BROAD CHANNEL, Queens (WABC) — Police say they have arrested the husband of the victim whose remains were discovered last week in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Broad Channel.
New York City police said Wednesday that 75-year-old Rupchand Simboo killed his wife, and then reported her missing last July.
The victim, 34-year-old Salisha Ali, was last seen alive by a relative during a Facetime call on July 13.
The same day, Simboo filed a missing persons report. Detectives now believe he did that to cover his tracks after killing her.
The two met in 2023 when she lived in Trinidad. She moved back to Queens in 2024 to live with him and they married that same year.
After her torso was discovered in Queens last September, family members in Trinidad feared the worst.
The discovery of her head in another part of Queens last Thursday confirmed their worst fears.
Simboo was arrested Wednesday on charges of murder, obstructing governmental administration and tampering with physical evidence.
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