{"id":149333,"date":"2026-01-25T22:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/149333\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T22:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:49:12","slug":"southern-california-man-66-charged-with-murder-in-connection-with-estranged-wifes-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/149333\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California man, 66, charged with murder in connection with estranged wife\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Bernardino County District Attorney\u2019s Office has filed a murder charge against a man in the death of his estranged wife.<\/p>\n

Gordon Abas Goodarzi is charged with murder with aggravating circumstances, the DA\u2019s\u00a0office announced Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 66-year-old was arrested in connection with the death of his estranged wife,\u00a058-year-old Newport Beach resident\u00a0Aryan\u00a0Papoli. She had been reported missing before her body was found 75 feet down an embankment in Crestline, a community in the\u00a0San Bernardino Mountains,\u00a0on\u00a0Nov. 18, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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She\u00a0remained\u00a0unidentified until Dec. 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"San<\/a><\/p>\n

San Bernardino authorities released a sketch of an unidentified woman found deceased near a Crestline mountainside, asking the public for help in identifying her. She was eventually identified as Aryan Papoli. (SBSD)<\/p>\n

Goodarzi, a resident of Rolling Hills,\u00a0was arrested on Friday<\/a>,\u00a0two months\u00a0and one week\u00a0after the discovery of\u00a0Papoli\u2019s\u00a0body.<\/p>\n

The circumstances surrounding Papoli\u2019s death, including what\u00a0led up\u00a0to it and how\u00a0her\u00a0body ended up in Crestline,\u00a0have not been\u00a0disclosed.<\/p>\n

Per the DA\u2019s office,\u00a0Goodarzi\u2019s arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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