Josh Mankiewicz
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Prosecutors told the jury Monica and Baker were communicating on an encrypted app the day of the murder. Those messages paused when Monica met up with someone in the Target parking lot. Who that was can't be identified from that grainy video. But investigators later found Robert Baker on camera at that very same Target, heading out to the parking lot just minutes before Monica arrived.
Prosecutors told the jury Monica and Baker were communicating on an encrypted app the day of the murder. Those messages paused when Monica met up with someone in the Target parking lot. Who that was can't be identified from that grainy video. But investigators later found Robert Baker on camera at that very same Target, heading out to the parking lot just minutes before Monica arrived.
Not so, said prosecutors. This was the day they planned to kill Fabio. And it was Monica who was playing lookout. Remember how Monica told detectives she didn't know much about the home security system and couldn't access it from her phone? After her arrest, investigators saw Monica had forwarded to Baker instructions on how to log on to that system.
Not so, said prosecutors. This was the day they planned to kill Fabio. And it was Monica who was playing lookout. Remember how Monica told detectives she didn't know much about the home security system and couldn't access it from her phone? After her arrest, investigators saw Monica had forwarded to Baker instructions on how to log on to that system.
The prosecution also showed the jury that video of Monica glued to her phone at Target while the murder was happening and revealed what investigators found on that phone, an app that allowed her to live stream the security cameras.
The prosecution also showed the jury that video of Monica glued to her phone at Target while the murder was happening and revealed what investigators found on that phone, an app that allowed her to live stream the security cameras.
After the murder, that app was deleted. As for the motive behind it all, Baker said he killed Fabio because he wanted Monica for himself.
After the murder, that app was deleted. As for the motive behind it all, Baker said he killed Fabio because he wanted Monica for himself.
Of course I still love her. Of course I do. And according to the prosecutor, Monica's love for Baker continued behind bars, including when they were in holding cells before a court hearing.
Of course I still love her. Of course I do. And according to the prosecutor, Monica's love for Baker continued behind bars, including when they were in holding cells before a court hearing.
There was one more thing the jury heard, something impossible to unhear. It came before Baker took the stand. The prosecution played a recording of a whispered conversation between Monica and Baker in the lockup.
There was one more thing the jury heard, something impossible to unhear. It came before Baker took the stand. The prosecution played a recording of a whispered conversation between Monica and Baker in the lockup.
That's Baker saying out loud he had no problem lying to a jury.
That's Baker saying out loud he had no problem lying to a jury.
In his closing argument, Leonard Levine tried to explain away that comment. pointing out it was recorded years earlier, before Baker admitted to the crime. The defense suggested he was actually lying to Monica about being innocent, even as he was offering to take the fall.
In his closing argument, Leonard Levine tried to explain away that comment. pointing out it was recorded years earlier, before Baker admitted to the crime. The defense suggested he was actually lying to Monica about being innocent, even as he was offering to take the fall.
that Monica is innocent. As for the rest of the state's recordings, the defense told the jury to focus on what they did not hear.
that Monica is innocent. As for the rest of the state's recordings, the defense told the jury to focus on what they did not hear.