Former Missouri City Security Officer Accused of Hiring Men to Kill Wife Speaks Before Execution

HUNTSVILLE, Texas said Robert “Bob” Fratta, who was sentenced to death in Texas. interview with member of Death Penalty Action before a scheduled execution on Tuesday.

Fratt, due to be executed at 6:00 pm in Huntsville, Texas, is accused of hiring two men to kill his wife Farah Fratt in Atascochita in 1994. He spent over 25 years on death row.

In an interview Sunday, Fratta told members of the organization that the verdict was a “learning experience.”

“I never thought about the death penalty, even though I was a police officer, and now that I’m going through this, I can understand how ridiculously painful it is to subject prisoners to this,” Fratta said. “For you to know the day and the time and all that you will die and it will last and all that they have put you through in advance is painful.”

According to court documents, Bob hired Joseph Andrew Pristash and Howard Paul Guidry to kill his wife. Detectives said Pristash was the go-between and driver, and Guidry was the handler.

Robert and Farah were reportedly divorcing at the time. Investigators reported that on November 9, 1994, Farah had just returned to her home in Atascochita when she was ambushed her garage and shot her in the head. The neighbor witnessed the shooting and immediately dialed 911, investigators said.

Investigators’ suspicions were heightened after they learned that Bob and Farah were in a custody battle over their three children. Court documents and testimonies allege that Bob’s increasing “sexual appetite” was the reason for the couple’s divorce.

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Bob continued by saying that he has changed his mind about the death penalty and “can’t believe the government is allowing this to happen.”

Fratta told the organization that he hoped “justice would be done” ahead of the scheduled execution.

“I have hope, you know, that something will happen (in terms of justice), because you grow up believing that the system is not corrupt and that justice should prevail, but the closer things get, the nicer I start to get. To be honest, I was disappointed in that,” Fratta said. “But I think at my age I’ll be 66 next month if I survive, but I’m kind of ready to work, so I do that too… I’m just tired of being 27 years old. years of suffering.

During an interview, Fratta said that if he is executed, “there are no guarantees” to “hear valid statements”.

Pristash and Guidry were also convicted of Farah’s murder and sentenced to death, but no dates have been set for their execution.