Psychologist finds mom indicted in Everman boy’s death incompetent to stand trial
A psychiatric evaluation report filed this week concluded that Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, who is under indictment in Tarrant County for capital murder in the killing of her 6-year-old son, is incompetent to stand trial, according to a district clerk record.
If the case takes the course prescribed under the Texas criminal procedure code and if a magistrate or a state district judge finds that Rodriguez-Singh is incompetent, she will likely be ordered admitted to a maximum-security unit at a state hospital for an attempt at competency restoration.
A psychologist examined Rodriguez-Singh on March 26 at the Lon Evans Corrections Center, part of the Tarrant County jail system.
The psychologist, whose precise diagnosis is not clear, appears to have determined either that Rodriguez-Singh does not have sufficient ability to consult with her lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding or that she does not have a rational and factual understanding of the proceedings against her. The report appears to have been filed under seal.
Rodriguez-Singh is alleged to have killed Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez. Law enforcement officers presume that the child, who lived in Everman, is dead.
If the defendant’s competency is restored, the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office will proceed without a critical piece of evidence: the little boy’s body.
Prosecutors have evidence of Noel’s absence — that no one has seen him — but not his body.
Noel’s speech was limited, and poor vision and a limp were among his developmental disabilities. Everman police have described Rodriguez-Singh as an abusive parent who deprived Noel of food and water because she did not like changing his diaper. At least once she struck him with a set of keys because he drank water, police said. Rodriguez-Singh called Noel evil and a demon, police have said.
Noel has not been seen since the fall of 2022. He was reported missing in March 2023.
Rodriguez-Singh was arrested in New Delhi in August 2025. With her husband and six of her other children, she flew from Dallas-Fort Worth to India after police tried to check on Noel. Rodriguez-Singh was arrested about a month after she was added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list.
A cadaver dog alerted on topsoil near the structure — a converted shed behind a house — in which the boy and his family lived, but as authorities dug deeper, the dog no longer alerted, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation. A piece of an outdoor rug was sent to an FBI lab for analysis, according to the source.
