FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’: Everman mom charged with murdering 6-year-old son hits list
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The search for missing Everman, Texas, child Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez
Here is what’s known about the investigation and the events that police have pieced together so far.
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More than two years after a 6-year-old Everman boy went missing, his mother has been added to the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List.
Authorities have been searching for Cindy Rodriguez-Singh ever since she fled from North Texas to India with her husband and six other children on March 22, 2023, two days after she lied to investigators by saying the missing child was with his biological father in Mexico. Her son Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez is presumed dead, and Rodriguez-Singh has been charged with capital murder.
The FBI’s Dallas office, Everman Police Department and Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office held a news conference Tuesday morning to announce that Rodriguez-Singh, 40, is the newest addition to the most wanted fugitives list.
They also announced that the FBI has increased the reward for information leading to her arrest to $250,000.
Craig Spencer, former chief of police and current city manager and emergency management coordinator for the City of Everman, said somebody knows what happened to Noel, “and now they have 250,000 reasons to come forward.”
“This designation puts the world on notice that Cindy Rodriguez-Singh is now one of the most wanted fugitives in America,” Spencer said. “You don’t end up on the FBI top 10 list by accident. This is as serious as it gets.”
A concerned relative from out of town alerted Child Protective Services in March 2023 that Noel hadn’t been seen since the previous fall. On March 20, police went to the family’s home on Wisteria Drive to check on the child, but Rodriguez-Singh lied to them about his whereabouts.
Investigators reached Noel’s biological father in Mexico on March 23, and he denied that the 6-year-old was with him. Federal authorities confirmed there was no record of Noel crossing the border into Mexico. Police tried to contact Rodriguez-Singh the following day, but were unsuccessful.
An Amber Alert was issued for Noel the morning of March 25. That night police learned that Rodriguez-Singh, along with her husband, Arshdeep Singh, and six of her other children, had left the United States a few days before. Rodriguez-Singh’s truck was found at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.
Authorities confirmed the family left DFW Airport on a flight to Turkey with a connecting flight to India, Arshdeep Singh’s home country. Noel wasn’t with them, according to police. The family wasn’t stopped because the Amber Alert hadn’t been issued yet.
“Let me be clear, fleeing the country doesn’t absolve you of guilt,” Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Phil Sorrells said at the press conference Tuesday. “It reinforces it.”
A Tarrant County grand jury indicted Rodriguez-Singh on a capital murder charge on Oct. 31, 2023. She also faces a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Noel’s body hasn’t been found. Thus far, authorities have been unsuccessful in locating Rodriguez-Singh and her husband and extraditing them to Texas. They are still believed to be in India, according to Sorrells.
Rodriguez-Singh is the 12th woman to appear on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List since its debut in 1950. She is one of two women currently on the list.
Spencer said the FBI designation is more than a symbolic gesture. It’s a global manhunt for Rodriguez-Singh and brings federal and international resources to move the case forward.
“We’re here today because justice for Noel matters,” Spencer said. “It matters to his memory, to this community and to every child who deserves to be protected.”
Calls can be directed to 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the FBI’s Dallas Field Office at 972-559-5000. Tipsters from outside of the United States should contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. Tips can also be submitted digitally at tips.fbi.gov. All information can remain anonymous, and confidentiality is guaranteed, the FBI said.
This story was originally published July 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM.
