Kimberly McCarthy

Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy (May 11, 1961 – June 26, 2013) was a death row inmate and suspected serial killer 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 (Dallas–Fort Worth area) home during a robbery. She was 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, McCarthy's execution date was set for January 29, 2013. Two reprieves pushed her execution date to June 26, 2013. McCarthy continued to proclaim her innocence, saying she was framed for the 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 by that method.