Remains identified – Tarrant County prosecutors confirmed human remains found at a home in Everman, Texas, are those of Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, a 6-year-old boy missing since 2022. His mother, Cindy Rodriguez Singh, faces a capital murder charge.
Human remains found this week on a property in Everman. Texas. have been identified as those of Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez. a 6-year-old boy reported missing in 2022. Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells said Friday.. The confirmation brings the case into a new. grim focus for prosecutors and the family’s community as investigators continue seeking answers.
The remains were found on Thursday in Everman, a city of around 6,100 residents about 8 miles south of downtown Fort Worth. Sorrells said the county medical examiner’s office confirmed the identification, using dental records.
Noel was last seen in 2022. His mother, Cindy Rodriguez Singh, is charged with capital murder. Sorrells said Rodriguez Singh is expected to stand trial, after he noted that a psychologist previously found her not competent to stand trial, while also stating competency could be restored.
Prosecutors say Everman police tried to conduct a welfare check in March 2023.. Officers visited the family’s home on March 20, 2023, after the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services requested the check.. At the time. Rodriguez Singh told officers Noel was staying with family in Mexico—an account Everman’s then–Police Chief Craig Spencer later said was untrue.
Two days after that welfare check, Rodriguez Singh, her husband, and six of her children flew to India, police said. Noel was not with them. Months later, Rodriguez Singh was apprehended in India in August and brought back to Texas.
Police announced a search for Noel in April 2023, saying he had not been seen by some extended family members since October 2022. Rodriguez Singh was charged in absentia in October 2023 with a state count of capital murder, according to records referenced by the county.
Sorrells, speaking in a video message Friday, said his office would continue pursuing the case. “Here at the district attorney’s office, we will continue to seek justice for Noel,” he said. “We owe that to him and to the citizens of Tarrant County.”
While Sorrells confirmed the identity of the remains, he did not disclose the cause or manner of death. County jail records indicate Rodriguez Singh was being held at the Lon Evans Corrections Center in Fort Worth.
It was not immediately clear Friday night whether Rodriguez Singh had an attorney who could speak on her behalf, and her case did not appear in online Tarrant County court records.
Sorrells said Rodriguez Singh went to India two days after Everman police attempted the welfare check. He also noted that her arrest came after she was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
As the identification was confirmed, investigators remained centered on what happened to Noel after his family’s account unraveled and search efforts intensified—efforts now moving from the question of where the missing boy went to what prosecutors will prove in court.
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