Question: when did beth die in the walking dead

title: Beth Greene
text: Beth spends her time at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta , starting with the fifth - season episode `` Slabtown '' . She has been taken in by a group of police officers led by Dawn Lerner ( Christine Woods ) . Kept against her will in a dangerous environment where she is mistreated and abused along with the other patients and wards , Beth devises a plan with Noah ( Tyler James Williams ) to escape , which involves escaping through the elevator . While Noah is successful , she finds herself caught fighting walkers and is eventually disarmed by the officers who find her . Later , Dawn shows signs of respect for Beth once she takes Noah 's place as her ward but Beth openly tells her that she will find another way to escape . As Carol Peletier ( Melissa McBride ) is wheeled into the hospital injured from a car accident in an attempt to rescue her along with Daryl , Beth devises another plan to retrieve medicine to save her life in the episode `` Crossed '' . In the mid-season finale `` Coda '' , a hostage exchange occurs when Rick 's group , who have captured two officers , demand Beth and Carol back . The exchange runs smoothly until Dawn demands that she needs Noah back . However , the group protest . Dawn claims she needs Noah because Beth took his place and she needs him back . Noah reluctantly agrees as do the group until Beth hugs him goodbye before turning to Dawn . She tells Dawn she `` ( gets ) it now '' , that her act of kindness was a masquerade in order to keep Beth under her subservient order . Beth defiantly plunges a concealed pair of surgical scissors into Dawn 's shoulder , causing Dawn to reflexively shoot her in the head by accident , and in turn prompting Daryl to kill Dawn in retaliation . Daryl lifts Beth 's corpse and brings her out in time to see that the other survivors have returned , which include Maggie who breaks down in tears seeing Beth killed after only finding out she was alive . 

Answer: answer: Starting with the fifth - season episode `` Slabtown," Beth defiantly plunges a concealed pair of surgical scissors into Dawn's shoulder, causing Dawn to reflexively shoot her in the head by accident.