Castillo was enrolled in Pepperdine University's graduate program and working toward becoming a marriage and family therapist
Posted on 11/24/2025 2:26:05 PM PST by DFG
A twisted husband hid in his ex-partner's apartment before murdering her in cold blood, burying her body, then digging it up one last time to rape her corpse.
Zarbab Ali, 28, from Hawthorne, Los Angeles, was found guilty of the murder of his estranged wife, Rachel Castillo, 25, who was the mother of their two young sons.
Ali had previously pleaded guilty to the felony charge of defilement of human remains after admitting his rabid jealousy caused him to kill Castillo.
The horrific brutality occurred on November 10, 2022. Ali picked up his sons from Castillo's Simi Valley apartment earlier that day.
He returned that night armed with a kitchen knife he bought days prior, and lay in wait.
Ali confessed to attacking Castillo as she left her bedroom, stabbing her three times.
While he initially tried to minimize the violence, he later admitted the murder was much more gruesome than he let on: 'In reality, she put up a fight. I was a brute. I pushed her down, and it was gory beyond belief.'
Castillo's family reported her missing that same day, shortly after her sister arrived at their Simi Valley apartment and discovered a large amount of blood.
Following the murder, Ali wrapped Rachel's body in a blanket, cleaned the scene, and drove to a remote desert area in Antelope Valley, where he buried her in a shallow grave.
Ali's testimony on November 17, 2024, revealed the full extent of the atrocity.
He admitted to returning the next day, digging up the body, and raping her dead corpse.
He told detectives: 'Just to confirm that I am a monster, I raped her.' He added, chillingly, 'If I didn't commit to being a monster, then she would have died for no reason.'
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Castillo was enrolled in Pepperdine University's graduate program and working toward becoming a marriage and family therapist
Remind me to celebrate the diversity....I keep forgetting.
Women are told, but they will not listen.
No. They were separated, she was sleeping with other men, and he got insanely jealous. The story doesn’t indicate why they had separated or whether she was cheating on him prior to the separation.
Islam...Religion of Peace.
- George W. Bush
The Muslim call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.
Barack Obama
Marriage and family counseling. Nice. I bet he is full of fantastical advice about how families should interact.
Marriage and family counseling. Nice. I bet he is full of fantastical advice about how families should interact.
First ballot wood-chipper candidate.
Good thing this didn’t happen in Chicago. Probably be on the streets again, because you know, he was just turning his life around....
Remember...it is our strength. /s
IIRC, a fatwa was issued during the heady days of Barry the Closet Jihadi that said a man can rape his wife’s corpse after she dies.
Yes, I believe there was a Zarbab Ali on the Mayflower, or maybe it the Fortune or Sparrow which arrived a year later.
But regardless, most definitely, Mr. Zarbab Ali is most certainly American. No doubt about it at all.....
/s
Zarbab Ali. Oops. Protected species. He’ll skate.
Wait a minute. He is non-white and we have all been assured by the TV commercials that a white woman can only find true happiness with a non-white male. Say it ain’t so.
Egypt’s Controversial, Farewell Intercourse Law Sparks Fury
Apr 27 2012
London: Egypt’s new Islamist-dominated parliament is preparing to introduce a controversial law that would allow husbands to have sex with their deceased wives up to six hours after death.
Known as the “farewell Intercourse” law, the measure is being championed as part of a raft of reforms introduced by the parliament that will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 for girls.
Egypt’s National Council for Women is campaigning against the changes, saying that ‘marginalising and undermining the status of women would negatively affect the country’s human development’.
Dr Mervat al-Talawi, head of the NCW, wrote to the Egyptian People’s Assembly Speaker Dr Saad al-Katatni addressing her concerns.
Egyptian journalist Amro Abdul Samea reported in the al-Ahram newspaper that Talawi complained about the legislations, which are being introduced under ‘alleged religious interpretations’. The subject of a husband having sex with his dead wife arose in May 2011 when Moroccan cleric Zamzami Abdul Bari said marriage remains valid even after death.
He also said that women have the right to have sex with her dead husband, alarabiya.net reported.
It seems the topic, which has sparked outrage, has now been picked up on by Egypt’s politicians.
TV anchor Jaber al-Qarmouty slammed the notion of letting a husband have sex with his wife after her death under the so-called ‘Farewell Intercourse’ draft law.
“This is very serious. Could the panel that will draft the Egyptian constitution possibly discuss such issues? Did Abdul Samea see by his own eyes the text of the message sent by Talawi to Katatni?” the Daily Mail quoted him as telling the website.
“This is unbelievable. It is a catastrophe to give the husband such a right! Has the Islamic trend reached that far? Is there really a draft law in this regard? Are there people thinking in this manner?” he added.
http://www.indianexpress.com/story-print/942323/
Islam...Religion of Peace.
- George W. Bush
Man how I hated him for saying that that day.
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