Indian-American woman accused of son’s murder joins FBI’s 10 most wanted list

An Indian-American woman accused of murdering her son has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Identified as Cindy Rodriguez Singh. She reportedly believed that her son was “evil” and possessed by a demon.

The six-year-old boy, Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, with chronic lung disease requiring oxygen treatment, went missing in November 2022 and is presumed dead. He was last seen in Everman, Texas, shortly after his twin sisters were born in October 2022, according to the Everman Police Department.

FBI Dallas Special Agent in charge, Joe Rothrock of the Everman Police Department, and the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office announced that Rodriguez Singh, 40, has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

According to the FBI, Rodriguez Singh is the 537th addition to the list.

Rodriguez Singh was last seen departing for India along with her Indian-American husband and six children on March 22, 2023.

On August 29, 2024, the FBI announced a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to her arrest and conviction. That amount has now been raised to $250,000 (approximately Rs 2.08 crore).

According to the FBI, in March 2023, the Everman Police Department in Texas conducted a welfare check on Noel after receiving an anonymous tip that he had been missing since October 2022.

At the time, Rodriguez Singh told officers that Noel was in Mexico with his biological father and had been there since November.

A few days later, Rodriguez Singh, along with her husband Arshdeep Singh and their six other children, purchased one-way tickets to India, the FBI said. Noel was not among them, and Rodriguez Singh has not been seen since.

FBI Dallas Special Agent in charge R Joseph Rothrock said the case of Noel Alvarez’s disappearance and likely death continues to weigh heavily on the community.

“The disappearance and suspected death of Noel Alvarez is still fresh in the minds of everyone in Everman as well as throughout North Texas,” Rothrock said.

“The addition of Cindy Rodriguez Singh to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List is an opportunity to bring this case to the eyes and ears of citizens across the country and around the world,” Rothrock added.

“We are confident that this publicity will culminate in her arrest and that she will be returned to the United States to answer for her alleged crimes,” he said.

RODRIGUEZ SINGH INDICTED FOR CAPITAL MURDER: POLICE

Everman Chief of Police, Craig Spencer, in 2023, said a Tarrant County grand jury indicted Rodriguez Singh on one charge of capital murder, two charges of injury to a child, and one charge of abandoning a child without the intent to return.

Witnesses told authorities that Noel appeared “unhealthy and malnourished,” Everman Police said.

Investigators revealed that the boy was never enroled in school. They also said the boy’s extended family confirmed that Noel was abused and neglected regularly and that food and water were withheld because Cindy didn’t like his dirty diapers.

Rodriguez’s husband, Arshdeep Singh, also reportedly disposed of a carpet in an outdoor dumpster the day before the family’s hurried departure, according to investigators. A police dog trained to sniff out human remains alerted police about both the carpet and the new patio, USA Today reported.

“The reality is that there are times, there are situations where we may not ever find a body,” then-Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer said. “That doesn’t preclude the DA’s office from being able to push this case forward and get a murder conviction on the case,” he added.

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