He and his siblings -
Amber Baquer and
Daniel Baquer - were raised by their grandparents,
Lex Baquer and
Betty Baquer, after their mother,
Farah Fratta, was murdered in 1994 just 8 days before her divorce from their father,
Robert Fratta, was finalized. Fratta was convicted in 1996 of hiring
Joseph Prystash, who, in turn, paid
Howard Guidry $3,000 to kill Farah. The children took Farah's maiden name. As of February 2016, Fratta, Prystash, and Guidry await execution.