00:00:00
this video shows two killers on their way to kill Fabio simonelli it was January 23rd 2017 when these two
00:00:07
suspects ran towards Fabio's home and stabbed him to death as he sat by the pool a little while later this video
00:00:13
from a neighbor's surveillance camera captured Fabio's Porsche being driven Away by The Killers at first police
00:00:20
thought it could have been a robbery gone wrong but the safe inside the home hadn't been touched and Fabio's $8,000
00:00:26
Rolex was still on his wrist the only thing I thought that was unusual is why didn't they take more why didn't they
00:00:31
take his watch nobody except investigators knew it at the time but police had discovered blood that didn't
00:00:38
belong to Fabio at the crime scene DNA testing had revealed a suspect Robert Baker Baker had been a racketball League
00:00:45
director at a Los Angeles gym not far from Fabio's house it's that same league where Fabio's wife Monica had played so
00:00:53
did Monica's friend at the time Alise how would you describe Rob Baker he was was cool we all really liked him he was
00:01:04
one of those gy guys you know for months police watched Baker and they discovered
00:01:10
he made thousands of calls and texts to of all people Monica centilli in fact just days after Fabio's death Monica
00:01:18
held awake in her backyard and Robert Baker actually showed up you did meet him I did fao's sister Mel Rota says she
00:01:26
saw Monica hanging out with Baker I saw her back outside again the drink smoking and talking to this
00:01:33
guy and I found out that that was his name Rob and um she introduced me to him Luigi Fabio's son from an earlier
00:01:41
marriage noticed him too Robert and Monica were in the corner talking to each other sort of away from the party
00:01:46
and there was something else Luigi noticed about Baker he had uh bandages on his
00:01:52
hands one guest even snapped these pictures of Monica and Robert Baker together if you if you look closely you
00:02:00
can just make out a bandage on Baker's finger police would later conclude Baker cut that finger when he killed Fabio and
00:02:07
that's how his blood was at the crime scene detectives visited Monica at home using what they called the ruse telling
00:02:14
her they were investigating burglaries in the neighborhood when in fact they were investigating her and secretly
00:02:20
following Monica and Robert Baker and according to authorities it paid off they say they found evidence that Monica
00:02:26
and Baker were having an affair and conspired to kill Fabi over the past several months
00:02:34
investigators have developed information and identified Robert Baker 55 years old
00:02:40
of Koga Park and Monica cimenti 45 years old of Woodland Hills who is the wife of our
00:02:47
homicide victim as responsible for his murder he said Dad we arrested Monica for the murder of your brother and
00:02:55
Robert Baker for the murder of your brother and I was in shock I'm like there you
00:03:04
sure you know I I was in shock as authorities hustled Robert Baker and Monica centi into court they each
00:03:13
pleaded not guilty but almost 6 years later Robert Baker changed everything when he came to court that day people
00:03:20
were stunned in 2023 Baker skipped trial altogether and pleaded no contest Robert
00:03:27
Baker pleads no contest and that's an necess accepting responsibility for the murders he's ultimately sentenced to
00:03:34
life without Paro the maximum sentence in this case is life in prison without the possibility of parole plus one year
00:03:41
you understand this yes sir but while Baker was accepting responsibility for Fabio's death Monica wasn't what he and
00:03:48
Monica did to my brother Fabio is unforgivable but Monica's own daughters Isabella and Jessica supported their mom
00:03:57
we will continue to stand by our mother as we have done for the the last 6 years
00:04:00
and we will fight for her innocence as Monica prepared to go to trial her defense attorney Leonard Lavine made a
00:04:06
statement we are confident that Robert Baker's guilty pleas and his truthful testimony will finally establish once
00:04:15
and for all that Monica centilli had nothing to do with the planning or the murder a Fabio Celli her husband Monica
00:04:26
Celli is scheduled to go on trial for conspiracy to commit murder in April 2024