On July 27, 1997, Kimberly McCarthy made a phone call to her 71- year old neighbor stating that she had planned to come over and borrow some sugar. Little did Dorothy Booth know, it wasn't sugar that she would be losing that day, it was her life. Kimberly McCarthy had no intention of borrowing sugar from Booth that day, her goal was to rob her. Upon McCarthy's arrival, she stabbed Booth repeatedly with a butcher knife, beat her with a candelabrum, and cut off her ring finger in order to steal her diamond wedding ring. McCarthy also stole Booth's purse and Mercedes Benz, and pawned the wedding ring in order to purchase crack cocaine. The day after Booth's death Kimberly McCarthy was arrested and charged with murder. Evidence showed that McCarthy had used Booths credit card at a liquor store and also was in possession of Booths credit card Police also found the murder weapon in McCarthy's home. On November 24, 1998, McCarthy was sentenced to death by lethal injection. After a few unsuccessful appeals, McCarthy was finally executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 26, 2013.
