The wealthy tech CEO accused of murdering his estranged wife amid a multimillion-dollar divorce battle battle is facing the death penalty after prosecutors said he had been “lying in wait” to commit the shocking crime. 3 Gordon Abas Goodarzi appears in San Bernardino Superior Court for arraignment for murder on Jan. 27, 2026, accused of killing his estranged wife for financial gain. Frederick M. Brown for California Post3 Aryan Papoli, who grew up in Iran, met her husband Goodzari nearly three decades ago in California’s South Bay. The court filing stated that Goodarzi “killed the victim by means of lying in wait.”“He’s stunned,” Goodarzi’s defense attorney Scott Simmons told the Post. Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters