Sentenced: California Man, Zarbab Ali, Murdered His Wife, Buried Her, Dug Her Body Up The Next Day To Rape Her Corpse

[Sugar Cookie]

A Southern California man was convicted of murdering his estranged wife after telling police he felt like “a monster” for killing and burying her — then returning to her gravesite the next morning, digging up her body, sexually assaulting her and burying her again.

The gruesome murder happened on the night of Nov. 10, 2022, when, according to the Ventura County Star, KTLA, and the local Simi Valley Acorn, Zarbab Ali told police he killed his estranged wife, Rachel Castillo. He said he waited outside her apartment, snuck inside, hid and then stabbed her multiple times in the chest when she came out of the bathroom.

Ali, 28, confessed to killing Castillo, the 25-year-old mother of his two children, during a police interrogation days after his wife’s body was discovered buried in a remote area in Littlerock, Calif., on Nov. 13, KTLA reported at the time.

Ali was convicted of first-degree murder on Friday, Nov. 21, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced, noting that the jury also “found true” a number of special circumstances in the case, including that Ali murdered his estranged wife “by means of lying in wait” and with the use of a knife.

The father of two previously pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting Castillo’s body after he had already buried her, the district attorney’s office said.

Man Killed Estranged Wife and Buried Body — Then Dug Up Remains and Did the Unthinkable: 'I Am a Monster'

Prosecutors in Ventura County, Calif., announced the man's conviction on Friday after the gruesome details of his crime were revealed in court.

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[Aedia]

That is budding serial killer acts. It just takes a despicable act and makes it even grosser and weirder.
Kind of reminds me of that man who killed 100's of kids in a few different countries, but he would bury them and dig them up, raping some of their bodies but also just propping them up to like....talk to them as if they were alive, before burying them again.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A California man has been sentenced for the brutal killing of his wife amid their divorce, authorities said.

On Monday, Jan. 12, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced in a press release that Zarbab Ali of Hawthorne was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Rachael Castillo.

Ali previously pleaded guilty to unlawful mutilation, disinterment, or act of sexual contact with human remains and was convicted of murder, per the Ventura County D.A.

Castillo, who shared two children with Ali, had filed for divorce. It was nearly finalized when Ali, 29, fatally attacked her while she was alone at her sister’s apartment, where she and her sons had been staying.

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Zarbab Ali received a life sentence for the November 2022 murder of his wife and mother of his children, Rachael Castillo.

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[Kleng]

Burying a body just to dig it up again later seems like a lot of extra work...