>>> SHE WAS INCREDIBLY CHARMING.
SHE WAS ATTRACTIVE.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO ENTERTAIN
WHY SHE DID WHAT SHE DID.
>> YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
YOU DIDN'T WORK.
YOU HAD CLEANING LADIES.
YOU HAD CARS, MONEY.
YOU HAD IT ALL.
>> MONICA SEMENTILLI.
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE
CONSPIRED TODAY MURDER HER
HUSBAND.
THEY SAID WHEN THEY TALKED TO
HER, SHE LIED AND LIED.
>> I WAS HEARING ABOUT
BREAK-INS.
>> AT THE TIME IN THAT
PARTICULAR AREA THERE WERE A LOT
OF WHAT THEY CALL KNOCK-KNOCK
BURGLARIES.
>> I WAS HEARING ABOUT HOME
INVASION.
>> IT WAS ASSUMED THAT IT WAS A
COUPLE GUYS THAT HAD JUMPED THE
FENCE, AND IT WAS A ROBBERY.
>> WHAT HAPPENED ON THE DAY OF
THE MURDER?
>> THAT NIGHT AT ABOUT
5:00-SOMETHING I GOT A TEXT
SAYING COME TO MY HOUSE, I NEED
YOU.
>> I GET THE PHONE, AND I'M IN
DISBELIEF SAYING WHAT, WHAT,
WHAT BECAUSE I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> AND IT WAS MONICA.
SHE WAS CRYING AND DISTRAUGHT,
AND SHE WAS SAYING THEY KILLED
FABIO.
>> FABIO SEMENTILLI.
FABIO WAS AN EXECUTIVE IN THE
BEAUTY BUSINESS AND WAS A FORMER
HAIR DRESSER.
>> MY QUEEN, HE CALLED HER.
HE WOULD COME HOME, DROP HIS
BAGS, SWEEP HER OFF HER FEET,
AND DANCE WITH HER.
HE WAS THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.
>> AND HE LOVED HIS KIDS.
IT LOOKED LIKE A TEXTBOOK BREAK
BREAK-IN, A ROBBERY GONE WRONG.
>> THERE WAS IMMENSE SUSPICION
AS TO THE EXPLANATION OF A
ROBBERY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
>> DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT.
>> WE'RE HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE
ARREST OF TWO INDIVIDUALS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF
FABIO SEMENTILLI.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS
INVESTIGATORS HAVE DEVELOPED
INFORMATION AND IDENTIFIED
ROBERT BAKER AND MONICA
SEMENTILLI, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF
OUR HOMICIDE VICTIM, AS
RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS MURDER.
>> DETECTIVES SAY MONICA
SEMENTILLI HAD BEEN HAVING AN
AFFAIR.
HER BOYFRIEND WAS ARRESTED AND
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
BUT SO WAS SHE.
>> I'M LIKE ARE YOU SURE?
THERE'S NO EFFING WAY.
>> NOW, THE BOYFRIEND HAS BEEN
CONVICTED.
HE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE
WITHOUT PAROLE.
AND MONICA SEMENTILLI IS ABOUT
TO GO ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
ACCORDING TO THE PROSECUTOR, SHE
WAS THE ONE WITH ALL THE
INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE,
AND SHE FED IT TO HIM.
AND HE WAS THE EXECUTIONER.
THE DAUGHTERS SHE SHARED WITH
FABIO ARE STANDING BY HER.
>> WE WANT TO CLEARLY STATE THAT
WE WILL CONTINUE TO STANDBY OUR
MOTHER AS WE HAVE DONE FOR THE
LAST SIX YEARS, AND WE WILL
FIGHT FOR HER INNOCENCE.
>> THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO SAY
THERE IS NO HARD EVIDENCE, BUT
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT MONICA
SEMENTILLI CONSPIRED TO KILL HER
HUSBAND.
♪
>>> IN 2017 MONICA SEMENTILLI
HAD AN ENVIABLE LIFE.
A LUXURIOUS HOUSE WITH A POOL
AND A PORSCHE IN THE DRIVEWAY IN
A POSH AREA OF LOS ANGELES.
BUT AFTER SPENDING ALMOST SEVEN
YEARS BEHIND BARS, WADING
THROUGH LEGAL DELAYS, MONICA
SEMENTILLI IS SCHEDULED TO GO ON
TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF HER
HUSBAND, CELEBRITY HAIR INTEREST
DRESSER FABIO SEMENTILLI.
HER LAWYERS SAY SHE'S AN
INNOCENT VICTIM, BUT IF YOU
BELIEVE PROSECUTORS, SHE'S A
KILLER.
PROSECUTORS DESCRIBE LUST,
DPREED, AND MURDER.
WHICHEVER IT IS THE MURDER
UNFOLDED JANUARY 23, 2017.
>> THERE WERE FIRE TRUCKS
OUTSIDE-OR HOUSE, AND I WAS
LIKE, OH, GOSH.
THERE WAS NO POLICE YET.
IT WAS JUST THE FIRST
RESPONDERS.
>> ELYSE BLEUEL WAS A FRIEND OF
MONICA SEMENTILLI'S.
WE SPOKE WITH HER IN 2018.
SHE SAYS MONICA TEXTED HER TO
COME OVER THE NIGHT FABIO WAS
KILLED.
IT WAS HER AND HER DAUGHTERS.
SHE JUST KEPT SAYING HE'S GONE,
THAT I'M NOT A WIFE ANYMORE.
I JUST HELD HER.
IT WAS SO PAINFUL, JUST THE
WEEPING, THE NOT BEING ABLE TO
BREATHE.
SHE WAS BEYOND DEVASTATED,
BEYOND DEVASTATED.
>> MONICA'S HUSBAND, FABIO, WAS
SLUMPED OVER HIS CHAIR BY THE
POOL.
HAD YOU SEEN THE BODY?
HAD YOU SEEN --
>> I DIDN'T.
I JUST WANTED TO BE THE BEST
POSSIBLE COMFORT.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO COMFORT
THAT.
