Overview
- Rupchand Simboo was arrested March 11 and charged with second-degree murder, obstructing governmental administration, and evidence tampering; he pleaded not guilty and remains in custody ahead of a court date next week.
- Sanitation workers found a torso near 149th Avenue and Brookville Boulevard in September, and additional remains, including a head, were recovered March 5 in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge; the Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.
- Prosecutors say Life360 location data from Simboo’s phone placed him at the wildlife refuge on July 14 and near the Idlewild Park site soon after his wife was last seen July 13.
- Investigators executing search warrants reported finding rope and plastic wrap in the couple’s South Ozone Park home consistent with materials used to bind the torso.
- Ali met Simboo in Trinidad before moving to Queens and marrying in 2024, and police say he filed a missing-person report the day she was last seen as the investigation continues.