NJ NJ- Simran Simran, 24, Indian national, vanished after arriving in the US for an arranged marriage, 20 June 2025, *Doesn't speak English/no family*

[annpats]

Oh, well, that answers one of my questions.

New Jersey has one of the largest Sikh communities in the United States, nearly 100,000.

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[caradana]

I have hope that she is physically ok and will be found. MOO: in the philosophy of the simplest answer being the right one, I believe she called someone she knew and rolled off to figure out how she’d like her life to go.

 

[Angelcat13]

Simran is a name usually associated with the Sikh religion and people who speak Punjabi.

Are there are big communities of Sikhs in New Jersey? It's possible she has gone to stay with someone she knows online, or a friend of a friend.....

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I know my client speaks Punjabi and her parents a lot of other family members travel to India at least yearly and still have property there.

 

[Pseudonymph]

There are big communities of every imaginable ethnic group in NJ.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Reading between the lines. It sounds like the groom (family) is very upset that Simran disappeared - thinks he was duped and used for a free plane ticket.

I'm going to speculate it isn't rare for someone in an arranged marriage to "nope" out of the whole thing, and I think that's what happened.

And I do not blame her. Women aren't property.

Her family being difficult for LE to reach -- makes me wonder if they also had 2nd thoughts about it, or they are panicked and purposely not responding? If they were worried about her well-being, you would think they'd be working with. U.S. LE, though.

But maybe do a psychological analysis of the video where she was last shown.

It's what I do in cases and it works

Can you explain more? What works, in what way?

 

[dotr]

June 30, 2025

Woman, 24, Disappears After Arriving in the U.S. for Arranged Marriage, Police Say

A woman who recently arrived in the United States for an arranged marriage has disappeared, according to New Jersey police.

people.com

"At this time there are no known family members in India to contact to obtain her possible whereabouts," police said on Thursday, June 26.''

Police said Simran is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs about 150 lbs., and “has a small scar on the left side of her forehead.”

She came to N.J. for an arranged marriage. Now she’s missing.

The woman might have agreed to the marriage to get free airfare to the U.S., according to Lindenwold police.

www.nj.com

''She was last seen wearing gray sweatpants, a white T-shirt, black flip flops and small diamond studded earrings. Simran also has a small scar on the left side of her forehead.
Police said they have no known family members to contact about her whereabouts. Lindenwold police couldn’t immediately be reached Monday.
Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Joe Tomasetti at 856-784-7566, extension 421 or email him at [email protected]. Anonymous tips can be left on the department’s website: https://lindenwoldpd.opsnetwork.org/tips.''

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Surely the "groom's" family has contact information for her family, if this was supposed to be an arranged marriage? Very confusing, IMO.

 

[pukasonqo2]

If she came to the USA for an arranged marriage wouldn’t her family had to organise her dowry? This can be quite significant and expensive for her family and a source of many issues as the groom’s family can become very demanding even though the dowry system was made illegal in India in 1961

I am surprised that nobody was at the airport to greet her

Have authorities confirmed when she arrived and maybe this question was answered before: who reported Simran missing?

If she got cold feet about the marriage then does she know anyone who could help her?

I hope she is safe

 

[truthfinder2019]

Looks like the Atlantic City Convention Center facing the boardwalk.

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You can see the scallop-shaped indentations on the facade look to be the same in both photos.

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So who took this picture?


Edit - After thinking about it, the article doesn't say that this is Simran's first time in the U.S. It's possible she was here before to visit the groom's family and determine if there should be a match made. Perhaps these photos are what the family had from a prior visit.

She has the same dress of the second available photo as can be seen here:

Woman, 24, Disappears After Arriving in the U.S. for Arranged Marriage, Police Say

A woman who recently arrived in the United States for an arranged marriage has disappeared, according to New Jersey police.

people.com

 

[Cedars]

I'm going to speculate it isn't rare for someone in an arranged marriage to "nope" out of the whole thing, and I think that's what happened.

And I do not blame her. Women aren't property.

Her family being difficult for LE to reach -- makes me wonder if they also had 2nd thoughts about it, or they are panicked and purposely not responding? If they were worried about her well-being, you would think they'd be working with. U.S. LE, though.



Can you explain more? What works, in what way?

There's just the 'small' matter of her now being illegally in the US, since she entered on a fiance rather than tourist visa.

There are plenty of operators who provide things like fake fiance's etc, in exchange for a large payment, that enable people to.get into the US - but then they normally don't draw attention to it by declaring the person missing.

