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June 23, 2025: Monica Sementilli Sentenced to Life in Prison for Husband’s Murder
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Robert Louis Baker previously pleaded guilty in the killing of Fabio Sementilli
and was also sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
LOS ANGELES — Monica Sementilli was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for orchestrating the 2017 murder of her husband, renowned hairdresser Fabio Sementilli. The sentencing took place in Department 101 of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.
“Monica Sementilli betrayed the person who loved and trusted her most,” District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. “Her calculated scheme to profit from her husband’s death cost a kind and talented man his life and devastated a family. Today’s sentence ensures that she will spend the rest of her life behind bars — where she can no longer deceive or destroy lives. Justice caught up with her.”
A jury previously found Sementilli guilty of first-degree murder with special circumstance allegations of financial gain and lying in wait, as well as conspiracy to commit murder. Evidence presented at trial showed that she conspired with her lover, Robert Louis Baker, to murder 49-year-old Fabio Sementilli in order to collect millions in life insurance benefits.
On Jan. 23, 2017, Baker fatally stabbed Fabio Sementilli as he sat on his backyard patio in Woodland Hills then fled the scene in Sementilli’s Porsche, which was later found abandoned. Baker previously pleaded guilty to murder and conspiracy to commit murder and was also sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
Case BA452975 was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorneys Beth Silverman and Heather Steggell of the Major Crimes Division. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Division led the investigation.
“This was a complex, years-long investigation and prosecution,” District Attorney Hochman added. “Thanks to the relentless work of our prosecutors — particularly Deputy District Attorneys Beth Silverman and Heather Steggell — and law enforcement partners, the truth emerged and justice was served for Fabio and all who loved him.”
