Hamilton Police are searching the Glanbrook Landfill site at 1500 Haldibrook Road for missing person Shalini Singh.
On December 10, 2024, Shalini’s family members reported her missing to Hamilton Police. Her family had not heard from her in several days and were concerned for her well-being. Family and friends last spoke to Shalini at 7:10 p.m. on December 4.
The information initially gathered caused growing concerns about Shalini’s safety and the investigation was assigned to the Homicide Unit. In the beginning, Shalini was reported missing alongside her common-law boyfriend but he was located on December 11 after attending a family member’s residence outside Hamilton.
He is not cooperating with the investigation and has provided no information that could assist in locating Shalini.
At the time of her disappearance, Shalini was living with her boyfriend in a downtown Hamilton apartment building. Despite searching the building several times, police have not located any evidence relating to her disappearance. Homicide investigators have obtained hundreds of hours of CCTV footage from the building to trace Shalini and her boyfriend’s movements in the days surrounding her disappearance. There is no CCTV footage that shows Shalini leaving her building after December 4.
Police are investigating the possibility that Shalini was killed in her apartment and removed from the building through the building’s garbage disposal system. Early in the investigation, detectives learned that some of the garbage from the apartment building might still be at the Kenora Waste Transfer Station. Police secured and searched the waste on December 15 but nothing was located. The majority of waste collected from the apartment building had already been moved to the Glanbrook Landfill.
Over the past few weeks, investigators have been planning and coordinating a systematic search of the landfill site. Work began on February 24 and is expected to continue for several weeks. There will be a large police presence at the site but traffic in the area will not be affected.
If you have any information that you believe could assist police with this investigation or the whereabouts of Shalini Singh, 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
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