{"id":52662,"date":"2023-01-10T22:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T03:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662"},"modified":"2023-01-10T22:26:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T03:26:08","slug":"texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662","title":{"rendered":"Texas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

The state of Texas<\/a> executed a former police officer who hired two people to kill his wife almost 30 years ago during a heated divorce.<\/p>\n

Robert Fratta, 65, was pronounced dead on Tuesday night at 7:49 p.m. after receiving a lethal injection<\/a> at the Huntsville state penitentiary.<\/p>\n

Fratta, a former suburban Houston police officer, was convicted in a murder-for-hire plot after prosecutors say he hired a middleman, Joseph Prystash, to hire the shooter, Howard Guidry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Farah Fratta, 33, died after being shot twice in the head inside the garage her home in November 1994, in Atascocita, Texas.<\/p>\n

TEXAS TO EXECUTE FORMER POLICE OFFICER FOR HIRING 2 PEOPLE TO KILL WIFE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The execution came after the U.S. Supreme Court declined a last-minute appeal from Fratta\u2019s lawyers to halt the execution, arguing that prosecutors withheld evidence allegedly showing that one witness was hypnotized by investigators. The lawyers argue that the alleged hypnotizing caused the witness to change her recollection of the event.<\/p>\n

“This would have undermined the State\u2019s case, which depended on just two men committing the act and depended on linking Fratta to both,” lawyers for Fratta wrote in the appeal.<\/p>\n

The hypnosis didn’t reveal new information or identification, prosecutors argue, stating that Fratta expressed multiple times that he wanted to see his wife dead, and even asked several people if they knew someone who’d kill her.<\/p>\n

TEXAS DEATH ROW INMATES ALLEGE STATE PLANS TO USE ‘UNSAFE’ EXECUTION DRUGS IN LAWSUIT<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Court records show that Fratta allegedly told one friend “I\u2019ll just kill her, and I\u2019ll do my time and when I get out, I\u2019ll have my kids.”<\/p>\n

A civil court judge in Austin, Texas issued a temporary injunction on Tuesday which would have blocked the state from using what’s likely expired drugs in the lethal injection, but was allowed to go forward after an appeals court overturned the injunction.<\/p>\n

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously agreed not to commute Fratta’s death sentence to a 60-day reprieve or a lower penalty.<\/p>\n

The other two men involved in the murder-for-hire plot, Prystash and Guidry, are also on death row for their role in the killing.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-hired-hitmen-kill-wife <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The state of Texas executed a former police officer who hired two people to kill his wife almost 30 years ago during a heated divorce. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-52662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTexas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Texas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The state of Texas executed a former police officer who hired two people to kill his wife almost 30 years ago during a heated divorce. […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-11T03:26:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"Texas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-11T03:26:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662\"},\"wordCount\":383,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662\",\"name\":\"Texas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-11T03:26:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Texas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Texas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Texas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife - Wall Street PR","og_description":"The state of Texas executed a former police officer who hired two people to kill his wife almost 30 years ago during a heated divorce. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2023-01-11T03:26:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"Texas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife","datePublished":"2023-01-11T03:26:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662"},"wordCount":383,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662","name":"Texas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-01-11T03:26:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-executes-former-suburban-houston-cop-who-hired-hitmen-to-kill-wife-52662#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Texas executes former suburban Houston cop who hired hitmen to kill wife"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52662"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=52662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}