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HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Robert “Bob” Fratta was executed successful Huntsville Tuesday for the 1994 execution of his estranged wife, Farah Fratta. He gave nary last connection and ne'er acknowledged his oldest son, Bradley Baquer, oregon Farah Fratta’s brother, Zain Baquer, who witnessed the execution.
“He was a coward successful 1994 and 28-plus years later, helium inactive was a coward,” said Andy Kahan, manager of unfortunate services for Houston Crimestoppers. “He inactive chose the coward’s mode out. He could person said ‘I’m sorry.’”
Bob Fratta was archetypal convicted successful 1996 of hiring 2 men to termination Farah Fratta. The mates was locked successful a contentious divorcement and custody conflict implicit their 3 children.
Testimony revealed Bob’s intensifying intersexual appetites prompted the divorce.
Court records amusement Bob was aggravated implicit the divorcement and asked galore radical if they knew anyone who would termination Farah. Prosecutors said helium yet hired Jospeh Prystah and Howard Guidry.
“Farah Fratta’s beingness was negotiated down to a 1000 dollars and a car. For this, she was murdered,” said Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.
Bob’s archetypal condemnation was overturned erstwhile Guidry and Prystash’s confessions were ruled inadmissible by an appeals court. His 2009 retrial ended with him again being convicted of superior execution and helium again received the decease penalty.
Bob’s spiritual advisor was with him successful the execution chamber, touched his hand, and prayed during the procedure.
“I commune contiguous you volition beryllium merciful to Bobby and forgive him,” spiritual advisor Barry Brown said successful prayer.
Kahan was with Farah Fratta’s household successful Huntsville during the execution. Kahan said helium was fulfilling a committedness helium made to Farah’s begetter Lex Baquer earlier helium died successful 2018.
“I made him a committedness erstwhile his wellness was failing that I would beryllium present contiguous and I conscionable privation Lex to cognize that we honored your committedness and yet we got justness for your beauteous daughter,” said Kahan.
Prystash and Guidry are some connected decease enactment for Farah’s execution but their execution dates person not been scheduled. Ogg could not accidental erstwhile those dates whitethorn beryllium acceptable due to the fact that each lawsuit works its mode done the strategy individually. Ogg did accidental she would guarantee justness is served successful these cases arsenic well.
Statement from Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg connected the execution of Robert Fratta:
“Robert Fratta was executed Tuesday astatine the Texas State Penitentiary astatine Huntsville for the superior execution of his wife, Farah Fratta.
Two juries, 1 successful 1996 and different successful a re-trial successful 2009, recovered Robert Fratta blameworthy of hiring 2 men to termination his wife, and some juries sentenced him to death,” Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said. “Robert Fratta showed that helium was the worst of the worst done the cowardly enactment of hiring others to bash his soiled enactment and past hiding down his presumption of authorization arsenic a law-enforcement serviceman to effort to flight responsibility.
Fratta, a nationalist information serviceman successful Missouri City, masterminded the crippled to termination his woman due to the fact that the 2 were divorcing and were going done a bitter custody conflict implicit their 3 children. Fratta hired an acquaintance, Joseph Prystash, to coordinate the murder. Prystash past hired his neighbor, Howard Guidry, who fatally changeable 34-year-old Farah Fratta successful her store arsenic she arrived location connected Nov. 9, 1994. The couple’s children were 3, 6 and 8 erstwhile their parent was killed.
Robert Fratta was convicted of superior execution and sentenced to decease successful 1996. After a palmy appeal, helium received a re-trial and was again sentenced to decease successful 2009.”
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