The Widow of Woodland Hills

Dateline NBC

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True Crime, Culture, Social, Society & Culture, News

4.4 • 38K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Celebrity hairdresser Fabio Sementilli is brutally murdered in his backyard. A security camera helps investigators identify unlikely suspects and an illicit affair. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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0:00.0	Tonight on Dateline.
0:02.0	It was heartbreaking to listen to her trying to save her dad.
0:12.0	Just too much.
0:15.0	Why would someone do this to my brother?
0:17.0	Hey everybody, Fab here.
0:19.0	He was an icon in the hairdressing industry.
0:21.5	Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt, many other celebrities as well.
0:25.5	She said it was a home invasion robbery.
0:29.5	Somebody killed him.
0:30.3	They took his car, they took money.
0:32.0	I saw the video of the two guys running.
0:33.8	No question, those are your killers.
0:35.3	No question.
0:36.2	This was definitely a coordinated planned attack
0:39.2	probably took him out right away.
0:42.0	This was about killing it. This wasn't about
0:43.4	stealing anything. 100%.
0:45.0	Somebody masterminded all this.
0:47.6	Duped everybody, including
0:49.3	my brother. They just sit back and say it.
0:51.4	How could this be?
0:53.1	The last name you expected to hear.
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