Nadia Malik was found dead in February, 2014.
AB Wire
NEW YORK: The family of the 22-year-old Indian American mother from Delaware County who was found dead February 2014 in mysterious circumstances in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nadia Malik, is now offering $50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Bhupinder Singh, who they believe is responsible for her death.
Khaled Malik, Nadia’s brother, told the Daily News, informed that he was doubling the reward money from the initial $25,000 which he had posted last week, and upped it after a few days.
Despite being under heavy scrutiny since Malik’s body was found last February inside a Nissan Altima parked near 30th Street Station, Singh hasn’t been charged in her death, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“I still have hope of finding something out,” Malik told the People Paper.
Law enforcement sources told the Daily News on the one-year anniversary of Malik’s death that because the city Medical Examiner has been unable to determine the cause and manner of her death, they can’t charge Singh.
Khaled Malik wrote on Facebook his anguish at the alleged killer of his sister being still at large:
“Today, as we reach the year and a half mark of my beautiful sister Nadia Malik’s death, I still here still speechless and in complete disgust that the man who abused her and killed her walks the streets as a free man,” Khaled Malik’s post on July 20 on Facebook reads in part. “The phone call from my sister, Mona, to me about how they found her body that day in February replays in my head on a daily basis. It does not seem real, and one would hope to wake up from this terrible nightmare but unfortunately, this is reality and we must learn to cope with it.”
The Delaware County Daily Times reported that Mona created the Facebook page in memory of their sister, but Khaled said he often shares messages. The cover photo is a collection of images of supporters — each holding a Justice for Nadia sign.
Khaled, who said he thinks of Nadia all the time, was driving on Monday when he collected his thoughts for the recent post:
“How can this be that one innocent child dies, from no drug use or physical abuse? How can someone beat or break a child’s ribs a few weeks before her death and get away with it? Is my original theory of her being poisoned true? Are the books that he was found with that show this type of death in an almost identical manner inadmissible? There are so many questions that arise in this case and we can not all sit on the sidelines and let people like this get away with it … There is so many questions that people know the answers to and we must get the answers.”
Mona Malik, in a letter addressed to Marple Police Chief Tom Murray and fellow Marple residents, singled out Marple Detective Barry Williams for his commitment to her sister’s case, and “the amazing amount of kindness” he showed the Malik family.
“This beloved community of Marple Newtown means so much to us as we all grew up here, and the fact that your police force especially Detective Williams, put so much into this has made us truly grateful to belong her,” the letter, dated April 21, 2015, states. “On many days knowing you all were behind us in this fight for justice, kept us going.
“Detective Williams was always available when we needed him even if he was off that day. He offered comfort when we were in pain, encouragement when we felt hopeless, strength when we felt weak, and most importantly he let us know that he was there for us no matter what … This senseless tragedy has been a true test in our lives but it is also a reminder that we must embrace the short time we have on this earth.”
The Delaware County Daily Times reported that Nadia Malik was missing nearly two weeks before she was found, by chance from a call from a tipster who recognized a black Nissan Altima from media accounts parked along 30th Street, shortly after noon on February 20, 2014. The car was snow-covered, and had collected multiple parking tickets; Nadia’s lower body was in the well of the passenger side, and her upper body turned on its side and lying on the passenger seat.
Draped across the dash to back of the passenger seat was a Nike bag — which one officer likened to a blanket.
According to statements by another family member and a friend to police, Nadia Malik was last known to be in the company of her boyfriend, Bhupinder Singh.
Singh, formerly of Upper Darby and Lansdowne, has not been charged with any offenses in connection with the disappearance or death of Nadia Malik. Marple and Philadelphia police conducted a joint investigation.
But when Marple authorities were looking to speak with him as a person of interest after Nadia was first reported missing and tracked him to his father’s home in Ohio, Singh was arrested on a Delaware County probation violation involving a second-offense DUI. He was arrested February 12, 2014.
The Times reported Singh was incarcerated at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility following his return on February 27, 2014, to Delaware County from Solon, Ohio. Singh did not have court permission to travel to Ohio and, at the time, Marple police were looking to speak to him about his girlfriend’s disappearance. He was released from prison the following May, but was ordered to remain on electronic home monitoring for up to 19 months.
According to online court records, Singh, 26, of Upper Darby, is currently in custody at the county prison on theft and receiving stolen property charges, stemming from a June 1, 2015, arrest in Media. He’s due to appear for a preliminary hearing July 27 before Magisterial District Judge Deborah A. Krull. Records did not indicate if Singh has retained an attorney on the latest offenses.
Khaled Malik likes knowing that Singh is behind bars. But he’s hopeful for something more — justice for Nadia.
He did not support what he considered to be a destructive relationship between his sister and Singh. Khaled Malik went as far as telling his sister “to get out of this relationship” four years before her death.
He told the Daily Times in 2014 that his own relationship with his sister had suffered because of Singh, a man he described as having “no job” and “a Percocet problem.”
Nadia Malik had three children with Bhupinder Singh over the course of a seven-year, volatile relationship. Two surviving children, son Imran, 5, and daughter Samreen, 2, spend a lot of time with their mother’s family, Khaled said.
Previously, Khaled Malik said he believed Singh used Nadia’s fear over an investigation by Springfield police into the death in 2012 of their infant daughter to keep her close, despite her wanting to break ties with him. Singh was aware that the case was all but closed, and no charges were pending.
When Nadia first went missing on February 9, 2014, Khaled Malik believes she was being held against her will by Singh. Between February 9-12, Singh reportedly contacted her family through texts and cellphone calls and requested money in exchange for Nadia.
The Malik family believes Nadia died February 9, 2014 — where Singh left her, alone in the used Nissan Singh’s father bought for the couple.
When Singh was taken into custody in Ohio, he was in possession of the only set of keys. He reportedly had Nadia’s driver’s license and cellphone, as well.