NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — Days after the head of a Guyanese woman was discovered dumped in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York, police have arrested and charged her 75-year-old husband.

The woman has been positively identified as 34-year-old Salisha Ali. The husband’s name has been given as Rupchand Simboo.

The Guyanese woman was last seen alive on July, 13, 2025, and a missing person’s report was filed by her husband on the same day.

In September, the woman’s torso was discovered by sanitation workers in a section of Queens.

Last weekend, her head was discovered in the wildlife park. The woman was identified by a number of unique tattoos on her body.

The husband was arrested and charged on Wednesday after a medical examiner determined that a sharp instrument had been used to murder her.

Police had always questioned the man’s story about the woman going missing from their home. It is unclear what led to the murder.

The two met in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023 and Ali moved to New York in 2024 to be with Simboo. They got married the same year and have been living in Queens, New York.