A judge sentenced a California man to life in prison without the possibility of parole after he was convicted of murdering his estranged wife, whose body was found buried in a shallow grave in the desert in November 2022, according to authorities. Zarbab Ali, of Hawthorne, was sentenced for first-degree murder in the death of Rachel Castillo, the mother of their two children, on Monday, January 12, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office said in a news release shared that day.