From left, suspects Pauline Macareno, Ricardo MartinDelCampo and Henry Rostomyan are being held in Santa Barbara County jail. A fourth suspect, Harry Basmadjian, not pictured, is in federal custody.

A "vibrant" 96-year-old widow preparing to bake cookies for her birthday was killed at her Montecito, California, home in 2022 in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, according to authorities who said the ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (WKRC) — Four people in a murder-for-hire plot that resulted in the death of a 96-year-old woman have been arrested. Violet Evelyn Alberts was preparing to celebrate her upcoming ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — Multiple people were arrested after a fraud scheme turned into a murder case when a 96-year-old woman was killed in Santa Barbara County, California. Pauline Macareno, ...

California authorities recently identified four suspects allegedly involved in the 2022 murder of a 96-year-old woman in Santa Barbara County. Porter Ranch resident Pauline Macareno, 48, and Van Nuys ...

Nearly two years after Violet Evelyn Alberts was found dead, detectives say they’ve uncovered an intricate fraud scheme that culminated in a murder-for-hire plot targeting the 96-year-old, who was ...