In November of 1994, Farah Fratta was discovered dead in the garage of her Texas home. She had been shot twice in the head. At the time, Farah was in the midst of a divorce with her husband, Bob Fratta. Bob was an upstanding citizen, who worked in public safety as both a police officer and a fireman. But divorce documents were about to make his dark side public. To investigators, Bob was the likeliest suspect in his wife’s murder, but he had a seemingly airtight alibi: he was at church with their three children at the time of Farah's death. “48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 02/05/2011. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: Who was Farah Fratta and what happened to her?
I had no idea really what was going on. All I know was my mother was in danger and something wasn't right.
Daniel, Farah's second son, was five. We were just screaming, crying outside the door, let our mommy go, leave her alone, leave her alone.
Farrah suspected the intruder was a friend of Bob Frotta's. Whoever it was fled, leaving an injured Farrah with her terrified children, and he was never caught. She thought her husband had something to do with it. In his gut, Detective Davis believed her, but without concrete proof, all he could do was warn Bob.
I said, Bob, I know what you're up to. It's not going to work. You need to leave her alone.
Four months later, Farah was dead and Detective Davis was called to the scene again.
I said, Bob, I told you to leave her alone. And he told me I didn't do anything.
In fact, Frata's alibi was hard to beat. Plenty of people saw him in church with his three young children while his wife was being murdered. But police were sure even if Bob wasn't at the scene, he at least had something to do with the killing, especially when they searched his car. What did they find in the car? $1,000. The $1,000 was in the glove compartment.
Bob explained that it was money to buy new carpeting. $1,000, is that unusual in these parts?
Well, $1,000 is not unusual. $1,000 in your glove box on the night that your wife is murdered surely raises a lot of suspicion.
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Chapter 5: Who were the key witnesses in this case?
But there was apparently a very different side to Bob Frada.
They were things that embarrassed her to talk about.
Farah told Kitty her husband wanted her to do things to him sexually that not only embarrassed her, they sickened her.
She showed me some stains in the closet where some things went on.
Farrah detailed all of Bob's sexual desires in her divorce papers, and Frata's secret was about to become public record.
There was things that he liked to have performed that I don't know if CBS wants to air on prime time.
After her death, Detective Larry Davis read Farrah's papers. How strange were these requests? Real strange.
She had to get out. Had to. For the kids' sake, they couldn't be around something like that.
Farrah threw Bob out of the house, and as the court date approached, she seemed more and more on edge.
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