Draggingtree Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 HOME | DEATH ROW | INFORMATION | Death Row Information Offender Information Name Basso, Suzanne Margaret TDCJ Number 999329 Date of Birth 05/15/1954 Date Received 10/28/1999 Age (when Received) 45 Education Level (Highest Grade Completed) 12 Date of Offense 08/25/1998 Age (at the time of Offense) 44 County Harris Race White Gender Female Hair Color Grey Height 5' 2" Weight 141 Eye Color Blue Native County Albany Native State New York Prior Occupationoffice clerk, seamstress, laborer Prior Prison RecordNone Summary of IncidentOn 08/26/1998, Basso and co-defendants kidnapped a 59-year old retarded white male and intentionally caused his death by beating him with belts, baseball bats, steel-toed boots, hands, and feet. Basso was the leader of the group and encouraged all the co-defendants to abuse the victim. The murder was committed for proceeds from an insurance policy on the victim (in which Basso was named the beneficiary) as well as other assets in which Basso was named heir. Basso had wooed the victim into leaving his family and friends in New Jersey and moving to Texas, under the guise that she would marry him. The victim was found in a ditch with injuries so horrendous that the body was unrecognizable. Co-DefendantsO'Malley, JamesAhrens, GregAhrens, BerniceAhrens, HopeSingleton, Terrance Race and Gender of VictimWhite male http://tdcj.state.tx.us/death_row/dr_info/bassosuzanne.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Woman executed for 1998 murder of mentally handicapped man By Allan Turner | February 5, 2014 | Updated: February 5, 2014 10:50pm HUNTSVILLE – Harris County killer Suzanne Basso, condemned for murdering a developmentally disabled man to claim his life insurance benefits, was executed in Texas' death House Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review issues presented in a final death-day appeal. Basso, 59, a one-time seamstress from New York, led a group of five accomplices in brutally beating and kicking Louis "Buddy" Musso, 59, to death in August 1998. Basso had lured Musso to Texas from New Jersey with the promise of marriage. Basso was the 510th killer and fifth woman executed in Texas since the state reinstituted capital punishment in 1982. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Woman-executed-for-1998-murder-of-mentally-5208635.php 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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