FRATTA, ROBERT et al: Werner Herzog on Death Row TV - Houston Observer -
Robert Fratta – who was sentenced to death for conspiring and instigating the murder of his wife Farah. Werner Herzog on Death Row: Robert Fratta, Channel 4 2012
All three of the perpetrators are held in solitary confinement on death row. ibid.
A former police officer and Atascocita resident twice sentenced to death in the murder for hire of his wife has lost his appeal with the Texas Court of Appeals in a decision filed Wednesday October 5th.
Robert Alan Fratta, now 54, first received the death penalty for plotting the 1994 fatal shooting of his wife, Farah, in 1996. Fratta was granted a new trial in 2009 after 13 years on death row when a Harris County jury again sentenced him to die, starting the appeals process all over again. Yesterday, the Texas Court of Appeals, however, found Fratta’s proposed 32 points of error during his latest jury trial without merit.
‘This is the first step post-conviction that will hopefully finally lead to justice for the Baquer family,’ said Andy Kahan, city of Houston crime advocate, referring to the victim’s family. ‘Seeking justice has been a long, arduous journey for them. It’s still a long way from setting an execution date, but this sets the wheels in motion.’
Fratta was convicted of hiring Joseph Prystash and Howard Guidry to murder his estranged wife in November 1994. The couple was undergoing lengthy and hostile divorce proceedings at the time of Farah’s death. On the night of the murder, Fratta created an alibi for himself by taking his children to a bible study class in Humble while Guidry gunned Farah down in the driveway of her Atascocita home. Prystash acted as the getaway driver in the plot. Houston Observer article Stefanie Thomas 6th October 2011, ‘Texas Court of Appeals denies relief for death row inmate in wife's murder for hire’
FRAZEE, PATRICK: People Magazine Investigates TV -
Woodland Park, Colorado: Blood everywhere … It is a scene straight out of a mob movie. People Magazine Investigates s5e3: Flight Risk, ID 2016
Kelsey [Berrett] moves to Colorado with Patrick [Frazee]; it’s quite the whirlwind. ibid.
Kelsey tells law enforcement he and Kelsee broke up. He says they had decided to go their separate ways. ibid.
Patrick put a blindfold over Kelsey’s eyes … Patrick hit her in the back of the head with a baseball bat. And he repeatedly hit her. ibid.
FRAZIER, JOHN LINLEY: Born to Kill? TV
In 1970 John Linley Frazier committed a crime that sent shockwaves through society. Its weird mix of occult messages and senseless brutality had Californians fearing for their lives. But what had driven Frazier to slaughter? Was he destined for murder? Was John Linley Frazier born to kill? Born to Kill? s5e4: John Linley Frazier, Channel 5 2017
‘Everyone in the house methodically murdered.’ ibid. newsreel
Doctor [Victor] Ohta had been shot three times; the two women and the boys had each been shot once in the head. ibid.
A lone assassin on a mission from God. ibid.
FREEMAN, ARTHUR: Crimes that Shook Australia TV -
A hot summer day in Melbourne and commuters on the Westgate bridge are left stunned by a senseless act of violence. At the centre of this appalling crime was one man, a father, and shockingly the victim was his own daughter. Crimes that Shook Australia s2e2: Darcey Freeman, CI 2016
‘He then carried her to the rail and threw her over the bridge.’ ibid. rozzer
The height of the bridge is 58 metres … In full view of commuters. ibid.
He had entered a plea of not guilty. ibid.
FREEMAN, BRYAN & DAVID & NELSON ‘BEN’ BIRDWELL: Killer Kids TV -
Bryan and David’s interest in the skinhead movement alarmed their parents … Bryan, David and cousin Benny discovered neo-Nazi camps. Killer Kids s3e4: Allentown Massacre & The Copycat, LMN 2014
After murdering their entire family in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the Freeman brothers and their cousin Benny have gone on the run ibid.
They remain in jail serving life sentences. ibid.
FREEWAY PHANTOM: People Magazine Investigates TV -
The story of the Freeway Phantom, even 50 years later, is terrifying … In the days following the discovery of Carol Spinks’ body the DC Metro police scour the neighbourhood … Only two months after Carol Spinks was abducted and murdered, another young girl from the same neighbourhood vanishes. People Magazine Investigates s4e1: The Freeway Phantom, ID 2019
They [press] dub the perpetrator the Freeway Phantom ... This could be DC’s first serial killer ibid.
After 1972 the killings stop altogether. ibid.
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Las Vegas, Nevada, 11th September 2018: The neighbourhood right behind Canyon Springs High School. There were just four gunshots. Accused: Guilty or Innocent? s3e8: Teenage Killer or Mistaken Identity? 911 call, Channel 5 2024
In a nutshell this is a case of misidentification. ibid. defense
Dalvin Brown received a single shot to the chest. He was later pronouced dead at hospital. He was 18 years old. ibid. caption
Sakai’s guilty plea means he’ll either receive probation or be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. ibid.
FRITZL, JOSEF: Fritzl: Story of a Monster TV - Mail online - Fritzl by Fred Dinenage TV - Notorious Fritzl: What Happened Next? TV - Fritzl: Surviving Evil TV - True Crime Recaps 2021 -
In April 2008 the world was stunned by revelations of one of the most horrific cases of abuse ever recorded. Fritzl: Story of a Monster, 2ky 2009
Josef Fritzl, a respected businessman, father and husband was discovered to have held one of his own daughters captive in the cellar of the family home for twenty-four years. Over that period he repeatedly raped her. She bore him seven children. ibid.
On October 6th 1967 ... Josef Fritzl raped a local woman ... serving a year of an eighteen-month sentence. ibid.
The fourth of Rosemary and Josef’s seven children was Elizabeth, born in 1966. ibid.
Josef Fritzl has been writing begging letters to the daughter he locked up and raped in a secret dungeon for 24 years.
Every two weeks Fritzl, 74, pens a pleading note to daughter Elisabeth, 43, who suffered over 3,000 rapes at his hands and bore him seven incest children.
He says he needs money ‘to study to be a lawyer so I can defend myself’ – but Elisabeth never replies.
In some of the notes he asks for £3,500 to ‘get me started’ on his legal career.
He even moans about not being able to get special shampoo he claims he needs for his implanted hair.
Elisabeth is building a new life with the six children who survived the cellar hell beneath the family home in Amstetten, Austria, after she was freed in 2008.
The seventh child died three days after birth; Fritzl is serving a life sentence for his death and the rapes.
He was sentenced in March last year after dramatically reversing his not guilty pleas on multiple charges when he saw Elisabeth suddenly enter the courtroom.
From his cell at the psychiatric top security prison of Stein in Austria he bombards Elisabeth with the letters, seeking in turn forgiveness, money, understanding – and expressing the misguided hope that he will one day be free to spend his life with wife Rosemarie again. Mail online article Allan Hall 15th February 2010, ‘Cellar monster Josef Fritzl begs his rape victim daughter for cash ... to fund his legal training’
On 27th April 2008 the horrific case of Josef Fritzl sent shockwaves around the world ... For twenty-four years Josef Fritzl had kept his own daughter captive in a cellar beneath his house. In that time he had used her as a sex slaves and fathered seven children. Fritzl by Fred Dinenage, CI 2014
In 1967 he was convicted of a rape. ibid.
At first Josef Fritzl entered a plea of not guilty. ibid.