Kimberly McCarthy

Who was Kimberly McCarthy?

Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy was an American death row inmate who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1997 murder of her neighbor, 71-year-old retired college professor Dorothy Booth, in her Lancaster, Texas home during a robbery. She was also a suspect in the murders of two other elderly Texas women, for which she was never tried.

After her final federal appeal was denied in July 2012, her execution date was set for January 29, 2013. Two reprieves pushed her execution date to June 26, 2013. McCarthy continued to proclaim her innocence, and stated that she was framed for murder.

On June 26, 2013, McCarthy was executed by the state of Texas by lethal injection, becoming the 500th person to be executed by the state of Texas.