Murderer who preyed on older women killed by cellmate in Texas prison

Billy Chemirmir, 50, was convicted of two murders and accused of killing nearly two dozen women

A man accused of killing nearly two dozen older women and who was convicted last year in the slayings of two was killed on Tuesday morning by his cellmate at a Texas prison, an official said.

Billy Chemirmir, 50, was found dead in his cell, said a Texas department of criminal justice spokeswoman, Hannah Haney. She said that Chemirmir’s cellmate, who is serving a sentence for murder, was identified as the assailant. She said she could not confirm the cellmate’s identity or how Chemirmir was killed.