Suzanne Basso
Suzanne Basso | |
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Born |
Schenectady, New York | May 15, 1954
Died |
February 5, 2014 59) Huntsville, Texas | (aged
Other names | Suzanne Margaret Anne Cassandra Lynne Theresa Marie Veronica Sue Burns-Standlinslowski,[1][2] Sue Peek, Suzanne O'Malley[3] |
Occupation | Apartment complex security guard, seamstress[4] |
Criminal penalty | Death sentence |
Criminal status | Executed at the Huntsville Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections |
Spouse(s) |
James O'Malley (born James David Peek),[3] Carmine Basso (claimed, not legal)[5] |
Children |
James David "J.D." O'Malley, Jr. (born Harold John Peek on September 1974), Christianna Hardy (born Mary Anne Margaret Peek on June 1973 in Saratoga, New York) |
Motive | Life insurance proceeds |
Conviction(s) | Capital murder |
Suzanne Margaret "Sue" Basso (born Suzanne Burns, May 15, 1954 – February 5, 2014) was an American woman who was one of six co-defendants convicted in the August 1998 murder of Louis "Buddy" Musso, a mentally retarded man, who was tortured and murdered for his life insurance money.[6] She was sentenced to death in October 1999. Basso was executed by lethal injection on February 5, 2014.[7] Prior to her execution, Basso had been held at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas, where all of Texas's female death row inmates are incarcerated.[6]
At the time of this crime, Basso lived in Jacinto City, Texas, a Houston suburb.[2][8]
Basso was executed on February 5, 2014, at the Huntsville Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections. When asked if she had a last statement, she replied to the prison warden, "No, sir." She was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m. CST, eleven minutes after a lethal dose of the drug pentobarbital was administered.[9]
Basso was the 14th woman executed in the U.S. since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976.[10]
See also
- Capital punishment in Texas
- List of offenders executed in the United States in 2014
- List of women executed in the United States since 1976
- Lists of people executed in Texas
References
- ↑ Steve McVicker (1999-05-27). "Heartburn Can Be Murder - Page 1 - News - Houston". Houston Press. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Krajicek, David. "The Heiress — Sue Basso traps mentally handicapped man so she can use him as slave and kill him for insurance. — Crime Library". Crimelibrary.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Deviant Life — Sue Basso traps mentally handicapped man so she can use him as slave and kill him for insurance. — Crime Library
- ↑ "Stomping killer competent to be executed, judge rules - Houston Chronicle". Chron.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ A New Squeeze — Sue Basso traps mentally handicapped man so she can use him as slave and kill him for insurance. — Crime Library
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Sue Basso".
- ↑ "Woman Condemned: Suzanne Margaret Basso - Texas".
- ↑ By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press. "Woman Set to Be Executed in Texas for 1998 Killing - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ RT USA. "Texas woman executed after failed appeal". —RT.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ "Woman executed in Texas for 1998 torture killing". February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.