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Josh Mankiewicz

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Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Who could have imagined it would end like this? January 23rd, 2017. The Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was just before 5 p.m. when 16-year-old Isabella Semantilli walked into her backyard and found her father seated on the patio in his favorite chair. Except he was slumped over in a pool of blood and she called 911.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Mitzi Roberts was a veteran detective with the LAPD, 29 years on the job, most of them in the Robbery Homicide Division, the unit that handles the city's biggest and most complicated cases.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Mitzi Roberts was a veteran detective with the LAPD, 29 years on the job, most of them in the Robbery Homicide Division, the unit that handles the city's biggest and most complicated cases.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

There's no hope of reviving him.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

There's no hope of reviving him.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Just a few minutes later, Fabio's wife, Monica, returned home. Soon, LAPD officers were also in the backyard. The TV was on. The fire pit lit. Blood was everywhere. And it pointed the way for police.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Just a few minutes later, Fabio's wife, Monica, returned home. Soon, LAPD officers were also in the backyard. The TV was on. The fire pit lit. Blood was everywhere. And it pointed the way for police.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

It led them from the backyard to the kitchen, down a hallway, and into a bedroom.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

It led them from the backyard to the kitchen, down a hallway, and into a bedroom.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Drawers were pulled open, their contents on the floor. Investigators also learned that Sementilli's housekeeper had finished working at the home just a couple of hours earlier.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Drawers were pulled open, their contents on the floor. Investigators also learned that Sementilli's housekeeper had finished working at the home just a couple of hours earlier.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Yeah, any blood in the house. Detectives found more blood in the kitchen, on the floor, on the sink. and an empty bottle of vinegar.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Yeah, any blood in the house. Detectives found more blood in the kitchen, on the floor, on the sink. and an empty bottle of vinegar.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

And something big was very clearly missing.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

And something big was very clearly missing.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Inside the empty garage, detectives saw the circuit breaker box. Nearly half of the breakers had been switched off and one of the garage doors was left open. That led detectives to believe the killer had cut power to the house, then manually opened the garage and left in Fabio's car. What had happened here? This was not a fight.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

Inside the empty garage, detectives saw the circuit breaker box. Nearly half of the breakers had been switched off and one of the garage doors was left open. That led detectives to believe the killer had cut power to the house, then manually opened the garage and left in Fabio's car. What had happened here? This was not a fight.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

a murder had robbed Fabio's children of their father and left his wife a widow.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

a murder had robbed Fabio's children of their father and left his wife a widow.

Dateline NBC
The Widow of Woodland Hills

The investigation into Fabio's murder would uncover unlikely suspects and secret relationships. Can you guys see what's going on there?