Disclaimer: The article contains mentions of murder and abuse. Readers’ discretion is advised.
In 2010, a Texas woman named Kimberly Cargill killed her developmentally disabled babysitter, Cherry Walker. Cargill, a licensed vocational nurse by profession, alleged that her babysitter had a seizure in her vehicle, which led to her death. However, she didn’t take Walker to the hospital and decided to burn the babysitter’s body. Following this, the authorities apprehended the nurse and sent her to jail.
According to CBS19TV, Kimberly Cargill had an extensive history of documented mental disorders, abuse allegations, and arrests. The outlet also reported that she allegedly abused her children. As a result, the Child Protective Services removed the children from her home. Cargill realized Walker’s involvement in the case and allegedly told her not to go to court.
The trial in Cherry Walker’s murder case started in 2012, and Cargill took the stand to tell the court what happened that day. She testified in her own trial and noted that her babysitter suffered a seizure while driving home. According to Associated Press, Cargill set Walker’s body on fire so that her DNA won’t be found on the victim’s body.
In 2012, the court convicted Cargill of killing Walker and gave her a death sentence. As per a report in 2017, Kimberly Cargill didn’t have an execution date, which means she is still in prison in Texas.
What did Kimberly Cargill do to her disabled babysitter?
As mentioned above, Kimberly Cargill murdered her disabled babysitter, Cherry Walker, in June 2010. During the trial that started in 2012, the accused admitted to burning the dead body of Walker. According to CBS19TV, Cargill, a Whitehouse resident, has always stated that she decided to burn Walker’s body because of the child custody case. The accused was also allegedly scared of losing the custody battle since Walker had been subpoenaed to testify against her.
Meanwhile, she told the jurors during the trial that she didn’t take Walker to the hospital because people would have assumed that she killed her because of the aforementioned reason. The prosecution team cast doubts on Cargill’s story of Walker dying because of a seizure.
Additionally, the prosecutors told the jury how Cargill went to the Whitehouse Police Department to see if the authorities were investigating a dead body. After weeks of presenting evidence, the jury found Cargill guilty of capital murder in Cherry Walker’s death case.
The trial also mentioned how a terrifying incident in her childhood made Kimberly Cargill abusive. In the trial, a psychologist told the court that Cargill told her that a family member sexually molested her at the age of 11. Subsequently, the doctor mentioned that the aforementioned incident might be one of the reasons why Cargill developed “borderline personality disorder with narcissistic and anti-social tendencies.” She also said, “They tend to be glib, superficial and like to con others. They can also blend in with the rest of us, but they are more dangerous. They’ll have your wallet before you know it.”
Cargill filed an appeal against her capital murder conviction
In 2014, Kimberly Cargill filed an appeal against her capital murder conviction. However, in 2017, the highest criminal court refused her appeal. As per Associated Press, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected 15 claims raised by Cargill. Some of the claims were rejected because “they should have been raised in an earlier appeal following her conviction.”
The Cherry Walker’s murder case was featured in the latest episode of Investigation Discovery’s series Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?.
