Court documents have revealed new details about the evidence that led to murder charges for an 83-year-old Texas City man earlier this month.
The situation unfolded on May 9, when a man was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound on a San Leon roadway. The man was identified as 66-year-old Glen Davis, and he was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
OUR FIRST REPORT: 83-year-old man arrested, charged with murder in Texas City
A day after the murder, investigators learned from a tip that a man named Wilmer Clifford “Bill” Brillhart had made threats to kill Davis on May 3.
Authorities also learned from a local woman that Brillhart goes by “Can Man Bill” in the Bacliff area, because he is known for picking up cans for recycling.
Davis and Brillhart both frequented a church called Lighthouse Christian Ministries in Bacliff, Texas, weekly for meals and other assistance.
It was here that Brillhart allegedly told the woman he would “put some lead in Glen Davis’ head.” The woman also told investigators that Brillhart often bragged to others about killing people before and getting away with it by claiming self-defense.
From interviews with different people, detectives learned that Brillhart had told people that killing a third person would make him a ‘serial killer.’
On Friday, May 16, 83-year-old Wilmer Brillhart was arrested in San Leon, Texas. He is accused of killing 66-year-old Glen Davis on May 9.
A district judge from Galveston County ordered the arrest after determining there was sufficient probable cause to formally charge Brillhart with murder.
Brillhart is currently being held in the Galveston County Sheriff’s Department Jail on a $500,000 bond.
Our Click2Houston archives show Brillhart was arrested in 2014 for a shooting that killed 31-year-old James Warren. Warren’s brother, Joseph, told KPRC2 the two men got into an altercation prior to the shooting. Right after the shooting, police said Brillhart called 911, claiming self-defense.
“I think they said that my brother was the aggressor. But the witness that was there, that said that what he saw. That my brother didn’t approach the truck. But this man got out of his truck. He was sitting there waiting on my brother,” said Joseph Warren.
Two years later, Brillhart was ruled innocent and Warren’s case was dropped. Joseph Warren said he is now showing up too support Davis’ family.
“Whenever I got the word, I went down there and I supported the next family. Matter of fact, I carried his casket. Whenever we have justice for Glen, my family can finally rest as well.
