In episode 13 Beth and Wendy discuss the life and crimes of Kimberly McCarthy, a black woman who brutally murdered 3 elderly women for financial gain. We discuss the city of Dallas in the 80’s and 90s. We also discuss how race and poverty contributed to the story at the time. We wrap up the show by sharing out take aways from the story and share some tips on “How not to get murdered”.
STATS
Wendy: Victims 1- 3, I say 1 to 3 because was convicted of 1 and suspected of 2 more
all elderly women ages 71 to 85′
(Beth I think one was black. I found a website with pictures and if they are actually pictures of the victims, two were white and one was black)
Victims:
Maggie Harding, 81, and Jettie Lucas, 85 / Dorothy Booth, 71 (her next-door neighbor)
M.O: stabbing and bludgeoning
Location: Dallas, TX
Interestingly: she was the 500th execution in texas since 1982
Also interesting stat in Texas, since 1976 when the Supreme COurt allowed capital punishment to resume, texas had carried out 40 % of the 1300 executions throughout the US. Way to go Texas. Also Texas thank you for giving us Beyonce.
Thank you for listening.
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Dorothy Booth, retired college psycholog professor
Maggie Harding
Jettie Lucas
Kimberly McCarthy Mugshot
Kimberly McCarthy Escorted, murder pedia article via Dallasnews.com
Kimberly McCarthy 1997
Footnotes
Kiera Bergman case: https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/body-of-missing-19-year-old-woman-kiera-bergman-found-near-buckeye/75-591189896
Dallas PD Shooting Case: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/10/us/dallas-police-officer-amber-guyger-arrest/index.html
White Supremacist Hand Signal back story, origin: https://www.vox.com/2018/9/5/17821946/white-power-hand-signal-brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearing-zina-bash-4chan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_McCarthy
Murderpedia: http://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mccarthy-kimberly.htm
http://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mccarthy-kimberly-photos.htm
https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/oagnews/release.php?id=4431
PBS show transcript Regarding Dallas in 1988 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/archive/dallas.html
Murder Pedia article: http://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mccarthy-kimberly.htm
Poverty and decision making: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/your-brain-on-poverty-why-poor-people-seem-to-make-bad-decisions/281780/
Emergency SOS https://www.imore.com/how-set-and-use-emergency-sos-your-iphone
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