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Man serving 50-year sentence for killing potential witness in brother’s murder trial has died in East Texas prison

The mug shot of Darius Gilmore.

ANDERSON COUNTY, Texas – A 32-year-old man serving a 50-year sentence for the shooting deaths of a couple in 2017 has died in an East Texas prison.

Darius Gilmore took a plea agreement in April 2022 for the murders of 26-year-old Robert Watkins and 24-year-old Sydnece Prymus. The couple were found shot to death at a Greenspoint-area apartment on June 4, 2017.

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Authorities said Gilmore shot the couple because one of them was going to testify against his brother in a murder case.

Gilmore was serving time at a prison in Tennessee Colony, Texas.

According to a custodial death report, a cause of death from a medical examiner is still pending but it is said that Gilmore committed suicide by hanging in the prison and died on Oct. 22 at approximately 9:03 p.m.


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Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up. He is passionate about weather and the outdoors and often spends his days off on the water fishing.

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