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If you’re an average American who exposes himself to average American media, odds are that you haven’t heard of Billy Chemirmir.
Billy Chewhowho?
It’s a Kenyan surname, and it’s pronounced “Sha-MEAR-MEAR.”
You’d think a story where an African-born but Texas-based serial killer posing as a maintenance man wriggled his way into old-age homes over the course of two years, smothered an estimated two dozen women to death, stole their jewelry, and sold it for cash would at least garner some interest. (more…)