California Tech CEO and EV Pioneer Arrested, Accused of Murder (sfgate.com) 25
California tech executive Gordon Abas Goodarzi has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of his estranged wife, Aryan Papoli, whose body was found last November down an embankment off Highway 138 in San Bernardino County. Authorities initially believed the injuries were consistent with a fall, but the case was later ruled a homicide following a months-long investigation by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. "Arrest records show that Goodarzi is currently in custody without bail and faces a murder charge and that he is set to appear in court Monday," reports SFGATE. From the report: Goodarzi, a California tech executive with ties to BattleBots, is publicly listed as the president and CEO of Magmotor, which describes itself as a "proud" supporter of the combat robot community and claims to support several teams each year. According to his LinkedIn, Goodarzi also previously worked as a research affiliate at UCLA's B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences since 2023.
Originally from Iran, Papoli and Goodarzi settled in Los Angeles County's verdant Rolling Hills community because of its tranquility and natural beauty, Papoli previously wrote. [...] She described her husband, Goodarzi, as a pioneer in the world of renewable energy, developing both electric and hybrid vehicles since the 1980s. According to Papoli, he also worked as the technical director at Hughes Electronics, which developed and manufactured the EV1, an early iteration of the electric car, in the 1990s.
Originally from Iran, Papoli and Goodarzi settled in Los Angeles County's verdant Rolling Hills community because of its tranquility and natural beauty, Papoli previously wrote. [...] She described her husband, Goodarzi, as a pioneer in the world of renewable energy, developing both electric and hybrid vehicles since the 1980s. According to Papoli, he also worked as the technical director at Hughes Electronics, which developed and manufactured the EV1, an early iteration of the electric car, in the 1990s.
Hans Reiser, anyone? (Score:4, Funny)
Check his nightstand for books on how to kill your wife.
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Thought of that too (Score:3)
And more recently on Rich Nerds Behaving Badly, Nima Momeni [abc7news.com] chimed in.
He's from Iran (Score:1, Flamebait)
Re:He's from Iran (Score:5, Insightful)
In Iran, I don't think you need to hide the fact that you've murdered your wife - just claim she didn't defer to you enough, or she talked to a man who wasn't a family member.
You know, like on the Project 2025 "extras" wishlist.
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Re:He's from Iran (Score:4, Interesting)
"what about us?" is the worst response to atrocity. That justifies it. Just don't do it. Don't justify atrocity.
If you insist on bringing up other issues, please frame it differently: "yes, but please don't forget about these other issues we should be fighting".
And really? Tens of thousands? So there are like a thousand enslaved women per state? I know this actually happens but did you get that number from a political ad or is it actually from credible sociological research?
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You're right, my comment was totally out of line. I'm so used to seeing "yeah but what about X" (where X is some sort of trap) that I didn't pay attention to the context of your comment
And thank you for providing the data. It appears their definitions don't agree with yours. Your statement says "unwilling", but the paper you cited says monetary exchange with no other ethical beach is sufficient to meet the definition of "trafficking". My read is that you described a scenario that is not implied by the evide
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Btw, I don't appreciate being put on the side of pimps and organized crime. But it's such BS when people read a report like this and go on to write horrifying stuff that's actually not implied by the report.
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The regime in Iran is totalitarian and looks down on women.
The population is not.
You might get away killing your wife in a court ... but then again, some cultures do some things right: the relatives take the cause ...
You do not get away in Iran by murdering a woman - just because. You know very little about that country.
Btw. which country in the world has the highest percentage of women with an academic title?
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I don’t care where you are from. Iran, France, it doesn’t bother me. I’m very modern.
So many mistakes for one investigation (Score:3)
They originally thought she was 25 to 35, and she's 58. They originally thought it was an accident, and now think it is murder... by a guy who is basically a retiree.
Murder for hire, I could maybe believe, but in the absence of a lot more detail, this is kind of stretching credibility here.
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They originally thought she was 25 to 35, and she's 58.
It can be hard to tell if you've got the resources for a bit of good cosmetic surgery.
They originally thought it was an accident, and now think it is murder... by a guy who is basically a retiree.
Yeah, that is strange. Given that there's no love lost between Rivian and Telsa [proskauer.com], I think we should consider the possibility that Musk paid someone to kill his wife and set him up.
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Yeah, that is strange. Given that there's no love lost between Rivian and Telsa [proskauer.com], I think we should consider the possibility that Musk paid someone to kill his wife and set him up.
Not sure what Rivian has to do with it? The article says he was involved with electronics for EV-1, not Rivian. That's an electric car that was abandoned 27 years ago, and never was a rival to Tesla.
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It's far easier to grab the low hanging fruit than do an actual investigation. Promotions for everyone!
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Murder for hire, I could maybe believe, but in the absence of a lot more detail, this is kind of stretching credibility here.
It's almost like the process of investigation allows you to refine and confirm something that may not be known with certainty... I'm glad you're not involved in investigations, or we'll only ever be stuck with your gutfeels.
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They originally thought she was 25 to 35, and she's 58.
Maybe she was just well preserved or had some work done.
They originally thought it was an accident, and now think it is murder...
Well, I'm glad they sorted it out. Jack Klugman would be proud. Falls off cliffs do happen so that wasn't a crazy conclusion.
I'm curious though: what exactly did they find to indicate homicide? I wonder what evidence was.
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Murder for hire, I could maybe believe, but in the absence of a lot more detail, this is kind of stretching credibility here.
Well he was big into the BattleBot scene so.... murderbot?
Oh great, now I find this out? (Score:4, Informative)
I only just installed a great journaling file system on my EV1's infotainment system to make it snappy and was all set to drive it around proudly.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20... [archive.org]
If Goodarzi Was ICE No Charges Would be Filed (Score:1)
Hans Reiser (Score:2)
This brings back memories of Hans Reiser [slashdot.org], although I don't think Goodarzi will be sending a letter to Slashdot.
I wonder (Score:2)
Goodarzi (Score:2)
He was a good arzi. I wonder what a bad arzi looks like.