THE husband of a killed podcaster stumbled out of the doorway of their home before collapsing after a crazed stalker broke in and opened fire, police have revealed.
Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, and her 35-year-old husband Milad Naseri were allegedly shot to death by Ramin Khodakaramrezaei inside their Redmond, Washington, home in a devastating murder-suicide.
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The suspect began stalking Sadeghi after the two met through a chatroom linked to her podcast which helped Farsi-speaking people find work in the tech industry.
Police had been trying to track him down and give him a restraining order a week before the unthinkable occurred.
On March 10, the podcaster's mother escaped the home at around 1.45am and called Redmond police for help.
Authorities arrived and watched in horror as an injured Naseri crumbled in the doorway of the home, prompting them to perform life-saving measures.
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Sadly, he died at the scene, according to ABC affiliate station KOMO.
Deeper inside the home, cops said they found Sadeghi and Khodakaramrezaei, 38, both dead from apparent gunshot wounds.
He was able to evade authorities as he constantly traveled while working as a trucker, Redmond Police Chief Darrell Lowe said
According to Lowe, the sad situation was "the worst possible outcome."
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"Our hearts go out to the victim's family and the Redmond community following this horrific tragedy," Lowe said.
RED FLAGS
The suspect befriended the podcaster in 2021 through the social audio app Clubhouse.
The two even met in person last summer until he began to show concerning signs, Lowe said.
Sadeghi first told the suspect to leave her alone on November 6, according to the protection order.
Khodakaramrezaei had been calling Sadeghi dozens of times to profess his love for her, despite the fact that she never gave him her contact information.
At one point, he called the woman 100 times in one day, prompting her to block all private numbers from their home, the protection order states.
On December 20, the suspect waited until Sadeghi's husband had left their home to show up at the front door with flowers.
The terrified woman then called the police.
She told them he would leave sick messages threatening that he would never stop calling and said the "only thing that will make all this stop is if he killed himself or died."
The gifts didn't stop at the flowers, as he reportedly hired a jazz band to play outside their home for two hours straight but canceled it, court docs show.
"Khodakaramrezaei has bursts of anger and is completely delusional," the gone-too-soon podcaster said according to the protection order.
"These delusions make me fear for my life and the lives of my loved ones."
At the time of the attack, Sadeghi was recovering from back surgery and had limited mobility, according to local reports.
She said in the protection order she was worried her condition would restrict her ability 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," she wrote.
"It has taken a toll on my recovery.
"I haven't been able to open the curtains in my bedroom out of fear of him being outside watching me."
Lowe stressed that a restraining order is just a piece of paper that allows police to take action if it is violated.
According to her LinkedIn, Sadeghi was a software engineer at a mortgage services company before it closed in November.
She was also in a PhD program at the University of Washington Tacoma.
Her husband Nasiri was working at Amazon when he was fatally shot, KOMO reports.
The couple married in 2011 after moving to the U.S. together.
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Both were outwardly progressive online and advocated for women's rights in Iran.
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