In a repetition “20/20” broadcasting March 28 at 9 p.m. ET, the program, which initially broadcast in 2023, includes the situation.
In the little area of Silver Lakes, The Golden State, Sabrina and Robert Limon were as soon as the life of the event. The supposed “it couple” was recognized for tossing booze-filled celebrations for their tight-knit team of close friends referred to as “the wolf pack.”
However when a fireman called Jonathan Hearn brushed up Sabrina off her feet, it brought about a slovenly criminal offense that nobody saw coming.
The love triangular murder situation including wiretapping, Holy bible knowledgeables and claims of infected dessert was the topic of a “20/20” that initially broadcast April 7, 2023. The program included meetings from close friends, household and detectives, and ABC Information’ Deborah Roberts returned to the place of the murder with investigatives to backtrack the examination.
In 2008, Sabrina and Robert Limon chose that they wished to have a little bit a lot more exhilaration in their lives, so they opened their marital relationship to various other pairs.
” They took place grown-up holidays. They headed out boating. They partied a whole lot at the North Lake,” Julie Cordova, Sabrina’s sibling, informed “20/20.”
Julie Cordova, Sabrina Limon’s sibling, is revealed throughout a meeting with ABC Information.
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Cordova stated that Sabrina at some point expanded “tired of remaining in an open marital relationship” and “desired [the couple] to return to church,” however her spouse really did not desire anything to transform.
” Sabrina was consuming a lot, constantly, that she was rather numb,” Cordova stated.
On Aug. 17, 2014, Robert was fired and eliminated while operating at the BNSF railyard in Tehachapi. Detectives thought the criminal offense scene had actually been organized to resemble Robert was eliminated throughout a messed up burglary, previous Kern Area Investigator Darin Grantham informed “20/20.”
However that would certainly have an intention to eliminate the precious spouse and papa of 2?
” He was popular by everybody and nobody might picture any kind of reason that somebody would certainly intend to eliminate Robert,” previous Kern Nation Investigator Tommy Robins informed “20/20.”
Investigators searched the location for security video cameras. Video from the railyard around the moment of the murder revealed an unidentified male hopping about. A close-by firm gave security video clip that revealed Robert Limon when traveling that brought about his workplace, with numerous various other lorries when traveling. Every one of the various other drivers, with the exemption of a male on a bike, had the ability to be determined, Grantham stated.
Darin Grantham, a previous investigative with the Kern Area Constable’s Workplace, talks to ABC Information’ Deborah Roberts regarding the Robert Limon murder examination.
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That motorcyclist’s identification stayed an enigma up until detectives got a call 2 weeks after Limon’s fatality. Jason Bernatene, a good friend of the Limons, informed investigatives that he obtained a weird voicemail from a male called Jonathan Hearn, that appeared “really regretful for Rob’s fatality,” Grantham stated.
The pointer placed Hearn on investigatives’ radar for the really very first time and altered the training course of the examination.
Investigators would certainly discover that Sabrina and Hearn were having an event after conference at a Costco where Sabrina functioned part-time. Bonding over their shared Christian belief, they began a connection behind Robert’s back. Ultimately, Robert Limon uncovered intimate messages in between both on Sabrina’s phone and required Sabrina finish the event. However she maintained seeing Hearn.
Following Robert’s murder, investigatives chose to wiretap Sabrina and Hearn’s phones. The pair yapped regarding God and the Holy bible. In one exchange with Sabrina, Hearn can be above claiming, “Hello there God. We get on our knees for a factor. We have actually been dust bags, we have actually been sinners. We have actually been self-centered and we sinned.”
In spite of some interesting exchanges in between the pair, absolutely nothing verified a murder story versus Robert, investigatives stated. Detectives after that chose to feed Sabrina incorrect details regarding the murder examination to see exactly how she would certainly respond– Sabrina quickly called Hearn on a heater phone to signal him regarding the brand-new information.
On Nov. 18, 2014, Hearn and Sabrina were detained on uncertainty of eliminating Robert. At Hearn’s home, investigatives located a bike, a safety helmet, a red turban and a knapsack matching the summary of an enigma male seen on security video footage in the location where Robert was eliminated, and a grocery store bag filled with invoices, authorities stated.
Within a couple of days, Sabrina was release from custodianship because of not enough proof connecting her to the criminal offense, while Hearn, billed with murder, stayed behind bars.
Hearn struck an appeal bargain that would certainly offer him a 25-year sentence for affirming regarding Sabrina’s supposed participation in the murder plan.
2 years after her spouse’s fatality, Sabrina was detained for his murder. She begged innocent to all fees.
In this Sept. 14, 2017 image, Jonathan Hearn affirms throughout his and Sabrina Limon’s murder test in Bakersfield, Calif.
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At test, Hearn confessed to eliminating Robert and declared Sabrina assisted him prepare it, after she turned down Hearn’s idea to separation her spouse. Hearn indicated that Sabrina “shared that [Robert] would truthfully instead be dead than separated … Shedding her would basically eliminate him.”
Hearn likewise declared there was a very first fell short story to poisonous substance Robert’s banana dessert with arsenic before the deadly capturing. Hearn indicated that when it pertained to the deadly assault on Robert in Tehachapi, Sabrina gave a design of the BNSF center and Robert’s job timetable.
Indicating in her very own protection, Sabrina rejected any kind of participation in preparing her spouse’s murder, in addition to the tried poisoning story declared by Hearn. Richard Terry, Sabrina’s defense lawyer, said that Hearn’s appeal bargain offered him a reward to rest on the stand.
When it comes to the wiretapped discussions, Sabrina Limon stated at test, “[Jonathan] needed to know whatever that was taking place, and I informed him. I trusted him. He had actually informed me that, you recognize, simply the threats of what might occur when an event is subjected, exactly how the authorities believe and exactly how they function.”
On Feb. 21, 2018, Sabrina Limon was founded guilty on 4 of the 6 matters versus her, consisting of first-degree murder, tried murder, solicitation of murder and conspiracy theory. She was acquitted of the supposed poisoning effort on Robert’s life. She was punished to 25 years to life behind bars.
In January 2023, the California High court rejected an application to assess Sabrina’s murder sentence after she formerly appealed for a brand-new test.
Hearn was founded guilty of wrongful death, not murder, and punished to 25 years and 4 months behind bars.