SHE COULDN'T SPEAK IN COMPLETE
SENTENCES UNTIL LIKE THE FOURTH
DAY.
>> DETECTIVES QUICKLY LEARNED
THE VICTIM, FABIO SEMENTILLI,
HAD BEEN A SUPERSTAR IN THE
BEAUTY BUSINESS.
>> WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD!
>> YOU'RE ON.
>> HE WAS A HAPPY MAN.
>> WE SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO KNEW
HIM BEST IN 2017, FABIO'S
SISTER, MIRELLA ROTA.
>> AND HE WANTED EVERYONE AROUND
HIM HAPPY.
>> THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE MY
DAD REALLY IS LIKE A CUP OF
COFFEE IN THE MORNING.
>> LUIGI SEMENTILLI, FABIO'S SON
FROM AN EARLIER MARRIAGE.
>> HE GETS YOU GOING.
HE LIFTS YOUR SPIRITS.
HE GETS YOU DETERMINED TO CHARGE
THE MOUNTAIN OF LIFE.
>> DID YOUR FRIENDS SAY HEY,
LUIGI, IS THAT YOUR DAD?
>> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH.
IT WAS KIND OF A FUN THING.
IT'S HARD TO AVOID HIM WHEN YOU
TYPE IN SEMENTILLI ON GOOGLE.
IN FACT, WHEN YOU TYPE IN MY
NAME THE FIRST THING THAT COMES
UP IS HIS PROFILE.
>> HE BEGAN CUTTING HAIR.
THAT'S WHERE FABIO MET MONICA A
CUSTOMER AND MAKE-UP ARTIST HE
MARRIED.
>> HE WAS BEST MAN AT FABIO'S
WEDDING TO MONICA.
>> WE WERE DANCING RIGHT TO THE
VERY END.
>> WE SAW THEIR RELATIONSHIP AS
A LOVE STORY.
>> FABIO WAS ALSO IN LOVE WITH
HIS CAREER.
HE AND HIS SISTER MIRELLA WERE
GETTING FAMOUS.
>> HEY, WELCOME, FAB.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
>> IN 2008 FABIO WAS PROMOTED TO
AN EXECUTIVE JOB AT THE BEAUTY
GIANT WELLA.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO RECOMMEND
SOMETHING NEW.
>> AND MOVED HIS FAMILY TO L.A.
PETE CASTELLANO WAS FABIO'S
FAMILY.
>> HE WANTED THE THINGS TO COME
TO LIFE BY TAKING ON A BIGGER
ROLE.
>> HE AND MONICA SETTLED INTO A
LIFE MOST OF US CAN ONLY DREAM
ABOUT.
>> OH, THERE WON'T BE SNOW IN
AFRICA THIS CHRISTMAS.
>> YOU DROVE A PORSCHE.
WHAT MAN DOESN'T WANT A PORSCHE
IN LOS ANGELES?
>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
>> THEY WERE LIVING THE LIFE AND
RAISING THEIR TWO TEENAGE
DAUGHTERS, GESSICA AND ISABELLA.
>> MY OWN FAMILY UNIT IS THE
MOST, MOST DEAR TO ME.
>> THEN CAME THAT JANUARY DAY.
IT WAS LATE AFTERNOON AS HE SAT
BY THE POOL.
FABIO WAS STABBED TO DEATH.
HIS THEN 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
ISABELLA DISCOVERED HIS BODY.
TO INVESTIGATORS THE SEMENTILLI
CASE STARTED OUT A MYSTERY, BUT
FROM EARLY ON THEY HAD AT LEAST
ONE INTRIGUING CLUE.
FROM A NEIGHBOR'S SECURITY
CAMERA THEY COULD SEE TWO
FIGURES IN HOODIES RUNNING CLOSE
T SEMENTILLI'S HOUSE AT THE
TIME OF THE MURDER.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER, FABIO'S
PORSCHE BEING DRIVEN AWAY.
BACK THEN INVESTIGATORS DIDN'T
SUSPECT MONICA HAD ANYTHING TO
DO WITH FABIO'S DEATH.
SHE WASN'T EVEN HOME AT THE TIME
HE WAS KILLED.
INSTEAD, THEY LOOKED AT THOSE
TWO HOODED FIGURES AND THOUGHT
THEY SEEMED A LOT LIKE THESE
GUYS.
WHAT DO YOU CALL THESE GUYS?
>> WELL, WE CALL THEM THE
KNOCK-KNOCK BURGLARS.
>> AT THE TIME OF FABIO'S MURDER
IN 2017 L.A. WAS PLAGUED WITH
BREAK-INS FROM NOTORIOUS TEAMS
OF CRIMINALS.
SO THIS IS LAPD FOOTAGE?
>> YEAH.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT.
>> I MEAN THEY'RE RUNNING WILD.
>> YEAH.
>> THEY WERE HITTING HOMES OF
CELEBRITIES ALL OVER LOS
ANGELES.
>> POLICE SAY THIS MAY HAVE BEEN
A CASE OF HIM BEING IN THE WRONG
PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.
>>> AT LEAST SEVEN CELEBRITIES
HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF JEWELRY TAKEN.
>> IT WAS 2017 AND FOR YEARS THE
HOMES OF L.A.'S CELEBRITIES WERE
TARGETED.
>> HIGH PROFILE VICTIMS INCLUDE
$300,000 FROM FORMER LAKERS STAR
DEREK FISHER, $175,000 FROM
NIKKI MINAJ.
AND 2 MILLION FROM ALANIS
MORRISSETTE'S BRENTWOOD HOME.
>> THEY'RE MOVING JUST AS QUICK
AS THEY CAN.
IN AND OUT IN ABOUT 3 MINUTES.
THEY RANSACK A BEDROOM, FIND
SOME JEWELRY, AND GET OUT.
>> WILLIAM DUNN, A LOS ANGELES
POLICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVE AT
THE TIME, HAD HOURS OF VIDEOTAPE
OF THE KNOCK-KNOCK BURGLARS IN
ACTION ALL OVER WEALTHY LOS
ANGELES NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS ONE COMES FROM A HOME JUST
A FEW MILES FROM FABIO'S, MONTHS
AFTER HIS MURDER.