But with so much turmoil in deportations, crackdowns on visas, Homeland Security arriving on your doorstep, etc, IMO this could be a strategy to get her into the country to join her family.

 

[Skigh]

There's just the 'small' matter of her now being illegally in the US, since she entered on a fiance rather than tourist visa.

There are plenty of operators who provide things like fake fiance's etc, in exchange for a large payment, that enable people to.get into the US - but then they normally don't draw attention to it by declaring the person missing.

But with so much turmoil in deportations, crackdowns on visas, Homeland Security arriving on your doorstep, etc, IMO this could be a strategy to get her into the country to join her family.

Maybe she failed to pay the fee they charged.

 

[Cedars]

Woman, 24, Disappears After Arriving in the U.S. for Arranged Marriage, Police Say

A woman who recently arrived in the United States for an arranged marriage has disappeared, according to New Jersey police.

people.com

'Police said they were told that “the prearranged marriage may have been used for free airfare to the United States.”'

The plot thickens?

I do hope it is along such lines, rather than her having been harmed. Still, in that case I hope it doesn't become a trend.

 

[Stunned]

I'm kind of hoping she escaped from something nefarious.

 

[Cedars]

I'm kind of hoping she escaped from something nefarious.

Why? Do you prefer a world where women are victimized, than a world where women - and maybe their families - scam others to get what they want?

Pretty sure there's both.

 

[Stunned]

Why? Do you prefer a world where women are victimized, than a world where women - and maybe their families - scam others to get what they want?

Pretty sure there's both.

I prefer a world where women save themselves. Thanks for asking.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I prefer a world where women save themselves. Thanks for asking.

We don't know if she was in danger. But -- maybe.

 

[azure]

There's just the 'small' matter of her now being illegally in the US, since she entered on a fiance rather than tourist visa.

There are plenty of operators who provide things like fake fiance's etc, in exchange for a large payment, that enable people to.get into the US - but then they normally don't draw attention to it by declaring the person missing.

But with so much turmoil in deportations, crackdowns on visas, Homeland Security arriving on your doorstep, etc, IMO this could be a strategy to get her into the country to join her family.

Do we know that she came on a fiancée visa? We don't seem to know much. The visa is this most perplexing part to me. It would not be easy for an Indian national to get a non-career-related visa to the US and would have taken significant time and effort.

 

[aggiekel2005]

I have hope that she is physically ok and will be found. MOO: in the philosophy of the simplest answer being the right one, I believe she called someone she knew and rolled off to figure out how she’d like her life to go.

I believe this, or she was talking to someone else on the side and she went with them instead of the intended groom/his family. I hope if this is the case, the person she met up with does not have nefarious intentions.

I mean, it's possible she was talking to another Sikh man who speaks her language... or using a translation app (I've seen this a few times on 90 day fiance)

 

[Dpdan]

Sure feels like this is half a story. Based on what we know, I'd say good luck to her, but presumably there is a lot more to this.

 

[Sherlock437]

Things don't add up here for me. 24 is pretty old for an Indian bride, unless she was a well-educated/professional woman who had completed university before looking to marry. But then, I would very much expect her to speak fluent English and for her to be looking for a similarly educated and professional groom. The fact that she does not speak English at all suggests that she is not educated to any significant degree. How easy would it be for such a woman to obtain a fiance/marriage visa for the US?

And yes - genuine arranged marriages involve the parents and aunties of the woman matchmaking via their networks and, if necessary, making enquiries outside of those networks for a "suitable boy". If that doesn't produce a result, then they may resort to advertising in one or more regional newspapers in India, but in that case the parents and aunties would very much be gatekeeping and reviewing the responses.

A lot of things to be honest.
1. A report said she reached US on June 20, if I am not wrong. If yes, they then can easily search all the flights that landed to that province and they can get her last name. Yes, it maybe a time consuming activity to get the entire list of travellers info from all the airlines - but at least it'll help them get the last name of the person (Simran) as well as the type of visa she travelled from .
2. Who reported her missing ? If it was her groom-to-be, then he must've had her parents contact info or at least if he had met her through any matrimonial app. Lets be honest, if she was sent the money for the air ticket, then no one would blindly send an air ticket without knowing further details about her.
3. Had the groom-to-be met her after she reaching in the US. I am pretty sure if any Indian guy decided to marry an Indian woman who doesn't know english and coming on the pretext of marriage, he would have picked her up and where he drop her ?
4. If it wasn't the groom-to-be who reported her missing, then who did ?