Murder of Sheila Bellush

Sheila Bellush was a 35-year-old mother of six who was murdered on November 7, 1997, by a hired gunman named Jose Del Toro, on the orders of her ex-husband, Allen Blackthorne.

Rocha was allegedly motivated to carry out the crime when told by Blackthorne that Sheila was abusing the two children, Stevie and Daryl.

[3] Rocha then contacted a friend, Samuel Gonzales, who introduced him to his cousin, Jose Luis Del Toro, who agreed to do the attack for $14,000.

He stopped at a Sports Authority store to obtain camouflage clothes, and at a gas station for directions to the address Rocha gave.

Del Toro stated he couldn't run, so he shot Bellush in the face with a .45 caliber gun and slit her throat in full view of the quadruplets.

[7] Several of the quadruplets were wearing life vests, which Sheila put on them when she changed one child's diaper to prevent the other children from wandering off unattended and drowning in the backyard pool.

Circuit Judge Paul Logan gave Del Toro two consecutive life sentences, the maximum penalty for both charges.

This case was also illustrated in a 2011 episode of the Investigation Discovery Channel series FBI: Criminal Pursuit, titled "Twisted Obsession".