THEY SEEM TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK
FOR.
>> RIGHT.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR JEWELRY.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CASH.
>> LOOK AT HIM.
>> YEAH, HE'S CHECKING CLOTHES.
HE'S FEELING THE CLOTHES TO FEEL
IF SOMEBODY'S PUT JEWELRY OR
CASH IN SOME OF THE POCKETS.
SEE, HE'S SEEING THAT SAFE.
HE TELLS HIS BUDDY, HEY, LOOK
WHAT WE FOUND.
LOOK HOW MANY SECONDS.
AND THIS IS A REAL HEAVY SAFE,
BUT THEY'RE VERY DETERMINED.
THEY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO
IT.
AND IT'S SO HEAVY, HE CAN'T LIFT
THE THING.
BUT LOOK AT HOW SHE'SHE'S JUST GOING
TO SLIDE THAT THING OUT.
>> THEY GOT THE SAFE, THAT'S PAY
DIRT.
THEY'RE GONE.
>> YEP, THEY'RE GONE.
>> TO DETECTIVES THOSE TWO
HOODED FIGURES RECORDED ON A
NEIGHBOR'S SURVEILLANCE CAMERA
NEAR FABIO'S HOUSE RIGHT AROUND
THE TIME OF HIS MURDER LOOKED A
LOT LIKE THE KNOCK-KNOCK
BURGLARS.
AND THE SEMENTILLI HOME HAD ITS
OWN CAMERAS.
DETECTIVES HOPED THEY WOULD FIND
EVEN MORE VIDEO OF THOSE HOODED
FIGURES ON THOSE TAPES.
THERE WERE FOUR CAMERAS OUTSIDE
THE SEMENTILLI HOUSE, BUT WHEN
POLICE CAME TO LOOK FOR THE
VIDEO, IT WAS GONE.
A DVR LIKE THIS WAS IN THE
GARAGE.
IT STORED ALL THE SURVEILLANCE.
WHOEVER BROKE IN MUST HAVE TAKEN
IT.
STRANGELY, BESIDES TAKEN FABIO'S
PORSCHE, THAT PLAQUE BOX WAS ONE
OF THE ONLY THINGS STOLEN FROM
THE HOUSE, SAY INVESTIGATORS.
MONICA TOLD THEM SHE THOUGHT
SOME INEXPENSIVE JEWELRY AND
$11,000 IN CASH WAS POSSIBLY
MISSING.
BUT SHE WASN'T SURE, DETECTIVES
SAY THE HOME SAFE HADN'T BEEN
TOUCHED.
>> THE ONLY THING I THOUGHT WAS
UNUSUAL WHY DIDN'T THEY TAKE
MORE?
WHY DIDN'T THEY TAKE HIS WATCH?
>> THE SUSPECTED BURGLARS LEFT
BEHIND AN $8,000 ROLEX ON
SEMENTILLI'S WRIST.
BUT WITHIN MONTHS THE
KNOCK-KNOCK BURGLARS BEGAN TO
MADE AS POLICE SUSPECTS BECAUSE
THE POLICE WERE HANGING ONTO A
BIG SECRET.
NOBODY EXCEPT INVESTIGATORS KNEW
IT AT THE TIME, BUT THEY
DISCOVERED BLOOD AT THE CRIME
SCENE THAT DID NOT BELONG TO
FABIO SEMENTILLI.
THAT MEANT DETECTIVES HAD DNA TO
WORK WITH.
DNA THAT EVENTUALLY LET LED TO A
SUSPECT.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP
FORENSIC EVIDENCE.
SOME OF THAT WAS DNA WHICH
IDENTIFIED ROBERT BAKER.
>> ROBERT BAKER.
HE HAD BEEN A RACQUETBALL LEAGUE
DIRECTOR AT A LOS ANGELES GYM,
NOT FAR FROM FABIO'S HOUSE.
AND MONICA'S FRIEND, ELYSE, KNEW
HIM.
WE SPOKE TO HER ABOUT HIM IN
2018.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE ROB
BAKER?
>> HE WAS COOL.
WE ALL REALLY LIKED HIM.
HE WAS ONE OF THOSE GYM GUYS,
YOU KNOW.
>> ELYSE PLAYED IN HIS LEAGUE.
>> HE WAS VERY ALPHA.
HE WAS A VERY ALPHA MALE.
THERE WAS ALSO KIND OF A SEXUALY
THING ABOUT HIM.
>> THERE WAS SOMETHING SEXUAL
ABOUT HIM?
>> YOU KNOW HOW SOME GUYS JUST
HAVE THIS SEXUAL KIND OF -- I
DON'T KNOW, HE'S VERY MANLY.
HE WAS IN SHAPE, AND HE WAS KIND
OF, YOU KNOW, KEPT EVERYTHING --
HE WAS IN CHARGE.
>> HE WAS ALSO TANGLED UP IN THE
PORN INDUSTRY, EVEN DOING SOME
ACTING.
ELYSE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT
BAKER'S BACKGROUND, BUT SHE DID
HEAR ABOUT HIS MOVIE CAREER FROM
A FRIEND WHO HAPPENED TO SPOT
HIM IN AN ADULT FILM.
>> THAT'S LIKE THE KIND OF
GOSSIP YOU JUST NEED TO TELL
SOMEONE.
>> WHO DID YOU TELL?
>> I TOLD MONICA.
>> MONICA WAS ALSO IN ROBERT
BAKER'S RACQUETBALL LEAGUE.
WHAT WAS HER REACTION?
>> WELL, IT WAS PRETTY
ANTI-CLIMACTIC, I'LL TELL YOU.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME
WE HAVE GIRL TALKS SHE'D GET A
LITTLE PRUDY, LIKE A LITTLE
PRUDE.
>> WHAT ELYSE DIDN'T KNOW IS
ROBERT BAKER WAS ALSO A
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
>> ROBERT BAKER HAS A 1993
CONVICTION OUT OF A LONG BEACH
CASE.
IT'S FOR LEWD, LASCIVIOUS ACTS
WITH A MINOR.
