A California man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury convicted him of murdering his estranged wife while he hid in her apartment and waited for her to come out of her bedroom before he pounced and stabbed her to death.

Zarbab Ali, 28, was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Rachel Castillo, according to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office . Ali will receive a mandatory life prison sentence during a hearing scheduled for Jan. 12.

Castillo's family reported her missing on Nov. 10, 2022, after her sister came home to their Simi Valley apartment and found a large amount of blood.

"As soon as I saw the blood, that's when I realized something wasn't right," her sister told local ABC affiliate KABC at the time . "So I called my mo

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