Suzanne Basso

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Suzanne Basso
Born (1954-05-15)May 15, 1954
Schenectady, New York
Died February 5, 2014(2014-02-05) (aged 59)
Huntsville, Texas
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

References

  1. ↑ Steve McVicker (1999-05-27). "Heartburn Can Be Murder - Page 1 - News - Houston". Houston Press. Retrieved 2014-02-05. 
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ "Stomping killer competent to be executed, judge rules - Houston Chronicle". Chron.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05. 
  5. ↑ A New Squeeze — Sue Basso traps mentally handicapped man so she can use him as slave and kill him for insurance. — Crime Library
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Sue Basso". 
  7. ↑ "Woman Condemned: Suzanne Margaret Basso - Texas". 
  8. ↑ By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press. "Woman Set to Be Executed in Texas for 1998 Killing - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05. 
  9. ↑ RT USA. "Texas woman executed after failed appeal". —RT.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05. 
  10. ↑ "Woman executed in Texas for 1998 torture killing". February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014. 

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