ON Tuesday December 10, 2024, family members of Shalini Singh reported her missing to the Hamilton Police Service.  The last confirmed interaction family and friends had with Shalini was at 7:10 p.m. on December 4.

Police said that during this investigation, they gathered information that was consistent with Shalini being the victim of foul play and removed from the building by way of the garbage disposal system. With the assistance of GPS data, an area at the Glanbrook Landfill Site was identified where waste from Shalini’s building had been taken during the period of time of her disappearance.

On Monday, February 24, the Hamilton Police Service began a search at this landfill site.  During the search of this target area, partial human remains were located on Wednesday, May 21. On Friday, June 20, DNA testing at the Centre of Forensic Sciences confirmed that the remains recovered by police were in fact Shalini Singh’s.

Based on these DNA results and the evidence located during this investigation, 42-year-old Jeffery Smith of Burlington was arrested without incident on June 20.  Smith was the common-law partner of Shalini Singh at the time of her death, and he has now been charged with second degree murder, and indignity to human remains.  Jeffery had his first appearance in court on Saturday, June 21.

Police said the search of the landfill site is ongoing, and it has been estimated that the search of the target area will be completed by Friday, June 27.

At this time, the Singh family has requested privacy while they deal with this difficult news.

If you have any information that you believe could assist police with this investigation, you are asked to contact Detective Adam Baglieri by calling 905-546-3859.

To provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com