Police in Hamilton say they have extended a search in an Ontario landfill for a missing woman they believe was disposed of through the garbage system.
Since Feb. 24, police have been looking through the Glanbrook Landfill site in Caledonia, Ont., near Hamilton for any signs of 40-year-old Shalini Singh.
That search was supposed to end on April 18 but has been extended by two more weeks, Hamilton police said in an update on Friday.
Singh was last seen by family and friends at around 7:10 p.m. on Dec. 4, 2024. She was reported missing by her concerned family about a week later on Dec. 10, police previously said.
“The information initially gathered caused growing concerns about Shalini’s safety and the investigation was assigned to the Homicide Unit,” police said on Friday.
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Investigators said that at the time of her disappearance, Singh was living with her common-law boyfriend at a downtown Hamilton apartment …