>> POLICE SAY BAKER SERVED TIME
FOR THAT OFFENSE AGAINST A
TEENAGE GIRL.
FOR MONTHS POLICE WATCHED BAKER,
AND THEY DISCOVERED TWO THINGS.
FIRST, HE WAS DEFINITELY NOT ONE
OF THE KNOCK-KNOCK BURGLARS.
AND SECOND, HE MADE THOUSANDS OF
CALLS AND TEXTS TO OF ALL PEOPLE
MONICA SEMENTILLI.
IN FACT, JUST DAYS AFTER FABIO'S
DEATH, MONICA HELD A WAKE IN HER
BACKYARD.
AND ROBERT BAKER ACTUALLY SHOWED
UP.
>> YOU DID MEET HIM?
>> I DID.
>> MIRELLA SAYS SHE SAW MONICA
HANGING OUT WITH BAKER.
>> I SAW HER BACK OUTSIDE AGAIN,
THE DRINK, SMOKING, AND TALKING
TO THIS GUY.
I FOUND OUT THAT THAT WAS HIS
NAME, ROB.
AND SHE INTRODUCED ME TO HIM.
>> LUIGI NOTICED HIM, TOO.
>> ROBERT AND MONICA WERE IN THE
CORNER TALKING WITH EACH SORT OF
AWAY FROM THE PARTY.
>> AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE
LUIGI NOTICED ABOUT BAKER.
>> HE HAD BANDAGES ON HIS HANDS.
>> ONE GUEST EVEN SNAPPED THESE
PICTURES OF MONICA AND ROBERT
BAKER TOGETHER.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN JUST
MAKE OUT A BANDAGE ON BEIGER'S
FINGER.
POLICE WOULD LATER CONCLUDE
BAKER CUT THAT FINGER WHEN HE
KILLED FABIO, AND THAT'S HOW HIS
BLOOD WAS AT THE SCENE.
DETECTIVES VISITED MONICA AT
HOME, USING WHAT THEY CALLED A
RUSE.
TELLING HER THEY WERE
INVESTIGATING THE KNOCK-KNOCK
BURGLARS WHEN IN FACT THEY WERE
INVESTIGATING HER AND SECRETLY
FOLLOWING MONICA AND ROBERT
BAKER.
AND ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, IT
PAID OFF.
THEY SAY THEY FOUND EVIDENCE
THAT MONICA AND BAKER WERE
HAVING AN AFFAIR AND CONSPIRED
TO KILL FABIO.
>> OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS
INVESTIGATORS HAVE DEVELOPED
INFORMATION AND IDENTIFIED
ROBERT BAKER, 55 YEARS OLD OF
CANOGA PARK.
AND MONICA SEMENTILLI, 45 YEARS
OLD, AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MURDER OF OUR VICTIM.
>> HE SAID WE ARRESTED MONICA
FOR THE MURDER OF YOUR BROTHER
AND ROBERT BAKER FOR THE MURDER
OF YOUR BROTHER.
>> I'M IN SHOCK.
I'M LIKE, YOU SURE?
YOU KNOW, I WAS IN SHOCK.
>> ACCORDING TO THE PROSECUTION
THESE TWO WERE PLOTTING AND
PLANNING TO KILL FABIO SO THEY
COULD LIVE THEIR LIFE TOGETHER.
MARY FULGINITI IS A FORMER
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND A 48
HOURS CONSULTANT.
>> IT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED
INVESTIGATION.
>> AS AUTHORITIES HUSTLED ROBERT
BAKER AND MONICA SEMENTILLI INTO
COURT, THEY EACH PLEADED NOT
GUILTY.
BUT ALMOST SIX YEARS LATER,
ROBERT BAKER CHANGED EVERYTHING.
>> WHEN HE CAME TO COURT THAT
DAY, PEOPLE WERE STUNNED.
>>> MONICA SEMENTILLI WAS BEING
ACCUSED OF CHEATING ON FABIO
WITH THAT RACQUETBALL COACH,
ROBERT BAKERCH AND THEN ALONG
WITH BAKER, PLANNING FABIO'S
MURDER.
>> MY INSTANT AND THOROUGH AND
COMPLETE REACTION WAS THERE'S NO
EFFING WAY.
I WAS THERE.
SHE WAS DECIMATED.
>> AFTER MONTHS OF CRYING AND
GRIEVING ALONGSIDE MOP CU,
FABIO'S FAMILY COULDN'T BELIEVE
IT EITHER.
>> 20-SOME YEARS OF MY LIFE, SHE
WAS LIKE A SISTER.
SHE WAS A COOL AUNT TO MY KIDS.
SHE WAS LOVABLE.
MY WHOLE FAMILY FELT THAT WAY
ABOUT HER.
>> THEN IN 2023, BAKER SKIPPED
TRIAL ALTOGETHER AND PLEADED NO
CONTEST.
ROBERT BAKER PLEADS NO CONTEST,
AND THAT'S IN ESSENCE ACCEPTING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MURDERS.
HE'S ULTIMATELY SENTENCED TO
LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
>> THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE IN THIS
CASE IS LIFE IMPRISONMENT
WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
PAROLE PLUS ONE YEAR.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS?
>> YES, SIR.
>> BUT WHILE BAKER WAS ACCEPTING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FABIO'S
DEATH, MONICA WASN'T.
>> WHAT HE AND MONICA DID TO MY
BROTHER, FABIO, IS UNFORGIVABLE.
>> BUT MONICA'S OWN DAUGHTERS,
ISABELLA AND GESSICA, SUPPORTED
THEIR MOM.
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO STANDBY
OUR MOTHER AS WE HAVE DONE FOR
THE LAST SIX YEARS, AND WE WILL
FIGHT FOR HEV INNOCENCE.
>> AS MONICA PREPARED TO GO TO
TRIAL, HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY
LEONARD LEVINE MADE A STATEMENT.
>> WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT ROBERT
BAKER'S GUILTY PLEAS AND HIS
TRUTHFUL TESTIMONY WILL FINALLY
ESTABLISH ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT
MONICA SEMENTILLI HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE PLANNING OR THE
MURDER OF FABIO SEMENTILLI, HER
HUSBAND.
