Louis Charles Musso, or Buddy as he was known, had grown up with intellectual disabilities. In 1980, his wife lost her battle with cancer, and Buddy, who had always loved being a husband, was left devastated. In 1997, he thought he had met a woman who would turn things around for him, so he packed up and moved to Texas to be with her...

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Basso

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10700041/louis_charles-musso 

Court Documents: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit filings related to the appeals of Suzanne Basso and her co-defendants.

Newspaper Archives: The Record (Bergen County) and the Houston Chronicle.

Advocacy Groups: Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) and The Marshall Project.

https://morbidology.com/the-horrific-death-of-buddy-musso/#:~:text=All%20six%20were%20charged%20with,to%20become%20Buddy's%20legal%20guardian. 

https://globalnews.ca/news/1131646/texas-executes-woman-for-killing-of-mentally-impaired-man-she-lured-with-promise-of-marriage/