Bio

Kimberly Diane Cargill was born on November 30, 1966. Her native county is listed as Jones and her native state is Mississippi. Public records give her date of birth and these place names as basic facts about her early identity.

She completed school through the twelfth grade. Records list her highest grade completed as 12. Later she held jobs that included work as an office clerk and work in nursing as an LVN or nursing temp at hospitals.

Cargill lived in Whitehouse, Texas, as an adult, but her roots are tied to Mississippi by the native county entry. She has been married more than once and is a mother to multiple children. Official records also list no prior prison record before later legal events.

Murder Story

Kimberly Diane Cargill was born November 30, 1966. She was charged with the murder of Cherry Walker on June 18, 2010. The case was in Smith County, Texas.

Cherry Walker was 39 years old. She had been subpoenaed to testify in a child protective custody case. Prosecutors said Cargill did not want Walker to testify.

Investigators say Walker and Cargill communicated by phone on June 18, 2010. Records show multiple calls that day. The last call between them was at 8:02 p.m.

Cargill told police she drove with Walker after Walker had a seizure and stopped breathing. She said she drove to a county road and then left the scene after setting the woman’s clothes on fire. Cargill said she doused Walker with lighter fluid and set her clothing on fire.

The medical examiner ruled the manner of death a homicide. The autopsy report said the mechanism of death was undetermined. The examiner said there was no soot in the airways and that seizure medication was in Walker’s system. The examiner found abrasions and bruises and said asphyxiation could not be ruled out.

Crime scene investigators found items near the body, including a fast-food creamer and a straw wrapper. Forensic testing on the creamer and a hair found in Cargill’s car produced DNA results that did not exclude Cargill and that were consistent with Walker's mitochondrial profile according to the reports.

Police searched Cargill’s home and car. They recovered items such as creamers like the one at the scene, a sheet or table cloth in the washer, and shoes with sand. Detectives photographed and logged the items and sent samples for testing.

A jury convicted Kimberly Cargill of capital murder on May 18, 2012. On June 7, 2012, Smith County Judge Jack Skeen sentenced her to death. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists her as received on that date.