Monica Sementilli sentenced in the plot to kill her hairdresser husband for financial gain

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. (TCN) — The wife of prominent hairdresser Fabio Sementilli will spend the rest of her life behind bars for orchestrating his death for financial gain.

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Monica Sementilli was sentenced on June 23 to life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection with the death of her husband. A jury previously convicted her of first-degree murder with special circumstance allegations of financial gain and lying in wait and conspiracy to commit murder.

Prosecutors said the defendant “conspired with her lover,” Robert Baker, to kill the renowned hairdresser “in order to collect millions in life insurance benefits.”

On Jan. 23, 2017, Baker reportedly stabbed Fabio Sementilli to death while he was sitting on his patio before fleeing in the victim’s Porsche. The vehicle was later found abandoned.

According to the district attorney’s office, Baker previously pleaded guilty to murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He also received a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said, “This was a complex, yearslong investigation and prosecution.”

“True Crime News” has been closely following the case since early in the year.

MORE: