Roman Novarro’s life came to a tragic end on October 30, 1968, when brothers Paul and Tom Ferguson, aged 22 and 17, came into his home. It was believed that he may have met at least one of the men earlier and when they called him and offered their sexual services he invited them over. Investigators believed that Novarro had hired prostitutes in the past to come to his Laurel Canyon home and that the Ferguson brothers may have obtained Novarro’s telephone number from one of his previous sexual partners. The brothers believed the star had money hidden in his home and came there looking for it.