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 Occupation
office clerk, seamstress, laborer

Prior Prison Record
None

Summary of Incident
On 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-Defendants
O'Malley, James
Ahrens, Greg
Ahrens, Bernice
Ahrens, Hope
Singleton, Terrance

Race and Gender of Victim
White male