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Prosecutors now say that a serial killer who targeted more than a dozen elderly women from Dallas and Collin counties smothered each of them with a pillow before stealing them.
"This guy should have been detected but was not," said Richard Arnold, a lawyer representing Gleason's family. "In our case, they had just wandered into the apartment for three hours."
Billy Chemirmir, 46, has been in Dallas County Jail since March 2018, when he was accused of choking an 81-year-old woman in his Dallas home and attempting to kill two women in Collin County.
And this week, grand juries in Dallas and Collin counties delivered 11 more indictable murder charges for Chemirmir.
The indictments portray the picture of a slaughter that would rank him among Texas' most prolific serial killers.
The indictments identify the following victims, as well as the death dates listed in their obituaries:
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Phyllis Payne, 91 years old, died on May 14, 2016 in Dallas
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Phoebe Perry, 94, Deceased on June 5, 2016 in Dallas
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Norma French, 85 years old, died on October 8, 2016 in Dallas
- Doris Gleason, 92, died in Dallas
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Minnie Campbell, 84 years old, died on October 31, 2017 in Plano
- Carolyn MacPhee, 81 years old, died on December 31, 2017 in Plano
- Rosemary Curtis, 75, died in Dallas on January 19, 2018
- Mary Brooks, died January 31, 2018 in Richardson
- Martha Williams, age 80, died in Plano on March 4, 2018
- Miriam Nelson, 81 years old, died on March 9, 2018 in Plano
- Ann Conklin, 82 years old, died on March 18, 2018 in Plano
- Lu Thi Harris, 81 years old, died on March 20, 2018 in Dallas
Phillip Hayes, Chemirmir's attorney, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that he was still curling his head around the number of indictments.
Chemirir is frustrated, Hayes told Star-Telegram.
"He also seemed surprised by the indictments, but he takes it for granted that he is innocent," Hayes said.
Families of at least three of the victims – French, Gleason and Payne – have not waited for the police to prompt Chemirm to take action. French's children and two other families sued senior citizens' communities where their loved ones died, saying the facilities were not doing enough to protect them.
It was not clear exactly where Perry lived, but the other Dallas victims did not seem to live in seniors' homes. Plano police did not specify where the victims of the last five indictments lived.
The three French children declared in their lawsuit that The Tradition – Prestonwood had failed to protect their 85 year old mother ", which gave Chemirmir the opportunity to kill Mrs. French. "
In a statement, Prestonwood said the community viewed each of its residents as "a family".
"We are determined to cooperate with the authorities," the company said in a statement. "It is not appropriate to speculate on any legal action that may be brought in. We can only emphasize that the safety of our residents is a daily priority."
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