US EditionCommon-Law Partner of Missing Hamilton Woman Charged with Second-Degree Murder
HAMILTON, ONTARIO, JUN 23 – Jeffrey Smith faces second-degree murder and indignity charges after partial remains of Shalini Singh were found in a landfill following a months-long investigation, police said.
- On June 20, Hamilton authorities took Jeffery Smith, 42, who was in a common-law relationship with Shalini Singh, into custody and formally accused him of second-degree murder and disrespecting human remains.
- Shalini Singh, a 40-year-old woman, was reported missing by her family on December 10, 2024, after last being seen and speaking to her mother on December 4 at her downtown Hamilton apartment.
- Police conducted an extensive search at the Glanbrook Landfill near Hamilton starting February 24, 2025, where partial human remains were found on May 21 and later confirmed by DNA to be Singh's.
- Daryl Reid announced at a news conference in Hamilton that evidence suggests Singh was killed in her apartment and her body disposed of through the building's garbage disposal system, adding the landfill search will continue until June 27.
- The investigation is ongoing with police not seeking other suspects, Singh’s family has been notified and is receiving support, and the case may approach resolution after years of waiting for answers.
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