Ricky Tokars was murdered in 1992. His stepfather, Fred Tokars, orchestrated the killing.
Ricky Tokars was the son of Sara and Fred Tokars. On the night of November 29, 1992, Sara Tokars was murdered in front of her two sons, Ricky and Mike, after returning home from a Thanksgiving trip. The case quickly turned into a high-profile investigation that revealed a web of deceit and corruption.
Sara was killed by a shotgun blast to the head by a hitman named Curtis Rower, who later testified that Fred Tokars, a former prosecutor and attorney, had hired him to commit the murder. The motive was to prevent Sara from exposing Fred’s illegal activities, which included money laundering and other financial crimes.
Fred Tokars was eventually arrested and charged with the murder. In 1997, he was found guilty of capital murder, among other charges, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The case was particularly shocking because of Fred’s background in law enforcement and the legal system, as well as the brutality of the crime committed in the presence of the couple’s young children.
Ricky and his brother Mike were left without their mother and with the knowledge that their father was responsible for her death. The boys were raised by relatives after the tragedy. The murder of Sara Tokars and the subsequent trial received widespread media attention and highlighted issues of domestic violence and corruption within the legal community.
