SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – The body of a missing Simi Valley woman was found in Antelope Valley and her ex-husband has been arrested in connection with her death.
Rachel Castillo, 25, was last seen on Nov. 10 after she dropped off her children with her ex-husband. Her sister came home to the house they shared where there was an extraordinary amount of blood and Castillo’s personal items were left behind, including her car.
“This afternoon, detectives located human remains of an adult female in a remote location within the Antelope Valley. The Detectives, along with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the remains as Rachel Castillo,” the department said in a press release Sunday.
Castillo’s ex-husband, 25-year-old Zarbab Ali of Hawthorne was arrested at his parent’s home in Victorville Sunday in connection with Castillo’s murder.
