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Kenyan serial killer who murdered elderly victims dies in US prison

Billy Chemirmir, a Kenyan serial killer was found dead in US prison cell on Tuesday. [Courtesy]

A Kenyan man who was convicted of murdering two elderly victims and suspected of killing 22 more in Texas was found dead in his prison cell on Tuesday, officials said.

Billy Chemirmir, 59, was killed by his cellmate, who is also serving a life sentence for murder, at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).

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