Shortly after the trade between Rick's group and the Grady Memorial survivors, Dawn demands that Noah be returned to her. After Noah agrees to return, Beth runs up to him and hugs him, before turning to Dawn. She slips the scissors out from beneath her cast, tells Dawn that she "gets it now", and stabs her vest in a futile attempt to prove her point. Dawn reflexively pulls out her gun, shooting Beth in the head and instantly killing her. It is unknown whether Beth knew that if she stabbed Dawn, she would get killed in the process.