>> MONICA'S DEFENSE TEAM WASN'T
ANSWERING QUESTIONS BEFORE
TRIAL, SO WE ASKED NEW
YORK-BASED DEFENSE ATTORNEY
JULIE RENDELMAN, TO REVIEW
MONICA'S DEFENSE TEAM'S PRETRIAL
MOTIONS.
>> THERE'S NO WITNESSES THAT WE
KNOW OF SO FAR THAT ARE GOING TO
COME FORWARD AND TESTIFY THAT
SHE PLANNED THIS MURDER.
>> SHE SAYS MONICA'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH BAKER DOESN'T
PROVE ANYTHING.
>> IT SEEMS TO STRENGTHEN THE
D.A.'S CASE THAT NOT ONLY DID
SHE HAVE AN AFFAIR BUT THE
PERSON SHE'S HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH IS THE KILLER.
>> I HEAR YOU.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS IS THAT
SIMPLY BECAUSE AN INDIVIDUAL IS
HAVING AN AFFAIR, YOU CANNOT
TAKE THE LEAP TO GET TO AN
INDIVIDUAL BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE DEATH OF THEIR LOVED ONE.
CERTAINLY NOT BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT.
>> BUT THE PROSECUTION SAYS THE
AFFAIR IS KEY TO ESTABLISHING A
CONSPIRACY BETWEEN MONICA AND
ROBERT BAKER.
AN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY DETECTIVES
SPENT MONTHS TRACKING.
HOW LONG WAS THAT INVESTIGATION?
>> FIVE MONTHS.
FIVE TO SIX MONTHS.
>> WHILE THE D.A. ALSO DECLINED
AN INTERVIEW BEFORE GOING TO
TRIAL, FORMER PROSECUTOR MARY
FULGINITI REVIEWED THE CASE
AGAINST MONICA.
SO THIS IS THE SCENE OF THE
CRIME.
>> YEAH.
THIS IS WHERE THE TWO JOGGERS,
YOU KNOW, CAME ACCORDING TO THE
VIDEO FROM A NEIGHBOR, RUNNING
UP HERE TOWARD THE HOUSE.
>> PROSECUTORS SAY THAT FIRST
HOODED FIGURE IN THE GREEN
SWEATSHIRT IS ROBERT BAKER.
SO WHAT ABOUT THAT ACCOMPLICE?
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHO THAT PERSON
IS.
IT'S A MYSTERY.
>> WHAT DOES THIS INDICTMENT SAY
ABOUT MONICA SEMENTILLI?
>> THIS INDICTMENT IS A VERY
DETAILED OUTLINE AND TIMELINE OF
THE PLOT TO KILL FABIO
SEMENTILLI.
>> MOTIVE HERE IS SIMPLE.
I MEAN THIS IS LOVE AND MONEY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CRIMES
IN THE BOOK WHERE TWO LOVERS
DESPERATELY WANTING TO BE
TOGETHER, AND THEY TRY TO GET
RID OF ONE OF THE SPOUSES SO
THEY CAN BE TOGETHER.
FOR WHAT?
FOR FINANCIAL BENEFIT.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE THREE
QUARTERS OF A MILLION LIFE
INSURANCE POLICY, THE HOUSE,
401Ks.
>> POLICE SAY THE PLAN WAS TO
STAGE THE SCENE TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE THE WORK OF THE KNOCK-KNOCK
BURGLARS AND THROW POLICE OFF
THEIR TRAIL.
AND THEY BELIEVE MONICA WAS
DEEPLY INVOLVED.
>> THEY BELIEVED SHE WAS THE ONE
THAT COORDINATED EVERYTHING, THE
ONE THAT SHOWED HIM, YOU KNOW,
WHERE THE HOUSE WAS, THE DVR WAS
SO THAT HE KNEW WHERE TO GO TO
RIP IT OUT OF THE WALLS, HOW TO
GET INTO THE HOUSE.
>> AND THAT'S NOT ALL.
THE PROSECUTOR SAYS SIX MONTHS
BEFORE THE MURDER, MONICA
FORWARDED THIS E-MAIL SHARING
DETAILS OF HER HOME'S SECURITY
SYSTEM WITH BAKER.
>> SHE PROVIDED THE PASSWORD,
THE USERNAME, THE LOG-IN
CREDENTIALS, AS WELL AS THE USER
MANUAL TO ROBERT BAKER THE SAME
DAY THAT SHE RECEIVED IT FROM
THE SURVEILLANCE COMPANY.
>> AND THEN THERE'S THE DAY OF
THE MURDER.
PROSECUTORS SAY MONICA'S
BEHAVIOR THAT DAY IS A KEY
ELEMENT OF HER ROLE IN THE
CONSPIRACY TO KILL FABIO.
ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, THIS
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS MONICA
LEFT HOME AT 3:26 P.M. DRIVING
THE FAMILY'S BLACK FORD F-150
PICKUP.
>> THIS IS WHERE SHE CAME
ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS TO
ESTABLISH HER ALIBI.
>> SO THAT HAPPENS IN THIS
PARKING LOT.
SHE PULLS IN HERE IN HER FORD
150 PICKUP TRUCK RIGHT IN FRONT
OF THIS STORE, STOPS FOR JUST A
FEW MINUTES.
>> PROSECUTORS SAY THEY HAVE
VIDEO WHERE IT APPEARS AN
INDIVIDUAL GETS INTO MONICA'S
TRUCK.
THEY SAY THAT PERSON WAS ROBERT
BAKER.
MONICA THEN GOES ALONE INTO THE
TARGET STORE AND BEGINS
SHOPPING.
BUT AS SHE LEAVES, PROSECUTORS
SAY THIS SURVEILLANCE PHOTO
SHOWS HER FIXATED ON HER PHONE.
THEY WOULD TELL A GRAND JURY IT
APPEARS SHE WAS STREAMING VIDEO
FROM HER HOME, A LOT OF IT.
BUT WHAT WAS MONICA WATCHING?
