Body of Simi Valley mother discovered; ex-husband arrested as primary suspect

Police on Sunday discovered the stays of a younger mom who vanished from her house in Simi Valley final week, and her ex-husband was arrested as the primary suspect.

Detectives discovered the physique of Rachel Castillo, 25, in a distant location in Antelope Valley, the Simi Valley Police Department stated.

Castillo’s ex-husband, 25-year-old Hawthorne resident Zarbab Ali, was arrested at his guardian’s house in Victorville in connection along with her loss of life, police stated in a news release.

“This investigation has rapidly evolved over the past few days,” police stated. “This case is still under investigation and some details cannot be released due to legal and investigative reasons.”

Castillo disappeared Thursday, forsaking her keys, cellphone, automobile and “a significant amount of blood,” police stated. Worried kin summoned authorities that night after her sister found the disturbing scene on the condominium they shared on Country Club Drive.

Castillo had been final seen by her sister, Emily, at 9:30 a.m. Thursday on the condominium the place they lived with Castillo’s two sons, ages 2 and 5.

Her mom, Robyn Castillo, stated the boys’ father got here to select them up within the morning and that her daughter was purported to spend the day working from house at her job as a healthcare navigator for a social companies company. When Emily Castillo returned house round 8:30 p.m Thursday, her sister was gone and there was a considerable amount of blood inside the house.

Castillo was finding out for a grasp’s diploma in scientific psychology at Pepperdine University’s on-line program with plans to turn out to be a wedding and household therapist.