BROAD CHANNEL, Queens (WABC) — The ache is palpable from hundreds of miles away. Paula Sequea spoke with Eyewitness Information solely from Trinidad about her daughter, Salisha Ali, 33. Extra of Ali’s physique elements turned up in Queens final week.
“I do not even know easy methods to really feel – I haven’t got feeling anymore. I can not really feel comfortable, I can not really feel unhappy. All of my emotions simply locked off. I’ve no emotions,” stated the sufferer’s mom, Paula Sequea.
Ms. Sequea has been at a loss for months now, however she definitely felt one thing aboug her daughter’s relationship with a 75-year-old man she first met whereas he was visiting Trinidad in 2022 and later married.
“Properly I had not permitted of it due to the age distinction, as a result of I advised her he may very well be your grandfather. And she or he advised me it isn’t a wedding like that – he’s making an attempt to assist me and the youngsters,” she stated.
Ali ultimately moved to the US to dwell with Rupchand Simboo in Queens on the promise of a greater life. It would not take lengthy for there to be hassle in paradise.
“He was like extra controlling making an attempt to regulate her- do not go right here, do not go there- he’d inform her do not go to work you’ll be able to keep residence. And she or he was telling him I didn’t come right here to be a home spouse, I got here right here to work and set up myself,” her mom stated.
Ms. Sequea stopped listening to from her daughter final July. It wasn’t till September that her daughter’s beheaded torso was discovered by sanitation employees. Within the interim, Ali’s husband advised the household she moved out and was reducing everybody off.
“He was deceptive us actual dangerous,” stated Ms. Sequea.
Sequea stated she believed every little thing he was saying till the detectives referred to as her on October 23 and requested if she may establish some tattoos.
“And after I noticed the tattoos together with her three daughters’ names, then I knew she died,” she stated.
Ali’s decomposed head, legs and arm had been found within the Jamaica Wildlife Refuge final week. Investigators would discover the identical plastic wrap and twine used to bind the sufferer’s torso in her husband’s residence.
Utilizing cellphone information, detectives additionally discovered Simboo had been to the areas the place Ali’s stays turned up. The 75-year-old was charged this week with killing and dismembering his spouse.
“After I heard it, I broke down and cried as a result of I used to be so relieved that he was lastly going to pay for what he did,” Sequea provides
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