- Jeffrey Lemor Wheat, 52, has admitted to being responsible for the assaults on four women who were sexually attacked in their residences across the Dallas region.
- According to officials, three of the victims were former members of the same national Black sorority, Delta Sigma Theta.
- It was revealed that Wheat obtained personal details about the victims during his employment at a credit card processing firm utilized by the sorority.
Jeffery Lemor Wheat, aged 52, pleaded guilty to the assaults on four women who were sexually assaulted in their homes across the Dallas area. Notably, three of the victims were former members of the same national Black sorority.
Wheat entered his guilty pleas in district court in Collin County and was sentenced to life in prison. The sentencing was conducted via video conferencing with judges from four different counties, as reported by WFAA.
The assaults took place in Dallas, Denton, Collin, and Tarrant counties. Wheat received two life sentences for burglary of a habitation with intent of another felony, with one from Tarrant County and the other from Collin County. Additionally, he was handed a 30-year prison term for an aggravated sexual assault charge from Dallas County and a 20-year sentence for a sexual assault charge from Denton County, according to prosecutors.
Wheat’s sentences are set to run concurrently, with a possibility of parole after 15 years, taking into account the time he has already served, his attorney Greg Ashford explained to WFAA.
Jeffery Lemor Wheat, the individual pictured above, was handed a life sentence after admitting guilt on Feb. 27, 2024, for the attacks on four women who were sexually assaulted in their homes in the Dallas area. (Collin County, Texas, District Attorney’s Office via AP)
Wheat was apprehended in 2021 following DNA and genealogy research that identified him as a person of interest in the sexual assaults, one dating back to 2003 and three others in 2011.
Technological constraints in 2003 led to the suspension of that case. However, DNA testing years later linked it to the three cases from 2011, as per Tarrant County prosecutors. Collin County prosecutors mentioned that investigative efforts, including genetic genealogy research, were instrumental in identifying Wheat as a person of interest.
All the victims in the 2011 cases were affiliated with the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Investigators in Plano, according to Collin County prosecutors, discovered that Wheat had access to the victims’ personal information during his employment at a credit card processing company utilized by the sorority.