Found Deceased CA - Rachel Castillo 25, At Risk, suspicious circumstances, significant blood found in home, Simi Valley, 10 Nov 2022

[Marysmith]

She was studying to be a family and marriage therapist. What a loss!

Rachel Castillo: Remains of missing California mother found, ex-husband arrested | CNN

Human remains found in a remote California location are those of a mother reported missing Thursday after a “significant amount of blood” was seen in her home, authorities say.

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[WestGL]

The mother of a Simi Valley woman who was found dead is speaking out

Seems she video chatted with suspect and two boys during the weekend and he was acting “very normal” and concerned about Rachel.

"He had my grandchildren, I had texted him to ask how he was doing," she said. "He offered to video chat so I could see the boys. I got to see my grandsons and speak to them and he expressed his concern and I just told him we're doing everything we can ... he said he was very sorry and hoped that she was okay. It seemed like a very normal conversation."

Also the family had a missing person vigil yesterday evening, not yet informed that the body was already located and ex arrested for murder.

 

[vls12345]

The reporter mentions at the end that Rachel's children are "now with authorities" & that Rachel's parents are trying to get custody.

My condolences to Rachel's family & friends.

I am glad her parents are working to get custody of their grandchildren but I feel heartbroken that they are having to do so. So many hard things they are dealing with right now.

Simi Valley missing woman: Mother of Rachel Castillo says ex-husband 'expressed concern' for daughter as she was reported missing | abc7.com

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[Gardenista]

The reporter mentions at the end that Rachel's children are "now with authorities" & that Rachel's parents are trying to get custody.

My condolences to Rachel's family & friends.

I am glad her parents are working to get custody of their grandchildren but I feel heartbroken that they are having to do so. So many hard things they are dealing with right now.

Simi Valley missing woman: Mother of Rachel Castillo says ex-husband 'expressed concern' for daughter as she was reported missing | abc7.com

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I'm glad too. I absolutely hate it when the killer's family has the kids in their possession and the victim's family has to fight to get them.

 

[WestGL]

The main locations in this case are rather far apart, and so I am trying to understand what all might have happened and how they solved this case within a weekend.

Multiple news articles say the suspect is a resident of Hawthorne, an area down in the Los Angeles metro near LAX. She and her sister and sons, and her parents nearby, lived an hour north in Simi Valley area near Thousand Oaks.

So exchanging the boys for the weekend is not popping across town for a few minutes to drop them off or pick them up. With likely traffic, it’s a 3 hour round-trip between Hawthorne and Simi Valley.

Then Victorville, where the suspect was arrested at his parent’s house, is nearly 2 hours from Simi Valley. Through a significant mountainous region into the arid Central Valley.

So, in my opinion, all of these distances make it very unlikely that the ex exchanged the kids somewhere, dropped them off, and then popped back to fight with or kill Rachel. Not when there is three and four hour round trips involved, and he would have to leave his children somewhere for half the day. Everything had to happen between Thursday mid morning and Thursday evening.

I’m still not clear if she dropped off the kids in Hawthorne, or if they met somewhere halfway to exchange, or if he came to her place in Simi Valley to pick them up.

But regardless he ended up at her place, hopefully with the kids in the car versus in the house, and fought with her. The murder seems spontaneous and unplanned, because it is a huge mess with tons of evidence that was very easily solved.

Speculating, Likely they got into an argument, whether about the divorce or the child support or maybe the kids told him something that their mother had said that he didn’t like. So they fight, and he is enraged, and he is physically attacking her escalating all the way to killing her with blood everywhere.

Then he washed all the blood off himself and threw her in the back of his vehicle with kids in their car seats and drive towards Victorville?! Horrific

Antelope Valley, where he dumped her, is an hour and a half from Simi Valley along the two hour route to Victorville. If it was all unplanned, and carried out on Thursday on the drive to Victorville, then he likely had his phone on him. If that is how the body was located in a “very remote location” within days.

Moo

 

[vls12345]

I'm glad too. I absolutely hate it when the killer's family has the kids in their possession and the victim's family has to fight to get them.

I think regardless of who would have had the kids, the kids would have had to have some official process to get them into Rachel's family's care. It's just got to be so hard & more stress on top of everything else.

Not knowing the situation with the ex or about his family, I feel for his parents (the grandparents of Rachel's kids). They are victims too. They have effectively lost their son (imo), as well as likely access to their grandkids.

MOO.

 

[Knox]

INMATE INFO​

Name:
Zarbab Ali
DOB:
01/04/1997
Age:
25
Sex:
Male
Height:
5' 10"
Weight:
215

Race:
Z
Eyes:
BRO
Hair Color:
BLK
Occupation:
math teacher
Place of Birth:
Pakistan
Scheduled Release Date:
N/A

ARREST INFO​

Arrest Date:
Nov 13 2022 1:03PM
Booked Date:
Nov 14 2022 2:32AM
Agency:
SVPD
Booking #:
2159573
Report #:
22-43436

BAIL INFO​

Total Bail Amount: $510,000.00

Eligible for Release: YES

Note: Certain violent and serious offenses may require a hearing in open court before the inmate can be released on bail.

CURRENT HOUSING LOCATION​

Housing Location	Visiting Allowed	Facility	Facility Address	Facility Phone
MJ-1-MB	NO on	Ventura County Main Jail	800 S. Victoria Ave Ventura, CA 93009	(805) 654-3335

Note: Housing location is subject to change.