>>> HOW DO YOU THINK ROBERT
BAKER'S PLEA WILL AFFECT MONICA
>>> SO WHAT WAS MONICA
SEMENTILLI WATCHING ON HER PHONE
THAT AFTERNOON?
AT ABOUT THE TIME HER HUSBAND
WAS BEING MURDERED?
>> HER PHONE RECORDS AND DATA
SHOW SHE'S CONNECTED TO A UNIQUE
IP ADDRESS THAT HAPPENS TO BE
THE IP ADDRESS OF THE HOUSE.
AND THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF
DATA BEING CONSUMED, AND THAT
LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA IS
CONSISTENT WITH VIDEO STREAMING,
IE, THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
>> SURVEILLANCE VIDEO?
ACCORDING TO THE D.A. IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN VIDEO FROM HER HOME
SECURITY CAMERAS.
BUT COULD MONICA HAVE BEEN
WATCHING THE ACTUAL MURDER?
>> NO.
THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON THE
HOUSE ARE FACING OUTSIDE, BUT
THEY'RE NOT FACING IN THE POOL
AREA, WHICH IS WHERE FABIO WAS
LOCATED AT THE TIME.
SO THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY CAPTURE
THE MURDER.
BUT THEY WOULD CAPTURE,
OBVIOUSLY WHO WAS COMING AND
GOING.
>> MONICA COULD HAVE BEEN
WATCHING EVERYTHING ELSE,
PROSECUTORS SAY.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO ARGUE SHE'S
WATCHING THE SCENE, THE SCENE OF
THE CRIME TO SEE THE COMINGS AND
GOINGS OF WHEN BAKER AND THE
ACCOMPLICE ARE GOING INTO THE
HOUSE, WHETHER THEY'RE LEAVING
THE HOUSE SO SHE KNOWS WHEN SHE
CAN LEAVE HERE AND GO HOME.
>> PROSECUTORS SAY WHILE SHE'S
WATCHING THE FEED, BAKER AND HIS
ACCOMPLICE WERE ON THE
SEMENTILLI PROPERTY, STALKING
FABIO.
ACCORDING TO THE PROSECUTION,
QUOTE, IT WAS A VERY TARGETED
ATTACK THAT WAS DONE WITH THE
THE INTENT TO KILL.
THEY ALSO GO ONTO SAY THAT,
QUOTE, HE WAS STABBED IN THE
NECK.
IT CUT HIS JUGULAR VEIN, CUT THE
CAROTID ARTERY.
AND THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE OF A
PLOT TO KILL FABIO.
PROSECUTORS SAY BAKER WAS
PLANNING A FUTURE WITH MONICA.
>> THE D.A. SAYS THAT ABOUT TWO
MONTHS BEFORE THE MURDER, BAKER
TOLD A FRIEND HE'D BEEN DATING
THIS WOMAN FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND
THAT HE SENT A PICTURE OF THAT
WOMAN AND THAT WOMAN WAS MONICA.
AND THEN TWO MONTHS LATER FABIO
WAS KILLED.
>> AUTHORITIES ALSO SAY MONICA'S
BEHAVIOR AFTER THE MURDER IS
SUSPECT.
SHE DIDN'T MOVE HER TEENAGE
DAUGHTERS OUT OF THE HOUSE OR
HAVE HER SECURITY SYSTEM
REPAIRED.
>> AND THE PROSECUTORS ARGUE
THAT THE REASON WHY SHE HAD NO
CONCERN BECAUSE SHE KNEW WHO THE
KILLER WAS AND SHE WAS WITH HIM.
THIS IS A WOMAN WHO IS
PRETENDING TO BE A GRIEVING
WIDOW AND MAKING ALL THESE POSTS
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WITH WHO AT THE SAME TIME IS
CARRYING ON A TOR IDLOVE AFFAIR
WITH THE MAN WHO ACTUALLY KILLED
HER HUSBAND.
>> PROSECUTORS MADE EXPLICIT
PHOTOS PUBLIC IN COURT FILINGS,
SOME WE CAN'T SHOW YOU.
THEY SAY IT'S EVIDENCE THE
SECRETIVE ROMANCE CONTINUED
AFTER FABIO'S DEATH.
>> WE HAVE A DOUBLE LIFE.
THE D.A. PRESENTED A PHOTOGRAPH
OF MONICA AND BAKER TO THE GRAND
JURY, AND IT WAS A PHOTODPRF OF
MONICA ACTUALLY GRABBING HIS
CROTCH.
AND THIS IS ONE THAT WAS TAKEN
IN VEGAS.
>> THERE WAS ALSO THIS -- THIS
PHOTO OF A MIRROR.
>> RIGHT.
AND IT WAS A PHOTO OF THE BACK
OF MONICA WITH MRS. BAKER
WRITTEN IN LIPSTICK ON THE
MIRROR.
>> THE LIPSTICK ON THE MIRROR,
WHAT DOES THAT TELL THEM?
>> AGAIN, THIS ALL GOES TO
MOTIVE.
I MEAN MRS. BAKER?
SHE WANTED TO BE MRS. BAKER.
>> BUT WHEN DETECTIVES ASKED
MONICA ABOUT ROBERT BAKER,
PROSECUTORS SAY SHE TOLD THEM
SHE WASN'T EVEN SURE OF HIS LAST
NAME.
THEY SAY SHE ALSO TOLD THEM SHE
WASN'T SURE HOW TO WORK THE HOME
SECURITY CAMERAS.
>> TO QUOTE THE PROSECUTION HERE
THEY SAY, QUOTE, SHE'S A LIAR,
SHE'S A MANIPULATOR, SHE'S A
CHEATER, AND EVERYTHING THAT
COMES OUT OF HER MOUTH HAS TO BE
TAKEN WITH A LARGE GRAIN OF
SALT.
LARGE ENOUGH SO THAT YOU COULD
CHOKE ON IT.
