Days after the head of a woman who was initially believed to be Guyanese was discovered dumped in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York and month after the rest of her body was discovered in another section of Queens, the Police in New York have arrested and charged the woman’s 75-year-old husband.

The woman has been positively identified as 34-year-old Salisha Ali. The husband’s name has been given as Rupchand Simboo.

The Guyanese woman was last seen alive on the 13th July, 2025. A missing person’s report was filed by her husband on the same day. In September, the woman’s torso was discovered by sanitation workers in a section of Queens. Last weekend, her head was discovered in the wildlife park. The woman was identified by a number of unique tattoos on her body.

The husband was arrested and charged on Wednesday after a medical examiner determined that a sharp instrument had been used to murder her.

Police had always questioned the man’s story about the woman going missing from their home. It is unclear what led to the murder.

The two met in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023 and Ali moved to New York in 2024 to be with Simboo. They got married the same year and have been living in Queens, New York since then.

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