Cindy Rodriguez Singh case gains identification of 6-year-old Noel
cindy rodriguez singh faces capital murder after human remains found Wednesday at Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez’s former Everman home were identified Friday as the missing 6-year-old’s. Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells said the case has moved from a disappearance into a homicide prosecution built around a child who had been missing for more than three years.
“This case has weighed heavily on our community from the beginning,” Sorrells said Friday. He added: “Noel was a child whose life mattered. He deserved protection, care, and love. Instead, he became the victim of an unthinkable crime.”
Everman search and identification
Everman police said they recovered the remains during a search of the former residence on Wednesday. On Friday, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office said the remains were Noel’s, closing a major evidentiary step in a case that had already led to a capital murder charge against his mother.
Craig Spencer, the Everman city manager and former police chief, said details involving Wednesday’s search cannot be released at this time. That keeps the focus on the home where investigators were looking for the child who was last seen alive in October 2022.
March 2023 welfare check
The investigation widened after Everman police conducted a welfare check for Noel on March 20, 2023, at the request of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. During that check, Singh allegedly told officers the boy had been living with his biological father in Mexico since November 2022.
Police said she had applied for passports for all of her children except Noel in November 2022. Two days after the welfare check, Singh boarded a flight to India with her husband and six other children, while Noel was not on the flight.
Capital murder case moves ahead
Singh was charged with capital murder of a person under 10 years of age in October 2023 in Tarrant County district court. She was later found incompetent to stand trial in April and ordered to a state hospital for competency restoration.
Before her arrest in August 2025, the FBI named her a top 10 most wanted fugitive. Sorrells said, “She will stand trial for this,” tying the identification of Noel’s remains to the prosecution that now has the child’s remains and the earlier statements police say Singh made about his whereabouts.
