Zohreh Sadeghi: Podcaster and husband shot dead at home by trucker who stalked her for 18 months
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: Podcaster Zohreh Sadeghi and his husband Mohammed Naseri were shot to death by a Texas trucker named Ramin Khodakaramrezaei on March 9, 2023, after climbing and breaking into their house.
Around 2 am, when the trucker broke into Sadeghi's $1.6 million home, it is believed that an argument followed between the two, following which, Khodakaramrezaei took out his gun and shot Sadeghi. Her husband, Naseri, heard gunshots and came to the room, where he was also shot by the truck driver before turning his gun on himself. Sadeghi's mother escaped and called 911, according to a report by KOMO.
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According to the outlet, when the police arrived at Sadeghi's house in Redmond, Washington, they found Naseri lying on the front lawn with a gunshot wound to the chest. They gave him CPR, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Sadeghi and Khodakaramrezaei were found dead inside the home.
Obsession & stalking
Sadeghi was quite a prominent podcaster. She has a huge fan base with whom she shares and promotes holistic Indian medicine. According to Redmond Police, Khodakaramrezaei was a listener of Sadeghi and became so obsessed with her that he started stalking her so much that the podcaster filed a restraining order against him.
How Khodakaramrezaei made the journey to Sadeghi's house is still unclear. It is not known whether he was in the area or if he drove from Texas to Washington just to attack her. Redmond Police could not confirm whether the driver had a criminal background or whether he legally obtained his weapon.
The police statement
Redmond police spokeswoman Jill Green told NBC News, the assailant died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he had been stalking the podcaster for "many months".
"Apparently he got to know her because of a podcast that she was doing, and they struck up a kind of friendship and talked. But then he began to just send a lot of messages to the point that she decided to disengage and talk to us and our investigators about getting a restraining order," said Green.
She further added that police could not serve the trucker with the order.