Where Is Fugitive Mom Who Fled to India After Police Say She Claimed She Sold Her 6-Year-Old Son?

Mar. 15, 2025

FBI.gov; Everman Emergency Services

When police knocked on her door on March 20, 2023,asking about her 6-year-old son,Cindy Rodriguez Singhallegedly told officers thathe was in Mexico with his father.

Two days later, Rodriguez Singh, her husband and six childrenboarded a plane to India, according to authorities.

The missing child – Noel Alvarez – was not on the flight. He hasn’t been seen since and is presumed dead.

Last week, the FBI and Everman police in Texasannounceda $25,000 award for “information leading to the arrest and conviction” of the boy’s 39-year-old mother, who is charged with capital murder in connection with her son’s case.

Cindy Rodriguez Singh.FBI.gov

FBI.gov

Police Chief Craig Spencer said in a statement that the mother’s “immediate capture” was “incredibly important” not only “in the interest of justice” but also for “the safety of the other children in her custody.”

Katie Chaumont of the FBI Dallas Division tells PEOPLE that the FBI – which is “working to locate” the mother, while the investigation into Noel’s death remains at the local level – has received multiple tips since the award was first offered and “will be vetting each one carefully for any information that may lead to Rodriguez Singh’s location.”

Noel has not been seen alive since October 2022, according to both law enforcement agencies.

Noel Alvarez.Everman Emergency Services

Relatives called police five months later, leading to the March 2023 welfare check.

Investigators claim they laterdisprovedRodriguez Singh’s claim that Noel had been with his biological father in Mexico since November 2022, PEOPLE previously reported, citing police.

On another occasion, authorities claim the mother allegedly told people who asked about her son that she had sold him to a woman at a grocery store parking lot.

But law enforcement believe the child is more likely dead.

A sign outside the Everman Civic Center, Tuesday, March 26, 2023.Madeleine Cook/Star-Telegram via AP

Madeleine Cook/Star-Telegram via AP

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Shortly after the birth of her twins, police have alleged that Rodriguez Singh called her son – who Spencer previously told PEOPLE inan interviewhad mental and developmental disabilities – “evil” and “possessed,” claiming a “demon” was inside the 6-year-old and that she believed he would hurt the infants, PEOPLE previously reported.

A month after the birth of the twins, the mother applied for passports for six of the seven children in the household — everyone but Noel, according to authorities.

While investigating the child’s disappearance, law enforcement determined that the family of 9 – who lived in a red shed in Everman, Texas – had destroyed a second shed on the property and poured a concrete patio where it once stood, according to Spencer, who characterized the demolition as being reflective of “very suspicious circumstances.”

This shed in Everman, TX was identified as Noel’s last known residence.Madeleine Cook/Star-Telegram via AP

Prior to Noel’s presumed death, the family lost custody of Noel and his siblings, who were placed in foster care, per Spencer, who said Noel was placed apart from his siblings in another foster home equipped for his special needs. Ultimately, social workers returned the children home.

Cindy Rodriguez Singh’s FBI wanted poster.FBI.gov

Relatives believed Rodriguez-Singh to be “abusive and neglectful to Noel,” authorities previously claimed in a press release. One relative later reported seeing the mother hit the child in the face with her keys after he drank a sip of water, which multiple people told authorities was “often withheld” from the child – along with food – because she “did not like changing Noel’s dirty diapers."

The mother also never enrolled her son in school, according to the police chief.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a federal arrest warrant for Rodriguez Singh on Nov. 2, 2023, after she was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

Those with information about the whereabouts of Cindy Rodriguez Singh may call the FBI Dallas Field Office at 972-559-5000 or submit a tip online attips.fbi.gov.

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source: people.com