Dismembered remains found in Queens: T&T man, 75, arrested for murder of 34-year-old Guyanese wife

The 75-year-old Trinidadian husband of Guyanese-born Salisha Ali, whose remains were discovered last week in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Broad Channel, has been arrested and indicted for murder.

According to ABC News, the city of New York arrested Rupchand Simboo for killing his wife and then reporting her missing last July.
The victim, 34-year-old Ali, was last seen alive by a relative during a FaceTime call on July 13, 2025. The same day, Simboo filed a missing person’s report.
Detectives now believe he did that to cover his tracks after killing her. The couple met in 2023 when she lived in Trinidad. She moved back to Queens, New York, in 2024 to live with him, and they married that same year.
Police sources told Eyewitness News that the man was the woman’s immigration sponsor. 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 on charges of murder, obstructing Governmental administration, and tampering with physical evidence.
Relatives of Simboo showed up to the house Wednesday evening and refused to offer any comment, but one of them did say they have just as many questions as we do. For months, neighbours have been haunted by what happened to Ali.
Eyewitness News asked neighbours if they noticed anything alarming about the couple’s relationship. “They would sit outside on the porch in the summertime. Sometimes we’d see them having a beer and just hanging out, playing music, but other than that, they seemed normal to me,” one neighbour said.
Hasiena Dwarika had no idea she was living across the street from an accused killer, but she started to wonder.
“When we gathered a little bit of info on what happened, we were like, ‘Okay, this guy is scary,’ but then for a while, everything went silent, and we saw him living his life as normal, so we just thought maybe he wasn’t found guilty,” Dwarika said.
Dwarika said she now feels somewhat relieved.
“Oh well, yes, he’s not just – I have a young daughter and am trying to raise a family and don’t want to live across from someone as dangerous as him,” she said.