At the time of the crime, Suzanne Basso lived in Jacinto City, Texas, a Houston suburb.
13 Facts About Suzanne Basso
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Suzanne Basso Margaret Burns was born on May 15,1954, to a family from Schenectady, New York.
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Suzanne Basso was one of eight children born to Florence and John Richard Burns.
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Suzanne Basso's mother was the elder sister of spree killer and rapist Robert Garrow.
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Suzanne Basso's name became "Sue Peek" as a result of her marriage.
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In 1993, Peek became romantically involved with a New Jersey man named Carmine Suzanne Basso, who owned a company called Latin Security and Investigations Corp.
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Suzanne Basso never divorced Peek, so was unable to marry Basso, who moved into her residence.
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At age 58, he met Suzanne Basso, who was 43 at the time, at a church bazaar near his house.
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Suzanne Basso moved to the Houston area on June 14,1998.
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Suzanne Basso received a 20-year sentence and has since been released from prison.
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Suzanne Basso was held at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Mountain View Unit in Gatesville while on death row.
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Since Texas no longer serves last meal requests on death row, Suzanne Basso ate regular prison fare of baked chicken, fish, boiled eggs, carrots, green beans, and sliced bread.
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Suzanne Basso was executed on February 5,2014, at the Huntsville Unit of the TDCJ.