IF THEY CAN SHOW THAT MONICA
LIED ABOUT HER LIFESTYLE, ABOUT
THE AFFAIR, ABOUT A VARIETY OF
OTHER THINGS, THAT THEY'LL
CONVINCE THE JURY THAT SHE'S
ALSO LYING ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT
IN THIS CONSPIRACY TO KILL
FABIO.
>> AND THEY SAY WHEN SHE WAS
LATER CONFRONTED ABOUT WHY
BAKER'S BLOOD WAS FOUND IN HER
HOUSE, SHE CONTINUED TO LIE.
>> SHE COMES UP WITH SOME
COCKAMAMIE STORY ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, PLAYING RACQUEBALL WITH
BAKER AND HITTING HIM IN THE
FINGER AND THAT IT WAS BLEEDING,
AND THERE WAS A BLOODY TOWEL AND
SHE WOULD BRING IT HOME, AND
THAT'S WHY HIS BLOOD WAS AT THE
HOUSE.
>> BUT FULGINITI SAYS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST PIECES OF EVIDENCE
AGAINST MONICA IS WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN POLICE CAME UP WITH A PLAN
TO SECRETLY RECORD THE COUPLE.
IT BEGAN WHEN THEY PULLED THEM
OVER AS THEY WERE DRIVING.
>> IT'S A RUSE BY THE POLICE.
THEY SAY THAT THEY THINK THE CAR
THAT THEY'RE IN IS STOLEN AND
THEY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST
CHECK IT OUT AND IT PROBABLY
ISN'T, AND THEY HANDCUFF THEM
PER PROTOCOL, PUT THEM INTO THE
POLICE VEHICLE.
BUT WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW IS THAT
VEHICLE IS WIRED AND THERE'S A
VAN UP THE STREET WITH POLICE IN
IT LISTENING TO THEIR EVERY
WORD.
AND IT'S AT THAT POINT MONICA
SAYS AND I'M GOING TO QUOTE
HERE, "SOMEBODY MUST HAVE TALKS,
SOMEBODY IS DOING THIS TO US."
AND THEN SHE SAID, "THEY MUST
HAVE SOMETHING, THEY MUST HAVE
SOMETHING."
THAT'S PRETTY DAMNING EVIDENCE.
AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR THAT IS
CLOSE TO AN ADMISSION TO BEING
INVOLVED IN THIS CONSPIRACY.
>> ACCORDING TO DETECTIVES
MONICA WAS ALSO RECORDED TELLING
HER SELL MATE, "HE'S NOT JUST MY
LOVER, HE'S MY CONFIDANTE, HE'S
MY EVERYTHING."
DETECTIVES ALSO INTERCEPTED
LETTERS MONICA WROTE TO BAKER
FROM BEHIND BARS SAYING I'M
ALWAYS AMAZED WE BOTH KNOW WHAT
THE OTHER IS THINKING, DESTINED.
AND "I MISS YOU SO MUCH MY
LOVE."
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PIECES
OF THE TOTALITY, IT'S GOING TO
PUT TOGETHER A PRETTY PERFECT
PUZZLE HERE.
AND THE PUZZLE WILL PAINT THIS
PICTURE THAT MONICA CONSPIRED
WITH BAKER, THAT HE DID NOT DO
IT ALONE, THAT THEY DID IT
TOGETHER.
>> BUT MONICA'S DEFENDERS SAY
THE CASE AGAINST HER IS FLIMSY
AND THEY SAY BAKER DID IT
WITHOUT HER.
>> ROBERT BAKER MAY HAVE KILLED
HIM BECAUSE HE WANTED HIM OUT OF
THE WAY.
MAYBE HE DID IT BECAUSE HE HOPED
THAT BY KILLING HIM, HE WOULD
GET MONICA TO HIMSELF.
THAT IN AND OF ITSELF DOES NOT
ESTABLISH THAT MONICA WAS IN ON
THE MURDER.
>>> MONICA SEMENTILLI'S DEFENSE
IS ADAMANT SHE HAD ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING TO DO WITH FABIO'S
MURDER.
>> THE DEFENSE'S POSITION IS
THAT THERE IS NO HARD EVIDENCE,
ACTUALLY NO EVIDENCE THAT
ESTABLISHES MONICA SEMENTILLI
PARTICIPATED IN A CONSPIRACY.
>> AND IF YOU CAN'T PROVE A
CONSPIRACY, YOU CAN'T PROVE
MONICA'S GELT, SAYS RENDELMAN.
>> THE SHEER NUMBER OF
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SEEM TO WEAVE
TOGETHER, THE PARKING LOT
MEETING, THE WALKING INTO THE
STORE AND WATCHING VIDEO THAT
HAS STREAMED LIVE FROM THE HOME.
THE PASSWORD BEING GIVEN TO THE
KILLER.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THE SUM OF
THEM, WOULDN'T A JURY BELIEVE IS
JUST TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T
ANSWER FOR WHAT A JURY IS GOING
TO SAY.
THE DEFENSE, I CAN PROMISE YOU,
IS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO POKE
HOLES IN EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF
EVIDENCE YOU JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
>> SO LET'S GO STEP BY STEP.
THE SHARING OF THAT PASSWORD FOR
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
>> SO THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT
SHE SHARED THE PASSWORD.
>> BUT RENDELMAN SAYS THERE'S NO
CONNECTION BETWEEN SHARING THAT
PASSWORD AND A MURDER PLOT.
>> THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO
EVIDENCE BETWEEN THE SIX MONTHS
CHAT SHE SHARED IT AND THE DAY
THAT HE WAS KILLED THAT
ESTABLISHES THERE WAS ANY PLAN
IN PLACE BETWEEN THEM WHATSOEVER
TO HAVE HER HUSBAND KILLED, NOT
A TEXT, NOT AN E-MAIL, NOT A
CONVERSATION WITH HER BEST
FRIEND SAYING SHE'S OVER HER
RELATIONSHIP.
THE SECOND ISSUE IS THERE'S
ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE THAT
ROBERT BAKER DOWNLOADED THE APP
OR EVER EVEN USED THE APP.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ACTIONS
IN THE PARKING LOT THE DAY OF
THE MURDER.
