Landfill search for missing Hamilton woman Shalini Singh extended 2 weeks, police say

Samantha Beattie · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 11, 2025 11:33 AM EDT | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago

The hunt through a Hamilton landfill for the remains of missing pistillate Shalini Singh volition beryllium extended by 2 weeks, says the pb detective.

Investigators began combing done the Glanbrook site successful precocious February and planned to bash truthful until April 18, said Det. Sgt. Daryl Reid successful a video update Thursday. 

He said they've extended the hunt by 2 much weeks.

"We stay committed to uncovering Shalini and providing answers to her household and loved ones," Reid said. 

Singh's household past heard from her connected Dec. 4 and reported her missing to constabulary days later. Based connected concerning accusation initially gathered, the homicide portion took implicit the probe aboriginal on. 

"Evidence suggests she whitethorn person been met with foul play wrong her flat and aboriginal removed from the gathering done the garbage disposal system," Reid said. 

Singh's parent Anita Singh told CBC Hamilton successful February that her daughter, 40, sounded upset during their past telephone call.

"She conscionable kept saying, 'I emotion you, mom, I emotion you mom, I emotion you, mom.' And I said, 'What's the substance with you, Shalini? Are you each right?'" Anita said. "And she hung up all of a sudden." 

Watch | Singh's begetter says hunt for missing girl has been 'sheer torture': 

In the days pursuing her disappearance, constabulary tracked down Shalini's boyfriend, who she lived with. As of precocious February, her boyfriend hadn't co-operated with the investigation, constabulary said. Investigators person declined to accidental if he's a fishy oregon idiosyncratic of interest, and person not released his name. 

Singh worked successful intelligence health

Police person reviewed hundreds of hours of video footage from Singh's downtown flat building, which they said she was not seen leaving aft Dec. 4.

Detectives traced the building's garbage to Hamilton's Kenora Waste Transfer Station, which they searched connected Dec. 15, Reid said astatine a quality league successful February. Nothing was located there, arsenic the garbage from the flat gathering had already been moved to the Glanbrook landfill. 

There's an country astatine the Glanbrook site, astir 800 quadrate metres, that constabulary are focused on. 

"Hamilton constabulary volition proceed to measure if further extensions are required," the work said successful a connection Thursday. 

Singh's household declined to remark astatine this time. 

Her household says she was intelligent, cheerful and kind — the benignant of idiosyncratic who is anxious to assistance anyone who needs it. She was moving arsenic a intelligence wellness situation idiosyncratic successful the Halton region for the Canadian Mental Health Association. 

Anyone with accusation astir Singh's whereabouts is asked to interaction constabulary oregon Crime Stoppers.