
Chemirmir’s lawyer has argued that the cases against him are largely circumstantial.
The lawyer further stated that most of the evidence may put the suspect in the area of the alleged murder, but didn't actually pin him as the actual killer.
“It seems like every unexplained death they come up with, they’re pinning on him. If you look at all of it, it doesn’t stand up," Chemirmir’s advocate Philip Hayes said.
However, authorities maintained that they had evidence against him, including surveillance video, DNA evidence and an eyewitness account of a 91-year-old woman who survived one of his alleged attacks.
