Madman’s fatal call
Stalked podcaster
A Texas trucker who fatally shot a popular podcast host and her husband in a murder-suicide in a Seattle suburb Friday made hundreds of “vulgar and angry” calls to the victims, leaving more than 20 messages a day, according to a report.
Ramin Khodakaramrezaei, 38, called podcaster Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, more than 10 times a day and left more than 20 daily messages for her husband, Mohammed Naseri, 35, according to an order of protection.
The podcaster said that two messages she received late last month were “vulgar, angry and threatening,” according to the protection order filed March 3.
Khodakaramrezaei “has bursts of anger” and his “delusions make me fear for my life and the lives of my loved ones,” Sadeghi wrote in her petition for the protection order.
She had first told Khodakaramrezaei to leave her alone Nov. 6, 2022, according to the protection order. Throughout November and December, he continued to call her from various numbers, including from nearby hotels. Sadeghi blocked all private callers in an effort to discourage the stalker, she said in the filing.
The protection order also stated that Sadeghi recently had back surgery, which limited her mobility and made her fearful about being able to “respond to a crisis.”
“All of this has caused me great distress and pain, and now I am suffering from a deep-seated fear for my safety. It has taken a toll on my recovery,” he wrote. “I haven’t been able to open the curtains in my bedroom out of fear of him being outside watching me.”
On Dec. 20, 2022, Khodakaramrezaei arrived at the couple’s home to deliver flowers after Naseri had left, prompting Sadeghi to call the police, who also collected a scarf he gave her last month as evidence, the filing says.
Early Friday morning, the crazed fan climbed through a window of the couple’s suburban home in Redmond, about 15 miles east of Seattle, and opened fire, killing Sadeghi and Naseri before turning the gun on himself, according to police.
Sadeghi’s mother, who was also at the home, managed to escape to a neighbor’s house to call police.