Lex Bakker
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100 appearances
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard Dec 2024
Lex Bakker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Franta wasn't doing himself any favors that night, while detectives interrogated him for hours.
But the police couldn't prove it, so they had to let Bob Frotta go, even though they believed they were letting a killer walk free. I hope they find the guy.
Their mother had just been murdered, and their father was the prime suspect. Oh, my God. And Lex and Betty Bakker had to tell their grandchildren what happened.
Betty and her husband Lex were in mourning themselves for the death of their daughter. On top of that, Bob Frada had been released by the police and was now trying to get custody of the children. You're fighting for custody of your grandchildren with a man who you believed at the bottom of your soul killed your daughter.
While Frada was making his case for custody, detectives were building their case against him. We just follow him.
We know he likes to go to the gym. And it was at the gym that Detective Larry Davis heard about some interesting conversations Frada had been having about his wife. He said, I'm going to find a way to knock her off. Mike Edens worked out with Frada. And I said, knock her off. And he goes, yeah. He says Bob asked him if he knew someone who would kill her.
Yes, yes. He never thought Frada was serious. Thought nothing of it. Just frustrated by the divorce. but Frana sure did like talking about killing his wife. He asked me if I knew of anybody.
And according to prosecutor Kelly Siegler... 15, 17 different guys. They all said pretty much the same thing as Mike and Jimmy. What do all these guys prove?
And apparently, Frada had put some thought into how to have his wife murdered.
And he said, I'll get a gun.
But none of Frada's gym buddies thought of calling the police. What are you thinking?
Podorski says Frada even discussed how much he'd pay a hitman.
But if Frotto was serious, his efforts to cover his tracks were a joke. Police got a big break when they came here to St. Mary's, the church where Frotto was with his kids at the time of the murder. Trouble is, while he spent some time in the pews, he spent a lot of time on the phone.
And the church ladies weren't the only ones who remembered Bob making calls that evening.
Frada's beeper kept going off, and he used the church phone to return the calls. The police were certain he was calling the killer, but when they traced the calls, they were led to a woman they had never heard of before.
She didn't tell us a whole lot. Perhaps I wasn't cooperative. Investigators were sure Mary Gipp was hiding something big. In my mind, she was the key to this case. Especially when they learned about her live-in boyfriend. His name? Joseph Price Dash. He was an ex-con and he liked to work out with Bob Frotta. But Mary Gipp had no intention of revealing anything. She was a witch.
Mary Gipp knew it all. Who killed Farah Frata? Why and how? But for almost four months after the murder, she told the police nothing. I didn't give them any information that they wanted. Detectives would have to find some way to make her talk. They knew the prime suspect, Farah's husband Bob, had called Gipps' cell phone and pager hours before and right after the murder. But that's all they knew.
And until they learned more, they had to let Frata remain free and see his children. I explained to the children what would happen. Social worker Judy Cox monitored Bob's visits and tried to help the children cope with their mother's murder.
Detective Larry Davis continued tailing Frada. And almost daily, they would have the same conversation.
But that day would never come if Mary Gipp didn't start talking. So prosecutors hauled her before a grand jury.
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