My mother died in fear. This man did not have a peaceful passing. There’s some relief in feeling that he didn’t get off easily.”
Those haunting words come from the family of Diane Delahunty, one of the many women believed to have fallen victim to Billy Chemirmir — a man suspected of being one of the most prolific serial killers in recent American history.
It all began in 2017, when 79-year-old Delahunty was found lifeless in her home, just days after enjoying lunch with her children. At first, it seemed like a tragic accident — perhaps a fall. But when her family noticed her rings were missing, a more sinister possibility emerged.
Months later, in March 2018, that possibility became horrifyingly real. Ninety-one-year-old Mary Bartel was attacked in her own home by a man who tried to smother her with a pillow before stealing her jewelry. Incredibly, she survived — and gave police a detailed description of her attacker. That account led to the arrest of Billy Chemirmir.
Authorities eventually tied him to the murders of two elderly women and suspected him in the deaths of as many as 22 others, most of whom were elderly women living in senior communities. His method was chillingly simple and terrifying: gain access, smother, rob, and vanish. For years, many of these deaths were dismissed as natural — until the pattern could no longer be ignored.
Chemirmir was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. But now, in a final and violent twist, Texas authorities report that he has been found slain in his prison cell, bringing this long and grisly chapter to a close.
For the families of his victims, there is no undoing the pain. But with his death, there is at least an end — and for some, a small measure of peace.
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