'Naked widow' had porn-star lover kill her husband

As Fabio Sementilli sat on his patio by the pool he had no idea time was running out

- WORDS: GAIL SHORTLAND

After a successful career as an international celebrity hairstylist, Fabio Sementilli became a vice president at Coty, one of the world’s largest beauty companies.

Canadian-born Fabio’s creativity and personality made him a well-liked executive, and he was also admired for making everyone feel like they were important.

Fabio, 49, and his second wife, Monica, lived in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, in a $2 million home with their two teenage daughters. Fabio also had a son from a previous relationship.

Monica and Fabio had been married almost 20 years and enjoyed hosting friends by their pool. It appeared they had a loving marriage, but then tragedy struck.

On 23 January 2017, Fabio’s youngest daughter arrived home to find bloody footprints. Then she found her dad in a pool of blood with several knife wounds. Distraught, she called 911 and tried to stop the bleeding.

Fabio had been watching television and smoking a cigar on his poolside patio and had been violently attacked from behind with an eight-inch hunting knife. He had seven stab wounds to the neck, chest and thigh, and his femoral and carotid arteries were cut. Paramedics couldn't save him.