A woman convicted of torturing and killing a mentally impaired man she lured to Texas with the promise of marriage was put to death in a rare execution of a female prisoner.

A woman convicted of torturing and killing a mentally impaired man she lured to Texas with the promise of marriage was put to death Wednesday evening in a rare execution of a female prisoner.

When capital murder defendant Suzanne Basso showed up for court, there was no certainty which Suzanne Basso would appear.