NEXT COURT DATE​

Case #	Court Date	Court Location	Court Address
2022029127	Nov 15 2022 1:30PM	Ventura County Superior Court- Court Room: 13	800 S. Victoria Ave. Ventura, CA 93009

CASE INFORMATION​

Case #	Booking Authority	Court Date	Bail Amount	Charges/Offense	Link to Courts
2022029127	Probable Cause	Room:	$510000.00	CodeC Sec:187(a) Level:Felony Murder	Superior Court Case Inquiry

 

[Warwick7]

Rachel's Father Chris is a retired FBI Special Agent, so I hope this is helpful to finding Rachel.

In the video at link, Chris says "lot's of blood on the floor, walls and ceiling". Rachel's Mom says "I know they (kids) had been picked up by their Father earlier in the day, because Rachel had texted me when that occurred".

Missing mother of 2 found dead, ex-husband named primary suspect: Police

Rachel Castillo disappeared last week under suspicious circumstances from her home in Simi Valley, California.

abcnews.go.com

What a terrifying situation, so hard to believe with the level of violence in the apartment, no one heard or saw anything. Look at the configuration in the video, common walls and two story.

Also curious why Rachel texted her Mom when pick-up occurred, was that normal or was there a reason for that?

BBM
Blood: floors, walls, ceiling...yow!

Reminds me of Patrick Frazee, then wheeled her ot in a tote.

 

[curiouser_]

She was studying to be a family and marriage therapist. What a loss!

Rachel Castillo: Remains of missing California mother found, ex-husband arrested | CNN

Human remains found in a remote California location are those of a mother reported missing Thursday after a “significant amount of blood” was seen in her home, authorities say.

amp.cnn.com

This is so horrible. What the...

 

[curiouser_]

Also can't believe how WRONG I was about this...going off of how the family regarded the ex-husband, I did NOT see this coming. Wow. I'm rusty.

 

[Warwick7]

Yes. I don’t believe the father of her children did this.

I know I have a lot of pages yet to read, but stats always say the husband is the most likely. MOO I bet it's the kid's dad.

 

[Tracey4AU]

Also can't believe how WRONG I was about this...going off of how the family regarded the ex-husband, I did NOT see this coming. Wow. I'm rusty.

I think many people didn't. You're good.

 

[cocomod]

I didn't follow along on WS during the weekend, but read about her "abduction" and the blood in news articles. Even though the family didn't suspect him, unfortunately, I did (statistics are just so likely). Plus, the "last person to see her" put him in a bad light with me.

I am so very glad LE were quick on this one! I am so very sad because it is so senseless!! Her poor children lost their mother and father - as so often happens. I will be interested to see how they caught him. I am guessing video surveillance paired with cell phone data.

I am hesitant to believe that "others" weren't at least a little suspicious about him. The fact that he was visiting family, they probably would know his body language and may have seen some signs.

My very, very big hope is that the children did NOT witness this!

 

[Jacquelinexjess]

About 3 days ago victor valley news on instagram posted a sketch of a women, her body was found and her height was of hers also. I wonder if the two were related. It was the same day they announced she was missing they never responded to the comment

 

[vls12345]

About 3 days ago victor valley news on instagram posted a sketch of a women, her body was found and her height was of hers also. I wonder if the two were related. It was the same day they announced she was missing they never responded to the comment

Do you mean this story? If so, not Rachel. (That story is in relation to an unknown person found May 23, 2022.)

Coroner's office Requesting Help Identifying an Unknown Woman Found Dead in Barstow - Victor Valley News

BARSTOW, Calif. (VVNG.com) — The San Bernardino County Coroner’s office released a sketch of a woman recently found dead in hopes that someone from the public will be able to identify her. On Monday, May 23, 2022, at 11:00 a.m., Sheriff’s Coroner Division personnel responded with the California...

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There's a separate thread for that person:

Resolved - CA - Barstow, WhtFem Adult, Found inside a tent at transient camp, Medium length brown hair, Past neck surgery, May'22 - namus removed

Not much info. https://local.nixle.com/alert/9754413/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/detectives-looking-to-identify-woman-found-dead-at-barstow-homeless-encampment/ Sketch "The woman was found on May 23, inside a tent at a camp located in a ravine near the westbound 40 Freeway in Barstow."...

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[Knox]

About 3 days ago victor valley news on instagram posted a sketch of a women, her body was found and her height was of hers also. I wonder if the two were related. It was the same day they announced she was missing they never responded to the comment

The woman found in a tent in a transient camp in Barstow, not related. Coroner’s office Requesting Help Identifying an Unknown Woman Found Dead in Barstow

 

[curiouser_]

I know I have a lot of pages yet to read, but stats always say the husband is the most likely. MOO I bet it's the kid's dad.

I was wrong.

 

[SandyQLS]

I think regardless of who would have had the kids, the kids would have had to have some official process to get them into Rachel's family's care. It's just got to be so hard & more stress on top of everything else.

Not knowing the situation with the ex or about his family, I feel for his parents (the grandparents of Rachel's kids). They are victims too. They have effectively lost their son (imo), as well as likely access to their grandkids.

MOO.

re: his parents per KTLA:

Ex-husband arrested in connection with disappearance and death of 25-year-old Simi Valley mother

Authorities with the Simi Valley Police Department announced the arrest of a man in connection with the disappearance and death of 25-year-old Rachel Castillo. Castillo’s remains were di…

ktla.com

"...Zarbab Ali, 25 of Hawthorne, was arrested Sunday afternoon at his parent’s home in Victorville “in connection to Rachel’s homicide,” police said in a news release ...."

Did he kill her, then dumped the body on the way to his parents house?

 

[deoneta]

I am wondering if the husband gave up the location of her remains because she was found so quickly. MOO

 

[Dawookie]

I wonder if his vehicle had GPS in it? Or they were able to track his phone? Would he be stupid enough to take his phone along when he disposed of her?

If he went to his parents right after, he probably had his phone with him. Not all that up to date on phone tracking, would they be able to pinpoint an area based off pings?