Texas alleged serial killer to go on trial Monday
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A Texas man who is accused of murdering nearly two dozen older women is going on trial Monday for the death of an 87-year-old woman who was found dead at her Dallas home in early 2018.
The charges against Chemirmir grew in the years following his 2018 arrest, as police across the Dallas area reexamined the deaths of older people that were considered natural before families raised alarm bells. Four indictments were added this summer. Bradford Betz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to bradford.betz@fox.com and on Twitter: @Bradford_Betz.
Chemirmir was convicted in April of capital murder in the smothering death of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris and sentenced to life in prison without parole. He will receive the same punishment if convicted in Brooks' death. His first trial in Harris' death ended in a mistrial last November when the jury deadlocked. Chemirmir has maintained his innocence.
In March 2018, 91-year-old Mary Annis Bartel survived an attack and told police that a man had forced his way into her apartment at an independent living community for seniors, tried to smother her with a pillow and took her jewelry. Her survival and interviews with police set Chemirmir's arrest in motion.