But according to evidence in her capital murder trial (her original mugshot is shown here), McCarthy wound up stabbing Dorothy Booth, 71, five times and then bludgeoned her with a large candle holder.
010812 Dorothy BoothNext, she cut a finger off of Booth, a retired college professor (shown right), to take her diamond wedding ring.
via Crime Time: Dallas County woman to be executed Jan. 29 for 1997 slaying of retired college professor.
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