SOMEONE APPEARS TO BE GETTING
INTO THE CAR.
>> KEEP A COUPLE THINGS IN MIND.
ONE IS FROM THE DEFENSE'S
PERSPECTIVE, THE VIDEO FOOTAGE
IS SO GRAINY, THAT YOU CAN'T
MAKE OUT WHO, IF ANYBODY, IS
GETTING INTO MONICA SEMENTILLI'S
CAR.
>> AND WHAT ABOUT THE ALLEGATION
THAT SHE WAS WATCHING VIDEO OF
THE HOUSE AS THE MURDER TOOK
PLACE?
ONCE SHE WENT INSIDE THE TARGET,
THERE'S A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME
SHE SEEMED FASCINATED, FIXATED
ON HER PHONE.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE
PROSECUTION DOESN'T KNOW WHAT
SHE WAS WATCHING ON HER PHONE.
THEY CANNOT ARTICULATE NOR WILL
THEY EVER BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT PHONE.
>> BUT IT WAS BEING STREAMED
FROM HER HOME.
>> SHE COULD BE WATCHING A SHOW,
JUST LIKE ANY ONE OF US WATCHED
YOUR SHOW WHILE WE'RE WALKING
ALONG.
>> THE PROSECUTION REALLY DIGS
IN ON MONICA'S CHARACTER, THE
FACT SHE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR.
>> LET ME QUOTE WHAT THE DEFENSE
QUOTE, THE PROSECUTOR'S EVIDENCE
OF MS. SEMENTILLI'S AFFAIR AND
SPECIFICALLY THE SEXIST AND LUR
LURE IDMANNER IN WHICH IT WAS
PRESENTED WAS IRRELEVANT,
IMPROPER AND UNFAIRLY
PRESIDENTIAL TO MS. SEMENTILLI.
THEY GO ON AND SAY THE SEXUAL
AND ROMANTIC DETAILS OF THEIR
AFFAIR WAS SIMPLY IRRELEVANT TO
THE QUESTION WHETHER THEY
CONSPIRED TO MURDER FABIO
SEMENTILLI.
>> BUT THEN WHY LIE TO
INVESTIGATORS, ALLEGEDLY SAYING
SHE WAS UNSURE OF ROBERT BAKER'S
LAST NAME?
>> THE QUESTION BECOMES WHY IS
SHE LYING?
IS SHE LYING BECAUSE SHE
COMMITTED A MURDER, OR IS SHE
LYING BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN IN A
TRYST WITH SOMEONE FOR QUITE A
WHILE AND DOESN'T WANT THE WORLD
TO KNOW PARTICULARLY LAW
ENFORCEMENT?
>> PROSECUTORS DID FIND IT
SUSPICIOUS THAT ON THE NIGHT
FABIO DIED MONICA WAS ALREADY
INQUIRING ABOUT HIS LIFE
INSURANCE.
BUT RENDELMAN SAYS IT'S NOT ODD.
>> I UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD
LOOK INSENSITIVE TO START ASKING
ABOUT A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY SO
SOON AFTER.
BUT IF YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT
IS NOT FINANCIALLY SOUND, YOU
HAVE TWO GIRLS AT HOME, YOU HAVE
POTENTIALLY A MORTGAGE TO PAY,
YOU HAVE BILLS TO PAY, YOU ARE
GOING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THE
FINANCIAL SECURITY OF YOUR
FAMILY.
>> AND COME TRIAL, SAYS
RENDELMAN, WHAT MAY REALLY HELP
MONICA IS THAT SHE WON'T BE
TRIED WITH BAKER.
THE JURY WILL NOT SEE THE MAN
WHO COMMITTED THE ACTUAL MURDER
AT THE DEFENSE TABLE NEXT TO
MONICA.
AND THAT COULD MAKE THE CASE
HARDER FOR PROSECUTORS, SAYS
MARY FULGINITI.
>> THE FACT THAT HE'S HER LOVER
AND THE KILLER, THE ONE THAT THE
DNA'S IS AROUND THE HOUSE.
I MEAN THERE IS A SPILLOVER
EFFECT, AND THAT ALL WOULD HAVE,
YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IMPACTED,
I THINK, THE JURY IN THIS CASE.
AND HE'S NO LONGER THERE.
>> WOULD YOU SAY IT WAS HIS LAST
GIFT TO MONICA?
>> YEAH, I WOULD.
BECAUSE THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO
OTHER REASON FOR HIM ACTUALLY TO
PLEAD STRAIGHT UP WITHOUT ANY
REAL PLEA BARGAIN HERE TO LIFE
WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
PAROLE EXCEPT I GUESS HIS LAST
MURDEROUS, CHIVALROUS ACT.
>> BUT IT SEEMS BAKER MAY HAVE
AN EVEN BIGGER IMPACT ON
MONICA'S CASE.
48 HOURS WENT TO SEE HIM IN
JAIL, AND HE TOLD US MONICA HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MURDER OF
FABIO AND SHE NEVER KNEW THAT HE
WAS FABIO'S KILLER.
BAKER ALSO TOLD US THAT HE'S NO
LONGER IN TOUCH WITH MONICA, AND
HE HAS NOT DECIDED IF HE WILL
TESTIFY.
ANOTHER FACTOR THAT COULD HELP
MONICA, SAYS RENDELMAN, THE
DAUGHTERS MONICA SHARED WITH
FABIO ARE STANDING BEHIND THEIR
MOTHER.
>> AND SO THERE'S AN ARGUMENT TO
BE MADE THAT THE JURY IS LOOKING
AT THE DAUGHTER SAYING IF THEY
BELIEVE HER AFTER ALL THIS,
SHOULDN'T WE?
>> AS FOR MONICA HERSELF, SHE'S
NEVER SPOKEN PUBLICLY EXCEPT AT
A MEMORIAL FOR HER DECEASED
HUSBAND.
>> HOW LUCKY AM I TO HAVE LIVED
THE GREATEST LOVE STORY OF
ALL-TIME, A STORY THAT PEOPLE
ONLY READ ABOUT, A STORY THAT
MOVIES ARE MADE OF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.