In the quiet suburban community of Redmond, Washington, the life of Zohreh Sadeghi, a 33-year-old Caucasian female, came to a tragic and violent end on March 10, 2023. A software engineer and podcaster, she had built a life with her husband, Mohammad Milad Naseri, 35, after the couple moved to the United States from Iran. Their peaceful existence, however, had been unraveling for months due to the persistent and escalating harassment from a man she had befriended online.
The ordeal began after Ramin Khodakaramrezaei, a 38-year-old truck driver from Texas, became a listener of Sadeghi's podcast, which focused on helping Farsi speakers find jobs in the tech industry. They connected through the social media app Clubhouse, and what started as a friendship devolved into a relentless stalking campaign. Khodakaramrezaei's obsession grew, leading to incessant, threatening messages and at one point, over 100 calls in a single day. Fearing for her safety, Sadeghi took legal steps, successfully obtaining a protection order against him just a week before her death. However, due to his transient profession, police were unable to locate Khodakaramrezaei to serve him the papers.
In the early morning hours of that Friday, the situation reached its devastating conclusion. Khodakaramrezaei broke into the couple's home through a bedroom window. Sadeghi's mother, who was living with them, managed to escape to a neighbor's house and call 911 at approximately 1:45 a.m. When police arrived, they found a horrific scene. Naseri had collapsed in the doorway with a gunshot wound and died at the scene despite officers' attempts to perform CPR.
Inside the residence, law enforcement discovered the bodies of Zohreh Sadeghi and her stalker, Ramin Khodakaramrezaei. Both had died from gunshot wounds. Investigators determined that Khodakaramrezaei had shot and killed Sadeghi before turning the gun on himself, ending the terrifying ordeal in a murder-suicide. No arrests were made as the sole suspect was deceased at the scene. The incident was described by the Redmond Police Chief as the "absolute worst outcome for a stalking case" and every victim's worst nightmare.
